Ten Takeaways From The DfE’s Mobile Phones In Schools Guidance
ICT Evangelist
February 19, 2024
An article unpicking the latest guidance from the Department for Education on the use of mobile phones in education.
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Tags: AI, EdTech, Education
Five things to consider when purchasing devices for learning
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January 18, 2023
For today’s post, I thought I’d share something a bit different than just five ways to do something. It’s still something I’m hugely passionate about and something I know that lots of schools seek advice upon, albeit not necessarily something for the classroom, per se. That s
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Tags: AR/VR, Leadership, EdTech
Five Ways To Promote Online Safety With Your Parent Community
ICT Evangelist
January 17, 2023
One of the great things about having your own blog upon which to write is that you are in complete control of what you can share there. Bleurgh, see? Love Mick Lynch! There’s another. Solidarity with teachers! There’s another!
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Tags: EdTech
Five #ChatGPT Prompts To Help Primary School Teachers
ICT Evangelist
January 16, 2023
If you haven’t come across #ChatGPT yet, then what rock have you been hiding under? Every social media platform, news outlet, magazine, blog, podcast and vlog is talking about it. The opportunities provided by #ChatGPT are huge. I talked about it here in this recent post: Will AI Make Us Lazy and Less Creative?
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Tags: EdTech, Generative AI
Five ways to use Flippity in the classroom
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January 13, 2023
Popular tool Flippity has lots of useful features to help with a wide variety of teaching and learning tasks. With such a wide range of helpful tools, it’s well worth an explore. For today’s #FiveWaysEdu post I’m sharing five of my favourite ways it can be used in the classroom:
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Five ways to use NetSupport DNA to help Network Managers
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January 12, 2023
Technology in education isn’t just about teachers, without the technical infrastructure to back everything up, it’s a bit like the old adage of building your house on sandy land – things just aren’t going to work. The job of the Network Manager and their technicians is, by th
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Five ways to use @nowpressplay in the Primary classroom
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January 11, 2023
I’m a big fan of now>press>play and have been for some time – in fact, they’ve just been shortlisted as finalists at the BETT awards: We're super excited to share that #nowpressplay has been shortlisted for the #BettAwards in the Primary – Digital Learning Product
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Five ways to celebrate #SaferInternetDay 2023 #SID23
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January 10, 2023
With Safer Internet Day being just around the corner, for today’s #FiveWaysEdu post, I thought it’d be a good idea to share a few ideas for activities you could undertake to help promote the event in your setting. I’ve been working at NetSupport in recent weeks on a new Online...
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Five ways to use technology to promote metacognition
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January 09, 2023
There are many ways in which technology can be used in the classroom to help with a wide variety of learning activities. If there’s one activity in the classroom that can have a big impact on learner progress, then promoting metacognition ticks all of the right boxes. I won’t elaborate..
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Five ways to use a mobile video creation tool
such as Apple Clips in the Classroom
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January 06, 2023
Video is such a powerful medium. From TikTok to YouTube to iMovie to Apple Clips to ClipChamp to…. well there are so many. We can even take video content and use tools to build quizzing opportunities to stretch the idea of what is possible with video in the classroom even...
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Five ways to
use a virtual whiteboard to support learning and teaching
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January 05, 2023
Virtual whiteboards are hugely popular and for a good reason. They have many uses to support learning and teaching, but how do you know whether your use of your favourite tool will help with learning or teaching or just make for a fun distraction? In today’s #FiveWaysEdu post, I explore...
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Guide to creating a digital strategy in education
NetSupport
June 01, 2022
In the guide, we explore solutions for flexible teaching and learning, as well as using video communication tools – and provide guidelines for children, parents, teachers and schools on how to get the best out of them.
In addition, the guide includes voices from schools across the world who have implemented and embedded their own digital strategies, alongside others demonstrating best practices for online safety and data management.
With a resources page, feedback from readers and a revised list of top educators and experts to follow on Twitter, version 3 of the guide is a must-read!
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Tags: Digital Transformation, EdTech, Education
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Ten Takeaways From The DfE’s Mobile Phones In Schools Guidance
