Unfortunately, I missed this final lesson on digital technology and the way it enhances outdoor learning but having furthered research it and reminiscing on my own experiences from my recent school placement, I am able to understand how to adapt … Continue reading →

To think that a toy that was on every child’s Christmas wish list when we were younger is now being incorporated in classroom learning is quite remarkable. Over the course of two weeks we explored games based learning. When I … Continue reading →

A question that is always being asked between educators and parents is if mobile devices should be used in classrooms or not. The British Educational Suppliers Association carried out research and found that technology in schools especially games consoles and … Continue reading →

I have combined week six and seven’s blog post together because they both focus on animation through movie making. What a fun filled learning during these two weeks! Our tasks were to use animation programmes, specifically Puppet Pals, iMovie and … Continue reading →

This week’s lesson has probably been my favourite one so far! Another assessment task week that consisted of using the Book Creator app. I have a Kindle of my own and am a consistent user of Apples own iBooks, therefore, … Continue reading →

This week’s lesson on coding was very interesting as it is something I had never heard of before and was intrigued to learn more about it. Having never heard of it before, I was surprised to learn that for children … Continue reading →