What is it? In the entrance/foyer of most schools these days, you will find some form of digital display. At best this will have term dates, maybe some scrolling RSS news feed from the BBC and, if you are lucky, some still photos. Too often, however, they are not even...
We are delighted to be part of the Havering Apple Regional Training Centre event at Five Elms. They have been using iPads across the whole school since 2011. The iPads have made learning more engaging and memorable for children. The audio and video tools have helped...
Apple Teacher Guides to support coding with Swift are available on the iBook Store. Learn to Code, Teacher Guide. This Teacher Guide is designed to help you bring Swift Playgrounds into the classroom, no matter what your level of experience with coding is. It includes...
Bloxels is an exciting new game design app created by Pixel Press. This is the team that produced the popular app Floors. The earlier app enables students to design game levels complete with moving platforms, ladders, various hazards and, of course, enemies. These...
We love our iPads; they are our “go to” devices. Many of the activities we choose to do are quicker on the iPad than on a traditional computer. How we do them, however, can be quite different, for example, navigating can be a drawn out process. We all have...
Seesaw possibly the best thing to happen on the iPad since…. Seesaw is a free app and service. It works like a simple class blog. It enables children to post their “in progress” work and final outcomes for teacher and peer feedback. The set up process is easy and...
