We support schools in transforming teaching and learning through the adoption of new technologies to improve the quality of learning for children.
We provide training and consultancy in the pedagogic use of different technologies....that sounds complicated! Basically, we build teachers digital confidence and competence so that they can help develop the digital skills that our young people need to reach their full potential.
13/02/2017
‘Do not say mean things’: Kids are writing to Donald Trump, asking him to be a kind president “The power of this movement comes from the kindness and unity we can teach our children,” the Facebook group’s founder says.
02/06/2016
Donovan Livingston's Harvard Graduate School of Education Student Speech May 25, 2016 Convocation Speech. Full remarks transcribed here: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/16/05/lift
16/04/2016
We need fewer exams and more wilderness in education Instead of pumping time and money into exams, we should focus on wellbeing and encouraging children to connect with the natural world
14/04/2016
Wow
http://youtu.be/JAMxbHQyPdk
Little Big Shots - Baby Math Genius (Episode Highlight) You won't believe this five-year-old's amazing math skills! » Subscribe for More: http://bit.ly/NBCLittleBigShots » Watch Little Big Shots Sundays 8/7c on NB...
13/04/2016
Nice infographic on how to be a digital educator in 5 steps from Tablet Academy Scotland
https://digilearn.scot/2015/12/04/digital-educator-5-steps/
Digital Educator 5 steps An infographic from Tablet Academy Scotland.
13/04/2016
Brilliant to meet the founder Claire Murray of http://emotionworks.org.uk/ today. They are doing some brilliant work in emotional learning...check out their ideas wall.
Got iPads and want to get more out of them in the classroom or at home?https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/st/sctech4learning/files/2015/10/ipad-apps-to-support-creativity.pdf
Is anyone using Glow?http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/Images/ESInspectionAdviceNote201516_tcm4-865187.pdf
Using Glow is now a feature of HMIe inspections....wondering if you think this will get teachers on?
Did you know that all Scottish teachers and pupils (more importantly!) get free access to Languagenut via Glow until September 2016? Languagenut is brilliant for teaching/learning modern foreign language It has 19 different languages and covers the first 4 years of academic learning and 1400 words and phrases. It’s fun. It's a game - kids won't even know they are learning. Get on Glow and have a gander.
https://www.youtube.com/user/LanguagenutTV
Languagenut Languagenut is for language teachers who need high quality, timesaving materials. Languagenut.com is a fun and simple-to-use website with online games, songs...
13/04/2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX78iKhInsc
The role of a teacher is to facilitate learning. Do you think our education system engages our kids curiosity, individuality and creativity?
Ken Robinson: How to escape education's death valley Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring t...
13/04/2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0xa98cy-Rw&index=5&list=PL1FFBD3E65DF72FE0
This short film is pretty old now - it was produced 6 years ago but it's still hugely relevant. A teacher asked me today if I thought kids were digital natives - I think that they born able to consume digital media. My daughter Mia has been able to use Youtube on my iPhone since she was 14 months - she can select videos, stop them when she's not interested anymore, she can scroll through more til she finds something else. The amazing thing is she tends to watch exactly the same videos each time she has my phone! So yes this generation of kids are born able to consume media. They aren't born naturally able to develop/create media...and it's hugely important that we help them develop these skills.
Rethinking Learning: The 21st Century Learner | MacArthur Foundation From cell phone and video games to Facebook and YouTube, digital media are changing the way young people play and socialize in the 21st century. Learn more a...
13/04/2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=falHoOEUFz0&list=PL1FFBD3E65DF72FE0
I'll try to remember next time one of the boys has a hissy fit that they are 'challenging the status quo....pioneering new ways of thinking and being that ensure our surival' ;-)
Born to Learn Born to Learn is the first animation in a fascinating series aimed to provide easy-access to the exciting new discoveries constantly being made about how hum...