Customise the Control Centre on your classroom iPads
For some teachers, iPads were one of those things that got thrown into classrooms without a lot of training and support provided on how best to use them to enhance learning. So many teachers that the UTB team work with are now realising the awesome potential of iPads...
Student ICT skills mapping
Students skills and fluency with ICT are just as important as teachers. As students progress through their schooling they are building a certain skill set with using ICT for learning and for life. Schools need to consider what this progression looks like and where it...
Four ways to move beyond substitution with the SAMR model
Classrooms all over the world are now filled with all sorts of amazing technology, but the big question is,’How well is this technology being used?’ Using it for substitution is a great place to begin if you’re new to it, but it should never be a place to stay....
How can we use digital technologies to capture evidence of student thinking?
We are teaching in exciting times – for teachers in New Zealand, National Standards have disappeared and we can again begin to get a bit more creative with our lesson planning ideas. For teachers elsewhere, many countries now have a digital technology curriculum...
