Little Bird’s Internet Security Adventure App

Little Bird’s Internet Security Adventure App

Little Bird’s Internet Security Adventure, is a free children’s book for iPad produced by AVG, the anti-virus software company. It is aimed at parents and teachers of young children. The book is designed to help adults initiate conversations about Internet safety in...
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...
Coding With Daisy the Dinosaur App

Coding With Daisy the Dinosaur App

I came across a recommendation from Paul Hamilton on Twitter for the “Daisy the Dinosaur” app and thought teachers might be interested in it. It is an app for younger pupils to help them to learn their first steps in coding/programming. It really is a very...
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...