Collaborative Learning
I am currently beginning my research for my dissertation and, in part thanks to my experience with the iPad in school, I have decided to focus on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Whilst...
Category: Curriculum
Introducing a New Curriculum – Literacy
In the new year my focus point will be the new curriculum. Literacy: when I began training there was lots of support for the teaching of literacy, the national strategies were...
Apps for Good – Inquiry led learning?
The Apps for Good programme was developed to link industry experts with schools to give pupils the chance to create their own apps – you can find out more here. For by...
Speaking and Listening
The iPad can be used in many ways to develop and promote a wide variety of speaking and listening activites. Although having one in the classroom means the teacher can record conversations...
e-safety – A New Curriculum?
Recent changes to the National Curriculum here in the UK have meant that teachers and school leaders are having to rethink many aspects of their curriculum provision. I have already begun my...
Using Me Books in the Classroom
Being asked to try apps and ideas in school is always fun, but it’s rare that it works so well in the classroom… Me Books, by developer Made in Me has fitted...