Author: Miss Abercrombie

February 8, 2020

PowerPoint Presenter Coach

If you are looking for a way to support learners (or indeed, yourself!) to be clear, expressive and confident when communicating & presenting to others using digital tools, then Microsoft PowerPoint Presenter Coach is a handy feature of Microsoft PowerPoint. Read more

March 8, 2019

Microsoft Dictation Tools

Microsoft’s in built dictation tools makes note taking and writing easy and can useful for all learners.

February 12, 2019

Excel Online

Do your learners create graphs in your classroom? Perhaps after they undertake a survey, such as a traffic survey, favourite food, eye colour, or something related to an area of study in the curriculum? There’s a whole range of digital tools available to help create graphs and charts available in Microsoft Excel Online.

February 7, 2019

iPad Camera

Your Connected Falkirk iPad’s inbuilt camera has a host of features beyond simply taking a photograph. Whether it’s time-lapse, slo-mo, burst-mode, video, panorama, zoom or a range of filters, quality choice or proportions.

February 4, 2019

MERGE Cube

MERGE cube lets the teacher or learner move a 3D object as if it’s right there in their hand!

January 30, 2019

PicCollage

Much more than the name might suggest, PicCollage is a free app which works on multiple platforms including iPads, Android, Windows and Amazon devices. Yes of course, as the name suggests, it can create collages of multiple images (and video clips) but it can do much more! And it has uses to support across the curriculum in different ways.

January 29, 2019

Take Off Task: My Life In Numbers

Get pupils exploring the numbers that make up their life story so far using the website You’re Getting Old! and Keynote.

October 30, 2018

Doorway Online: online teaching resources

What is it?

Doorway Online Interactive and Accessible Learning has an array of free online teaching resources which can be used by early learners independently or as classroom activities led by a teacher on an interactive whiteboard.

August 7, 2018

Using drones to drive STEM learning

Drones can be a fabulous addition to STEM learning, find out how to get started with drones in the classroom here.

August 1, 2018

Using emojis, symbols and signs in learning

For conveying information quickly we all rely on signs and symbols every day, whether it’s finding toilets, exits, stairs or lifts in unfamiliar public buildings, or signs on roads warning of dangers ahead. Read more