In the fast paced world of tech where new developments seem to happen at breakneck speed, it can be a little daunting when you feel like you’re falling behind. Keeping up to date with platform and App updates on top
It’s been a tough term with extended lockdowns across the country. We hope the holidays have given you some respite from the pressures of the lockdown juggle, and have seized the opportunity to refresh and refuel for the final sprint
Spring is here and after these school holidays, we’ll be on the homeward stretch to Christmas! With the country in lockdown over the past month or so our trainers have been busy! To ease the load and seize the opportunity
This month we continue to share our top tips, tricks, tools and resources that are bound to engage students and make you more efficient and creative in and out of the classroom. Content Overview 1 Tech Tools for Teachers: Bookmaking
This month we continue to share our top tips, tricks, tools and resources that are bound to engage students and make you more efficient and creative in and out of the classroom. Content Overview 1 Tech Tools for Teachers:
Reflecting, evolving and innovating to create an even better experience for our teachers and their students is at the heart of why we exist. When we first created our newsletter back in 2018 it was jam-packed with useful tips, tricks
Reflecting, evolving and innovating to create an even better experience for our teachers and their students is at the heart of why we exist. When we first created our newsletter back in 2018 it was jam-packed with useful tips, tricks
Our trainers are asked frequently if we have a curriculum map linking Digital Technologies to other curriculum areas, across age groups and levels. The answer is yes, but not for you! Curriculum Mapping needs to be aligned with school wide strategy, values, community and more. There is no one size fits all. In order to create a meaningful, useful, relevant map that serves your learners many things must be considered. This blog series explores how you can do just that.
For the UTB Show’s final episode, we’ve pulled out all the stops by rounding up the whole UTB training team who share their favourite tech tools (cue delightful track “My Favourite Things” from The Sound of Music). These tools really
Different events, meetings, tasks and reminders appearing on different devices can be downright confusing, not to mention annoying. Operating multiple calendars on different platforms will inevitably result in missing important meetings and events. But there is an easy fix. There
G Suite users will sometimes be presented with a login challenge before they can access their account. This normally can be done by receiving a verification code on their phone, but sometimes this is not possible, such as with students. Employee IDs can be set in G Suite and then used for login challenges, even in the case where the users aren’t employees.
Here in New Zealand our Digital Technologies curriculum has only existed for a few years and has only been expected to be taught in schools since the beginning of 2020. Our trainers are asked frequently if we have a curriculum
