A brief update to publicise a book that I have contributed to and edited by Professor Terry Hadyn of UEA. Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Learning in History (Routledge) is … Continue Reading →
Category Archives: IB
Conference Update #1
I love good news especially when I know others (as well as myself) will benefit. This weekend I had two good pieces of news which I am really pleased to … Continue Reading →
How to use an iPad effectively in your classroom: #2 Feedback Support/Overviews with Attitude
Feedback on students’ work is, according to the research (John Hattie and Dylan Wiliam), the most effective way to raise achievement. Despite knowing this, we find it hard to give … Continue Reading →
Check in – what have I been doing in the last two months?
I have been away from the blog and twitter for the last two months. What have I been doing? Work Being a senior leader in a school is always challenging … Continue Reading →
SCVNGR Reflections
I have been talking up the potential of SCVNGR since I first heard about it earlier this year as I thought it would provide a vehicle for games based learning … Continue Reading →
Travelling without maps (I)
‘We could roll up the map of the Cold War and travel without maps for a while’ E P Thompson on the possibility of social groups affecting the Cold War … Continue Reading →
Visible learning and mobile devices
You can tell I’m on holiday due to the number of blog posts written and today’s is something I have been turning over for a while. I intend to write, … Continue Reading →
Breaking cover…
Now that I am on my Easter break, I have a chance to catch up with everything I was supposed to have done during term time. One thing that I … Continue Reading →
2010 – The Year of the Monolith?
iPod Touch – 2010 style After talking and thinking about how I would use mobile devices in the History classroom with a variety of people on Twitter and at Ed … Continue Reading →
Mobile devices, Megatron and the History classroom
What I look like when homework is not handed in. Apparently. I have been thinking about using mobile devices in the classroom for a long time. Doug Belshaw and I … Continue Reading →