eLearning Laura

I recently wrote an article jointly with the Principal of Berkhamsted School, Mark Steed, on ICT as a catalyst for change in pedagogy. It was published in the ISC Bulletin, 29, June 2012, pp.30-34.   ‘Each change in technology in schools makes us revisit and re-evaluate how and why we do what we do in the [...]

Exciting times: Berkhamsted is opening its doors next Tuesday for the first time to share what we are doing in terms of IT across the board with colleagues from other schools. We’ll be hosting about a hundred visitors whose interests are broad; from IT infrastructures and MIS to mobile learning and printing provision. On the [...]

Getting students writing isn’t always easy, especially in a foreign language. My search for writing apps for the iPad has been focussed on clean, unfussy experience and an emphasis on productivity without frills that distract in the classroom. Here are the results of our roadtests in MFL classrooms. Here’s my pick of the best writing [...]

Looking for iPad apps that really work in the classroom? This is the first in a series of posts designed to share the results of my roadtests in the MFL classrooms at Berkhamsted School. For Modern Languages, apps that effectively allow students to work with audio are tremendously powerful. Here’s my pick of the best [...]

As any number of blog posts will tell you, iPads are great educational devices. They are also great fun to play with, but for now the majority of teachers across the UK haven’t been able to test-run iPads and associated apps in languages classrooms. The expertise  on what you actually do with them, week-in, week-out in [...]

Am I late to the party on this? That’s the way it seems looking at blog posts and videos from nearly a year ago trumpeting the importance of the iPad as it arrived on the market. The pace of change is so fast in this field that you can blink and miss a major new [...]

Mark Steed, Principal at Berkhamsted School wrote a very interesting post about schools needing to take responsibility for Digital Literacy, as it is key to pupils’ future success. You can find the post here: Digital Literacy is a vital preparation for life. Here is my response: This is another very interesting post, thank you Mark. [...]