Today we had a nice surprise when a parcel arrived for CollaboratEd. In fact, the project we submitted at the Hwb National Digital Learning Awards this year in the Commercial Category was highly commended by the judges for the way it bridged…
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National Digital Learning Awards 2014
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Minecraft and Medieval Castles (with a pinch of Numeracy too)
This video is an example of how you can use Minecraft on iPads/iPods to stimulate learners’ creativity and ask them questions about topics they are learning. Children could work collaboratively in small groups, like this example, and the teacher could…
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Tellagami and the Writing across the curriculum strand in the LNF
I’ve recently come across a really interesting app for developing literacy across the curriculum called Tellagami and I think it would be perfect to develop writing across the curriculum in the Literacy Framework in Wales and in particular the Writing…
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Peer Assessment with the Literacy and Numeracy Framework (LNF) and Aurasma
The video below is about Peer Assessment with LNF and it shows how a young learner can easily use the statements in the LNF skills to give meaningful feedback to his peer. In this case a Yr2 pupil has written…
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Efficiency of a ball with Vernier Video Physics app!
Today we run some training at King Edward VI School in Southampton and among the activities our delegates were asked to run they had to measure the efficiency of a ball using the excellent app Vernier Video Physics. Check the…
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iMotion HD – Lapse Photography and Crystal Formation
In this short post we want to show you what you can do with a pretty nice free app for iOS devices. iMotion HD lets you take time lapsed photos of anything you want and you can decide the interval…
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Lesson Planning with iPads
Of fundamental importance is to be able to answer the question ‘What value are the iPads adding to learning?’ iPads are simply one tool, albeit a very powerful one, that needs to be used appropriately. Sticking them in as a…
Using Socrative in the Classroom
Socrative in the classroom Socrative is a Free (at time of posting) system that works acros platforms and mobile devices that allows rapid assessment for learning either as a voting system or by more detailed test reports that can clearly show…
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