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Our makerspace has several different stations, including the one pictured here with access to makey makeys, picoboards and digital wacom drawing tablets.

Last updated: November 19, 2018

July 25, 2018

Makerspace and Web Page Up & Running

By Will Fastiggi

One of the key jobs of our digital leaders last term was to help design and create a makerspace room, which I’m pleased to…

Last updated: June 4, 2018

June 4, 2018

Using a 360-Degree Camera for VR Lesson Observations

By Will Fastiggi

I have discussed previously about the advantages of using Swivl technology for teachers to film themselves teaching. Having now tried a 360-degree camera in…

Last updated: May 26, 2018

May 26, 2018

BrainPOP – A Great Resource for Flipped Learning

By Will Fastiggi

At our school we use BrainPOP with our teachers and students. The site has a library of hundreds of videos, which are all searchable…

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Last updated: May 26, 2018

May 9, 2018

A Brief History of Education (& Educational Technology)

By Will Fastiggi

In some form or other, education has been around since the beginning of the human species. This is because education, the process of facilitating…

Last updated: May 13, 2018

March 26, 2018

Makerspace – Part 1 (Planning)

By Will Fastiggi

Over the last several weeks, our digital leaders and I have been working together to plan for and create a makerspace in school. We…

Last updated: February 28, 2018

February 28, 2018

Leading & Innovation

By Will Fastiggi

Much of the content on this blog, Technology for Learners, is about innovation. I see ever more clearly that leadership and innovation go hand…

Last updated: February 4, 2018

January 29, 2018

Teaching STEAM

By Will Fastiggi

STEAM is both an acronym and an educational approach. As an acronym, STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths. As an educational approach,…