Spotlight On: MercierMagic
A couple of weeks ago, we came across MercierMagic, a blog an entire website run by a Save clearly, very dedicated teacher, Tracy Mercier. It has snippets of information […]
What is on iOS6? Do I need it?
I noticed that some people are still on iOS5 because they don’t want to lose Google Maps and YouTube and thought, aren’t some of the features […]
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in Schools – Considerations
Many schools are looking to implement Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) to give students and staff access to personal devices such as laptops, tablets and smartphones […]
Introverts in the Classroom: Susan Cain’s The Quiet Revolution
I recently listened to Susan Cain’s TedTalk on The Power of Introverts and found it really interesting. While it seemed quite clear (at least to me), […]
How to choose the right tablet?
With the holiday season upon us, it is without a doubt that a tablet (be it Apple or Android) would be at the top of many […]
Samsung Galaxy Note II and 10.1 Bringing Back the Stylus
Remember the days of Palm, Handspring Visor, Sony CLIÉ and Apple Newton, apart from being obsolete they had one thing in common and that was the little plastic stylus. […]
OECD PISA: What the Results Fail to Tell You
Whenever I think of how the developed countries, particularly the UK and the USA got their ‘knickers in a twist’ over the last PISA results, with […]
Brain Infographic
When have we ever taken the time to appreciate the very thing that make us who we are? I don’t mean our physical looks, the colour […]
Tutoring Good or Bad…
Tutoring Good or Bad… Possibly depends on where you are in the world As I read this BBC article (Meet the ‘tutor kings and queens’) yesterday, […]
Where the Learning Revolution Takes Place – Facilitating Knowledge
So much has been said about embedding technology in to education, about how technology will revolutionise teaching. The truth is technology on its own does little.