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iPad class sets…where to begin?
So, I’ve received news that our school will have a small class set (16) of iPads available to use from September and although I’m genuinely excited by this I have to admit that I’m a little anxious...
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“Arrive safely in July.”
The title of the blog post is a quote from a teacher I met on the OLTE programme. I’m not sure if this was an off-the-cuff remark or if it was something that he says to all his colleagues but it has...
View ArticleFlipping with Edmodo
Like most tweeting teachers I have been aware of the flipped classroom idea for some time now however I wasn’t totally convinced by it. For the uninitiated, and the flipped classroom is one where links...
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First flipped lesson
After a slight change of plan I delivered my first flipped lesson this week. My students were learning about The Treaty of Versailles. Usually this would mean reading a section of their textbook with...
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Using ‘Fakebook’ in History
What about using the ‘Fakebook’ generator on classtools.net as a learning log in KS3 History? Well sort of. I have just started a unit of work centred on Elizabeth I which includes lots of sub-topics...
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iPad update: A change of plan…
In the summer I was buzzing with ideas about how we could use iPads in the classroom. Initially the idea was to use the 16 iPads at our disposal as a class-set. I was keen to see the ipads get into the...
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“Sir, are you our History teacher or our Geography teacher?”
It’s finally happened. I’ve morphed into an ‘Environment and Society’ teacher! I teach both Geography and History and I have always treated them as separate subjects. The NI curriculum which became...
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Starting out with Solo
My “Solo” journey began almost a year ago when I stumbled upon this blog post from Tait Coles (@totallywired77). I don’t want to regurgitate what others have already said about solo, Tait’s blog has...
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Mirroring iPad to IWB with Airserver
iPad, Windows laptop and Smartboard all in wonderful harmony! I recently got my hands on a school provided iPad but without Apple TV and wifi I was forced to use a VGA cable to show my i Pad on the IWB...
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Collaborative writing using TitanPad
I was first introduced to “Etherpad” a few years ago and I really loved the concept; one document in ‘the cloud’ which anyone can edit with all revisions saved and the authorship of the text colour...
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