The 3 of us arrived in Hong Kong a few days ago and had a day to explore before getting down to why we are here. I am writing this at the beginning of Day 2, when we are just about to go into our first Hong Kong schools. The first consisted day of a … Continue reading
#TeachBites
I was super proud last night to be involved in the first in a new style of professional development opportunities – TeachBites. Based on the TeachMeet format but allowing for more slightly longer, intimate workshops, we welcomed over 70 people to the Uni of South Wales campus in Newport. It started with some great keynotes on … Continue reading
#Nurture1516
I haven’t written one of these before but have always wanted to so I’ve found some time to have a go this year. 2015 – It’s fair to say that last year was a mixed bag of ups and downs, there were quite a few challenges that I had to overcome professionally, especially at the beginning … Continue reading
Shared Writing using Google Docs
Shared Writing in Literacy is something everyone has done often using a whiteboard and having the teacher lead the writing with pupils suggesting what to write. This can be done in a variety of ways with varying degrees of success. I have recently had a go at using Chromebooks and a shared document to do … Continue reading
Chromebooks in a Primary School
I have now been using Google Chromebooks for 2 months after we completely redeveloped the IT infrastructure at school over the summer. I have been so impressed with them that I thought it important to share my experiences so far. You can click here to read the background to our journey, I have kept it … Continue reading
Jump & Duck Game
Below is a game created and coded by Joe Badman, a pupil in my year 6 class. He is very proud of it and is asking what to do next as he has become very confident in using Scratch. I am thinking of getting him to have a go at coding a simple web site? … Continue reading
POW Strip Design
One of my favourite apps I currently use on the iPad is Pow Strip Designer, this has to be one of the most versatile apps around where only the limits of your imagination will hold you back. It is very similar to Comic Life, but in my opinion, better. I have used this in all … Continue reading
Google Classroom
I have been using Google Classroom for a number of months now and I like it a lot, the recent release of a dedicated app and updates to classroom itself were much needed. My biggest wish now is that you could collaborate with pupils from other schools, hopefully that will come soon. For now, there … Continue reading
Google Apps for Education & Classroom
I know this is my first post in ages, there are lots of posts I plan on doing it’s the usual finding time to write them. So, the one I wanted to write the most is about Google Apps for Education. Having been a huge fan of Edmodo (www.edmodo.com) and used it for over a year … Continue reading
Digital 2014
A few days a go I attended Digital 2014 event at the Celtic Manor in Newport. This was the second year of the event and the first time I had been. Held over 2 days and run by the Welsh Government the purpose is to look at the Digital state of Wales. The first day … Continue reading
Mark Davies 