Tech as Tool

Empire!

This exercise aimed to gamify working out past papers and its game structure can be adapted for different types of revision work. Gameplay Students are given a brief description of the game. Students have two minutes to memorise a list of great names in Computing; Then students have 2 minutes to list as many namesContinue reading “Empire!”

Beyond Copy/Paste

Introduction One of my major concerns is helping my students improve at research: facile as it seems, they need to be able to not only find and copy/paste information: they need to be able to filter and apply information to synthesise their own work. I have tried to engage students with research work in variousContinue reading “Beyond Copy/Paste”

Computer Games

A teaching activity designed to give just-in-time knowledge can keep learning relevant to a problem being tackled and the sandbox in the early stages of learning can give students the confidence to experiment…and that is essentially the type of learning games provide. Hence, I like to introduce students to a topic via a game. OftenContinue reading “Computer Games”

Our Blog

Our blog runs in the background of our lessons and activities. It is very much the class notebook and has many functions: It is a very useful tool for mixed-ability learning as it allows one to make a variety of activities available to students, creating a more flexible lesson; It provides students with links relevantContinue reading “Our Blog”

Using Padlet

Introduction Some months ago, I decided to use a Padlet-based discussion for a Year 11 topic tackling the effects of computers on society. I expected this to be a topic on which all students had points to share and focussed on creating a discussion where all students had the possibility of sharing their points. PadletContinue reading “Using Padlet”

You made it!

One awesome thing about having internet-enabled devices at hand is that it is so easy (and affordable!) to implement a ‘take your own route to making it’ approach to assessment, allowing students to work their way towards correct answers without being penalised for their mistakes on the way. Of course the element of trial-and-error necessitatesContinue reading “You made it!”