Computing

The introduction of a new curriculum means, amongst other things, that every child will now enjoy the benefits of learning about computing…

Schools must procure technology in a strategic way to ensure that they achieve the full benefits of the tools they deploy. By considering…

One-to-one technology was introduced in the Illinois, USA, school district in which I taught, at the beginning of the 2014-15 school year.…

Ofsted’s guidance says that students should be educated in identifying online risks, but what this actually means in practice however is…

Monday You can use the Explain Everything app to deliver high quality feedback on digital student work. This can take literally minutes and…

The research questions Setting aside the Hawthorne effect and findings summarised by Hattie in Visible Learning - which essentially…

Most teachers are good learners; especially when they are motivated and see the benefits of adapting and changing their practice for the…

The exam driven culture of the education system means educators are continually measuring student ability. It is therefore hardly surprising…

I imagine, if you closed your eyes and I played you a series of noises, one of the quickest you’d recognise is the sound of a trolley…

1. Light Bot (light-bot.com)My go-to for the basics of programming, Light-bot is a nice little flash game that, through simple tasks,…

1. Cracked (cracked.com/humorscience.html) One of my favourite things about being a science teacher is the random questions you get asked…

​What’s that hulking great thing sat on the desk over there? With the camera precariously sitting atop it like an enormous eye of…

​A decade ago, ‘an interactive whiteboard in every classroom’ was seen as the future of technology in schools – Caroline Wright…