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What’s a connected educator?
I know it’s nothing new any more. If you’re reading this blog you are probably part of a community of connected educators. We read blogs. We write blogs. We share resources and ideas via Twitter. We...
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Into the unknown…
How do you take blogging beyond the classroom? The brief for my session is to show teachers what’s possible in the hope of inspiring them to take their current practice further. It’s one in a series of...
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Beyond geography – A global collaboration
Geography, when I was in primary school, included rote learning of capital cities and populations and, most fun of all, making flags and colouring in maps. Half a century later, Year 2 (7-8 year olds)...
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Shared photo streams – Imagining more connected learning…
Creating shared iPad photo streams was a brainwave – so simple and obvious, yet so effective! They provide a space to gather evidence of learning, share practice and celebrate the learning taking place...
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Can you teach digital citizenship, if you are not an active digital citizen...
It seems that a number of participants in my Digital Citizenship workshop imagined they’d be learning about cyber safety for three days! Is that what comes to mind for some people when they hear the...
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Becoming a true digital citizen – a bit like a first date
Guest post by Michael Stafford, newly active digital citizen… Becoming a true digital citizen was quite nerve-racking. After a workshop focusing on Digitial Citizenship, I was inspired to change the...
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What’s behind the story?
The planning session, as usual with the Year 2 team, is passionate and thought-provoking. Everyone has opinions, there is questioning and probing and tension as we figure out what we want the learners...
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A (technology) vision for inspiring learning…
Technology can inspire and enhance learning through innovation, collaboration & creativity. This is the tech vision statement for VIS in Laos, where I had the pleasure of working with a lovely...
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The power of being connected…
I was convinced the school had chosen the wrong workshop. The pre-workshop survey indicated that teachers’ needs included things as disparate as drama teaching, physical education and inquiry in the...
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Reciprocal connections…
Which image represents who you are an educator? It’s a check-in I often use in workshops as an ice breaker and a window into the beliefs of the people with whom I’m working. I always choose the image...
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