Draw.io is one of my favourite tools and the one I use most for creating graphics and infographics. As someone who doesn’t draw very well a...
Brainstorming and polling with AnswerGarden
AnswerGarden is a very simple tool for creating short answer polls and displaying the answers as word clouds. It’s really simple and quick ...
10 reasons why you should buy my book
Over the last year I have been working on the first in what I hope will be a series of books to help teachers exploit new technologies in w...
20 + Things you can do with QR codes in your school
QR codes are possibly one of the most underused useful features of new technology. Perhaps one of the main reasons for this is that many peo...
Friday, September 18, 2015
audience response
backchannel
classroom management
digital literacy
digital skills
Managing the digital classroom - Using a backchannel
In my first post in this series - Getting students' attention - I mentioned the use of backchannels. This post should give you more inf...
Thursday, September 10, 2015
back channel
classroom management
digital literacy
digital skills
mobile learning
Managing the digital classroom - Getting students' attention
Competing with a computer or mobile screen for students' attention can be a challenge at best and at worst extremely frustrating. In thi...
Using Scribd to monetise your writing work
Many writers like myself start writing blogs for free and sharing our work because we dream one day of becoming professional writers or at l...