025 : AbilityNet – Tech4Good Awards with Mark Walker
Now in its 6th year, the AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards recognise organisations and individuals who use digital technology to improve the lives of others.
The awards were created by AbilityNet with the help of BT and a number of businesses, charities and non-profit partners and sponsors, because we want to know about companies that are utilising the empowering influence of digital technology – whether it’s at home, at work, in education. Access to the digital world can be life changing.
https://www.tech4goodawards.com
https://www.tech4goodawards.com/enter-now/bt-young-pioneer-award/
https://www.tech4goodawards.com/enter-now/comic-relief-tech4good-africa-award/
https://www.abilitynet.org.uk – Tel 0800 269545
https://www.goodthingsfoundation.org
Education on Fire – Apps for Good Interview
024 : ICT with Mr.P – Pt 2
Part 2 of my interview with Lee Parkinson – how we can use technology to raise standards in schools.
Lee Parkinson has been a Primary Teacher for 8 years where he has built a wealth of ideas for how technology can be embedded right across the curriculum. He has successfully deployed a class set of iPads across a whole primary school and worked alongside children from EYFS through to Year 6 looking at how iPads can enhance teaching and learning throughout the curriculum.
Mr Parkinson always puts learning first and looks for creative and innovative ways in which technology, such as the iPad, can be used effectively to impact on writing & reading as well as developing key numeracy skills. He has built a reputation as one of the leading advocates for camouflage teaching, tricking children into learning by using engaging methods to motivate reluctant writers and inspire boys to write.
After a recent Ofsted inspection, his use of iPads within a Literacy observation was deemed “Outstanding with a phenomenal use of technology and an Outstanding outcome to the lesson.”
Alongside his expertise with iPads, Mr Parkinson also provides training for how using web based tools including blogging can impact on learning and motivate children to improve writing and reading. He also has a wealth of ideas to transform your classroom into the 21st Century from a real teacher with practical ideas that work.
Links of things we talked about:
http://mrparkinsonict.blogspot.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/IctWithMrP/
023 : ICT with Mr.P – Using technology to raise standards
Mr Parkinson is a primary school teacher who specialises in the use of technology to raise standards across the curriculum. His training and INSET provides teachers with a wealth of knowledge on the most engaging and inspiring ways to improve standards in Literacy, Numeracy and the NEW primary Curriculum using modern technology.
022 : Mid Season Catch Up with Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor gives his thoughts on the season so far and offers your pupils the chance to be on the Education on Fire Podcast for Season 3.
https://twitter.com/taylormapps
http://www.goodstuffprimaryresources.com/
021 : Keeping Children Safe Online with Gooseberry Planet
A Complete Toolkit To Teach E-Safety Lessons with Online Safety Lesson Plans
Gooseberry Planet uses gaming technology to help children learn about internet safety. In the course of a familiar game, children are exposed to online issues requiring a response such as meeting strangers, bullying, grooming and sexual exploitation. Children love playing games and Gooseberry Planet is a fun way to present internet safety situations to them.
The software platform facilitates the participation of parents and teachers to discuss with their children/students the issues raised in the game, and to monitor their reactions to the situations. Internet safety is part of Personal, Social, Health Economic (PSHE) education and ICT in schools, but many schools don’t know how to teach the subject. It is very difficult to keep up with the trends and stay in touch with what their students are using. Gooseberry Planet has a number of Apps for schools, which will facilitate the intervention of teachers and parents.
We offer a complete solution for the whole school community, ensuring that every child is taught for a minimum of 12 weeks (1 hour per week) in each and every year of their primary school education!
The games target 4-13 year olds. There are 5 levels in total, each level has been adapted for different age groups.
Two other apps sit alongside the gaming software. One for the teacher (Gooseberry Teacher) which is a monitoring system and also a resource, and the other is Gooseberry Parent. The software platforms talk to each other whilst the student is playing the game.
Areas covered with Gooseberry Planet:
• Clickjacking
• Grooming
• Sexual Exploitation
• Emailing
• Live Gaming
• Web Cams & Live Streaming
• Social Networking
• People online
• Radicalisation
• Meeting Up
• Chat Rooms
• Online Bullying
• In-App Purchases
• Online Safety for Students
• Teaching Internet Safety to Students
• Internet Safety and Online Safety tips for kids
• Online Bullying tips for children