13 January 2010 2 Comments

Making Super Stories, Brilliant Books and more…

Making Super Stories, Brilliant Books and more…

This post was originally published here.
I’m a big fan of 2Simple’s software… this week alone, my Year 3 pupils have used:

2Connect to make mind maps showing their existing knowledge of Italy at the start of the topic.
2Paint a Picture to design logos for an Italian restaurant business that they have been challenged to create for [...]

19 November 2009 3 Comments

Review – Dell Latitude 2100 in the classroom

Review – Dell Latitude 2100 in the classroom

A while ago, I was was offered the chance to receive a Dell Latitude 2100 netbook for review purposes. While I don’t normally write reviews for products on my blogs, I agreed to take a look at the machine for two reasons:

My blog post ‘Using Flip Video in the classroom‘ has become extremely popular, [...]

4 July 2008 30 Comments

Using Flip Video in the classroom

Using Flip Video in the classroom

After my first post about the Flip Video Ultra, I received a few requests on Twitter asking for my thoughts about its use in an educational setting. So, I’ve taken the gadget into school this week and shared it with other adults and pupils to find out their opinions, and begin exploring its potential.
The adults that [...]