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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Efficiency of a ball with Vernier Video Physics app!
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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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Thinking, Teaching and Note Taking – a short but powerful message!
Our brain works like this Yet we teach students like this And tell them to take notes like this Some food for thought!
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Peer Assessment with Aurasma
You might have heard of Aurasma and you might even use it in your school. If you belong to the second category, you already know how good it is and the potential it has to engage children in active and…
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What does an effective PLC (Professional Learning Community) look like?
There has been much talk about PLCs in recent years and schools in various parts of Wales, and indeed across the world, have adopted this strategy to drive school improvement and to develop teachers’ skills. But what does an effective…
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QR Codes in Education
You’ve probably seen Quick Response (QR) Codes in a number of places by now. These are essentially squared bar codes that store information in a similar way to the price tags in supermarkets. Making the codes square allows for more…
Posted in iPad Integration Tagged with: App, Biggerplate, Classroom, Codes, CollaboratEd, CPD, Development, Ideas, iMindMap, Lesson, Mind Map, Professional, QR, QRstuff, Scan, technology, Training
Science Apps – Educator’s Choice!
Wallwisher was one of my favourite collaborative tools until it began to get really buggy and break down all the time. But I recently discovered that it had a phoenix like rebirth as Padlet! And what a rebirth! The tool…
Posted in iPad Integration Tagged with: Android, Apps, Biology, Chemistry, collaboration, Collaborative, collaborators, Creative, innovative, iPad, learners, Padlet, Physics, Science, Tablets, Wallwisher
Padlet – Collaborative Notes Everywhere
Since the days it used to be called Wallwisher, Padlet (as it has now been rebranded) promised to be a great asset for educators and learners worldwide. In fact, Wallwisher allowed you to create virtual walls where anyone with the…
Posted in Web 2.0 Tagged with: Classroom, Collaborate, CollaboratEd, Collaborative, Contributions, Courses, Freeform, History, Ideas, iPad, iPhone, learners, learning, Padlet, Reproduction, Science, Smartphones, Stream, technology, Tools, Training, Wallwisher, Web 2.0
Classrooms of the future
Classrooms should no longer be bound by physical spaces, collaboration, creativity and communication should be the core objectives. Teachers no longer need to be the providers of information or even instruction. Following the ‘flipped classroom’ model these can be provided…
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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…
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