Signs of Autumn 2013 Twitter Project

Signs of Autumn 2013 Twitter Project

The days are gradually closing in and the autumn weather is making its presence felt. That can only mean that it’s time for the “Signs of Autumn 2013 Twitter Project”. This will be the second autumn Twitter project and it was a great success last year. Many...
Guest Post: Creating Authors With Booksmart

Guest Post: Creating Authors With Booksmart

What are the greatest aspirations you might have for your students in the various subject areas? From your maths class you might like a mathematician. From SESE, you might hope for a scientist, historian or geologist. From PE, an Olympian. From Visual Arts, a...
Collaborative Writing With Widbook

Collaborative Writing With Widbook

The team behind Widbook contacted me to see if teachers might be interested in this free digital collaborative reading and writing platform that’s creating a buzz among the teaching, tech and publishing industries. It may be of particular interest to those teachers...
Guide to Using Skype in the Classroom

Guide to Using Skype in the Classroom

I was sent a link to this useful Guide to Using Skype in the Classroom and thought that it was worthwhile giving it a mention as it may be something that teachers might consider for the forthcoming school year. The Guide gives a step-by-step explanation on how to set...
Microsoft Surface Tablet Offer

Microsoft Surface Tablet Offer

I don’t usually promote individual products on this blog, but this is something that I think will be interesting to schools and teachers. Microsoft has a limited pricing offer for educators for their new Surface RT Tablet. Included with the Surface RT is...
Tell a Story Using Talking QR Codes

Tell a Story Using Talking QR Codes

I’ve written a previous blog post about Talking QR Codes and how they could be used in the classroom. Put basically, you type in a text message of no more than 100 characters in length on the QR Voice website, which then creates a QR Code. You then save the QR...