Monday, May 20th, 2013
It’s always great to look back 20 years or so and see what TV technology shows were predicting for the future. It usually brings a smile to your face as you watch a flying car, or a mobile communication device that can fit in your hand! There will soon be the equivalent of more than
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
Just like in the cartoons if you dug down from where you are now, through the centre of the earth, where would you reappear? So how many of you know the answer? The smart answer is that...
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Like its free sibling, Essential Skeleton, which focusses on the human skeleton, this app allows the user to select and fly through the skeleton. In addition it includes 6 additional systems which can be built up or...
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
This app, which has been designed from the ground up for the iPad, provides an interactive 3D skeleton that the user can fly through. You can zoom in and rotate around it either as a whole skeleton...
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013
Long gone are the days of chalk and talk, five days a week. Knowledge acquisition is not just about being told; being shown is vital. Students must experience their learning through their senses. In order to keep...
Sunday, May 12th, 2013
With 11 year olds taking new SATs this week in grammar, punctuation & spelling, the government has released a specimen paper. The new test is made up of a 45-minute grammar test and a separate 15-minute spelling...
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
The TED series of talks and their website is a great repository of short insights which millions of us think is of value. So what could be a carry across to the world of teaching from this?...
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
It’s difficult to think about a world without apps, however, it is only five years since the launch of the iTunes App Store. In this time apps have become ubiquitous and found across all platforms and not...
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Thursday, March 28th, 2013
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world