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It has now been 6 months since I left the classroom as a Year 5/6 teacher and turned away from my role as Deputy Headteacher which I had only started a year before. I have never really spent time writing about my decision on this blog and so thought it was about time, after all ...

This is the third and final part in a short series I am reposting from the Official Google Docs blog which I wrote back in 2008. I introduce people to the concept of sharing ideas in the form of the Interesting Ways resources – both learning about the tool itself and sharing good practice about ...

This is the second in a series of 3 posts I wrote for the Official Google Docs Blog – in this one I share some common challenges teachers face when students begin working together on collaborative projects. // Communication is important, not the tool The success of our own class projects was not influenced by how ...

In 2008 I was invited to write a series of blog posts for the Official Google Docs blog. I have decided to repost them here to highlight some of the challenges I faced at the time and in an effort to help you, not only with the use of Google Docs but also other online ...

In the UK the Summer Term is fast concluding and many schools will be having a range of different activities and transition days/sessions so that children can spend some time with their new teachers and classmates. This resource for Interesting Ways to get to know your New Class has been developed over the last year ...

I was recently interested to read about a group of parents in Auburn, Maine, in the US, who were objecting to a large scale iPad project being rolled out for many children in Kindergarten (Nursery / F2). According to this blog post: The committee that governs schools in the district voted to spend about $200,000 ...

Six or seven years ago my answer to this question would probably have been different. I am now both a teacher and a father, in fact I have been for nearly five years. I am both education consumer and provider. My son has just begun full time education and my perspective on what it should ...