Many teachers I meet are invisible teachers. I’m not talking about invisible teaching, where the teacher blends seamlessly into the classroom coaching students on their own journey of learning, but I’m talking about the way that a teacher shares the successes of their teaching and collaborates with like minded peers. Many fantastic teachers read about other’s ideas but end up not sharing their own, putting it down to a busy [...]
"Arrest this man, he talks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge, he's like a detuned radio." I swore I'd never do it. I swore I'd never unleash a quaint little memory device to simplify a process that otherwise demands a decent serving of your attention. But here we are, and truth be told, I'm pretty comfy with it. Let's talk purpose. My job is professional development, my philosophy under that [...]
I was lucky enough to recently travel to Singapore to attend the Learning 2.013 conference, hosted by United World College, South East Asia. I have attended conferences in the past but this was a an entirely new level for me. I was surrounded by amazing educators and the conversations were inspiring and exciting. Many of the people whose company I now shared were previously only known to me as avatars on [...]
In my travels, both in and out of schools, I often encounter adults who are seemingly held back in their use of iOS devices. I notice it more with iPads in schools and it is very common to hear a teacher say that they haven't been shown how to use an app. A lot of us grew up in an age where you really wanted to be sure you knew what [...]
I am in a class with a mix of year 5 and 6 students. Many of the students are working in pairs, using one of the school’s MacBook Airs that live on the charging trolley. As I look around, I see many students looking for a way to arrange their screen so that they can have their song lyrics visible and still see the important parts of GarageBand. We have been [...]
