eLearning Laura

I have exciting news. My classroom at school is now kitted out with an Apple TV and an Airport Express (Father Christmas did eventually deliver!) so I can wirelessly mirror my iPad onto my board at the front of the room. This has really got me thinking about the joy of untethering from my IWB, [...]

iPads are fantastic for creating what we could call ‘digital output’, ie. a product of learning that is more engaging, dynamic or sophisticated than putting old fashioned pen to paper. I firmly believe that allowing students scope to create a product which is more tangible than just evidence, eg. the answers to an exercise, is [...]

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 [...]

I will admit that until last summer I was an Evernote sceptic. The app had languished unused on my various Apple devices and it wasn’t until this autumn that I began to appreciate the power of this tool. I had spent last year trying to escape the chaos of multiple paper and electronic systems by [...]

The Commons Education Select Committee reported this week that teachers “need better qualifications” (read the BBC report here), with at least a 2:2 in their first degree. Poor literacy, numeracy, ICT skills and subject knowledge are clearly a worry; and in a bid to raise standards, the bar is being moved higher for entrants to [...]

On both sides of the Atlantic we are facing a school leadership vacuum as the Baby Boomer generation heads towards retirement. Ambition doesn’t have to be a dirty word, and there is a recipe for success in moving up the hierarchy in school which benefits everyone. If you are in the early stages of your [...]