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Accessibility & Technology
Accessibility [1] is not just about supporting SEN, but about access for all.   The Cambridge dictionary has two definitions for accessibility: The...
Mat Pullen
— June 2020 — 509 views

Make your own GarageBand - Ease your Teaching anxieties with your Apple app
Music is a difficult subject to teach. It can be loud. It can be expensive. It can be a minefield of different abilities. Not to mention, many teacher...
Nick Acton
— May 2020 — 89 views

Why become an Apple Teacher?
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Nick Acton
— April 2020 — 137 views

Using GarageBand, Explain Everything, Book Creator and Google Translate in Modern Foreign Languages
It’s no secret. We’re not all brought up to be dual-lingual in England. Learning a language is not as integral to us as it may be in many other countr...
Nick Acton
— January 2020 — 161 views Apple Apps iPad

Photography for Learning: 7 Top Tips for Capturing The Perfect Photo with iPad
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Matt Watkins
— January 2020 — 199 views

Video for Learning: 10 Reasons Why I Believe iMovie is still the Best
The wonder and difficulty of the Apple [1] app store is that there is so much to choose from. A one-word search could generate hundreds of results. S...
Nick Acton
— January 2020 — 130 views

Mac and iPad, a Perfect Pairing in Education
* The iPad [1] has proven itself to be a brilliant educational tool. Teachers and Pupils alike continue to plumb the depths of what the device can do ...
Nick Acton
— January 2020 — 529 views

Five Ways that a Mac can Make a Teacher's Life Easier
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Nick Acton
— January 2020 — 460 views

10 Reasons why Google Apps are changing the classroom
We live in a world where the answer to unanswerable questions is ‘Google It’. This turn of phrase is becoming about as common as technology itself. It...
Nick Acton
— December 2019 — 360 views

10 Ways of using Pokemon Go for Curriculum Learning
Every now and then, along comes a phenomenon. Call it a craze or a phase. Call it anything you like. The fact is, Pokemon Go isn’t going anywhere, any...
Nick Acton
— December 2019 — 117 views

How AERODRUM will beat a drum kit in your music department
* Aerodrum has to be seen to be believed... * This is not some kind of amazing mime artist. The Aerodrum system uses motion capture (mocap) technology...
Nick Acton
— December 2019 — 130 views

The death of interactive whiteboards - Explain Everything's new collaborative whiteboard
Over the years, I have always defended Interactive Whiteboards. They hang on the walls of almost every classroom in the country. Of course, they are i...
Nick Acton
— December 2019 — 173 views

17 things to Do on Explain Everything
Some apps are like swiss army knives. Some can do more than you think. Some can be used in thousands of ways in the classroom. Explain Everything [1] ...
Nick Acton
— December 2019 — 225 views

10 Ways of Using Quizlet in the classroom
Simple quick wins. That is what most teachers are looking for when it comes to using technology in the classroom. We all want apps to offer something ...
Nick Acton
— December 2019 — 223 views

'This is the droid you're looking for' - Programming bb8
Have you felt it? There has been an awakening. Star Wars has taken over the galaxy yet again. Its power rivals the Death Star. It is as omnipresent as...
Nick Acton
— December 2019 — 168 views

Book Creator and SEN
90% of all children with Special Educational Needs in the UK are in mainstream Education according to the SEN Code of Practice. In other words, the la...
Nick Acton
— December 2019 — 186 views

8 reasons why 'too noisy pro' is an essential app for teachers
Apps can work their way in to almost every aspect of teaching and learning. Including behaviour management. Some schools use apps to monitor behaviour...
Nick Acton
— December 2019 — 163 views

Posing Questions in the Digital Classroom
Teachers ask hundreds of questions every week. It is the basis of all enquiry based learning. It is the main way of uncovering each child’s understand...
Nick Acton
— December 2019 — 151 views

5 Reasons why Chromebooks are brilliant teaching and learning tools
Google [1] ’s place in Education is an ever-growing phenomenon. The search engines power is undeniable and frankly, useful. Being the monopoly that th...
Nick Acton
— December 2019 — 204 views

Switch On Your Signage
Celebrate & Share Amazing Work With TrilbyTV** *Digital signage. It’s become common place for most Educational Settings. As you walk into a school’s r...
Nick Acton
— December 2019 — 154 views

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