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I am a teacher with ideas, five children and in need of a blog as a personal reflection tool. I aim to write and share news and views about technology and education.
This free, Flash-based online simulation allows you to choose from several different scenarios where you assume the role of a disaster preparedness coordinator preparing to prevent a specific disaster. Each scenario gives you the opportunity to select the difficulty level, which adjusts the size of the map that the player is asked to construct defenses for as well as the budget and time constraints. Scenarios are: flood, earthquake, wild fire, tsunami and hurricane.
Design a house, home, room, apartment, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, office or classroom online for free with interactive 2D and 3D floorplanner design tool.
A guide to 10 great tools for digital storytelling with a class - create comics, animations and ebooks.
PrimaryPad is a web-based word processor designed for schools that allows pupils and teachers to work together in real-time. Look below to see how it wo
CS Unplugged is a collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. Not a computer in sight....
iPad apps for school, Android for school, Google tutorials, free downloads, YouTube alternatives, creating blogs and websites and much more....
Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education
Lego Digital Designer (LDD) is the official Lego CAD-like program. Download for FREE and install on any Windows or Mac computer and your pupils can design their very own creations.
CoderDojo is a movement orientated around running free not-for-profit coding clubs and regular sessions for young people. At a CoderDojo, young people learn how to code, develop websites, apps, programs, games and more. Dojos are set up, run by and taught at by volunteers. Dojos organise tours of technology companies, bring in guest speakers to talk about their career and what they do, and organise events.
BeatBullying works with children and young people across the UK to make bullying unacceptable. Through its highly-acclaimed training programmes, the charity delivers online and offline support to young people who have been affected by bullying and helps young people to help each other.
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A site that searches a range of educational resource websites to get you the best lesson resources all in one place!
"Film Education regrets to announce that it will be closing on the 26th of April 2013".
Learn about a new "superpower" that isn't being taught in in 90% of US schools. Starring Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, will.i.am, Chris Bosh, Jack Dorsey, Ton...
AnswerGarden is a minimalistic feedback tool. Use it in the classroom as an educational tool or for creative brainstorming. Easy to use and you can embed it on your website or blog to use it as a poll or guestbook.
Learning how to touch type could mean the difference between 10 words a minute to more than 40. That could also mean the difference between adding half a day to your productivity.
The theme for Safer Internet Day 2013 is Online Rights and Responsibilities with the slogan “Connect with Respect”. Safer Internet Day 2013 took place on 5th February, and was the tenth anniversary of the event.
The Best iOS Apps for Students and Teachers
Apps for storyboarding, time lapse, tiltshift, slowmo and vintage!
New from Oxford University Press, the free to use Tablets and Apps Advice Centre is designed to help schools get the best value and results from tablet devices and the apps used on them by removing jargon and offering tips from leading education experts.
All About Explorers aims to teach students how to search the internet and determine what is fact from fiction by encouraging them to research famous explorers and compare the information gathered.
HowStuffWorks explains thousands of topics, from engines to lock-picking to ESP, with video and illustrations so you can learn how everything works.
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