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What to do with Web 2.0 tools: VR apps
Virtual Reality can take your students out of the classroom and into entirely new lands, environments and experiences — from global travel to outer space — and is primed to be the next big learning opportunity to integrate into the learning environment. Earlier in the year, we looked at the ‘New Vision for Education: Fostering Social and
Chat it up with Colleagues in the UK
“Every person is defined by the communities she belongs to.” Orson Scott Card A huge shout out from across the pond to Matt Haydon (@mrhaydon14) and the passionate and growing DEN UK Community for launching #UKDENchat. If you are looking for advice around instructional strategies, VR, networking, wall displays, seating charts for back-to-school, and pretty
What to do with Web 2.0 tools: ChickCam
Another insightful guest post from Matt Stockman, here he explains how to set up your very own ChickCam. Having a ‘chick hatching’ project in schools is becoming more and more popular, especially as advances in technology and broadband speeds have made it easier to make sure students never miss a thing — even outside of
DfE update — NFER Teacher voice omnibus Research report July 2016
There has been much activity recently in the world of education, so I thought I would highlight some of the findings from this report (available to view here) — a survey of teachers’ and school leaders including topics of assessment, accountability and character. Almost 200 respondents from over 1500 schools completed the survey (the primary
Making an impact with conservation in the classroom
Each June, the entire, global team of Discovery employees simultaneously takes part in a day of giving back to the community, known as Impact Day. Every year a variety of different projects are available for Discovery employees to choose from, and this year, I chose to participate in a day of making bee hotels (also called bee houses) with local
The College of Teaching — a new chartered body for the teaching profession
Professor Angela McFarlane has played a key role in the College of Teaching project. We are delighted that she has written a blog post for us at Discovery Education, to explain the work of the college. Read more about Angela in a short biography at the bottom of the article. On the 8th June 2016
What to do with Web 2.0 tools: An introduction to Thinglink
In this post we hear from Matt Stockman, who is sharing another handy free Web 2.0 tool and some ideas for using it in your classroom. Learn more about Matt at the bottom of the article. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but when you need to convey a lot of information
Digital literacy tips & tricks: Literacy fundamentals part 2 — Reading
This is the second part of our short series of posts on literacy fundamentals. Catch up on part 1 — speaking & listening. In this post I’ll share some ideas for encouraging your students of different abilities to read. One of the aspects of the newspapers module, which is new to Discovery Education Espresso, is the fact that the printable
What to do with web 2.0 tools: Word clouds
At work I have a reputation for being a bit obsessed with word clouds. I do love them, but because I think they have great value in the classroom. If you’ve not encountered them before, I’m going to divide this post into word clouds that are created from prewritten text and those that are created