• Finalist, BT Young Pioneers Award 2016 • Winner, Tech4Good People’s Award 2016 • Winner, Tech4Good Winner of Winners Award 2016 Aged just nine years old, Arnav Sharma studied the cause, diagnosis and effect of asthma and came up with a solution; the AsthmaPi kit. Using a Raspberry Pi hooked up to a range of…
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…
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…
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. http://mrparkinsonict.com
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. EducationOnFire.com https://twitter.com/taylormapps http://www.goodstuffprimaryresources.com/
A Complete Toolkit To Teach E-Safety Lessons with Online Safety Lesson Plans http://gooseberryplanet.com HomeHalo 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…
Purple Mash to 2Blog Katie from 2Simple Software tells us all about Creative Computing. Atmos Technology strive to transform educational outcomes by providing exciting, new and different opportunities for learning through ICT. IE Solutions focuses on the impact of digital technologies on learning, teaching and raising achievement https://www.2simple.com http://www.atmostechnology.co.uk https://www.ies.london
Stella James & Tim Rylands, premier IT educational speakers, give their insights about online safety and enthusing learners using technology. http://www.timrylands.com http://www.timrylands.com/2016/10/20/nape-computing-edtech-conference-2016-oxford-2/ http://gooseberryplanet.com http://nape.org.uk http://nape.org.uk/computing-edtech-conference-2/
Tynker is a complete learning system that teaches kids to code. Kids begin experimenting with visual blocks, then progress to JavaScript and Python as they design games, build apps, and make incredible projects. 50 Million Kids 60 Thousand Schools 2.4 Billion lines of code https://www.tynker.com/ https://www.parrot.com
mama.codes mission is to start all young children on their coding journey and give them the confidence and ability to code. The teaching method introduces children as young as three to coding through song, rhyme and storytelling using free kids’ coding App ScratchJr. Coding is the new literacy. It is on the school curriculum in…