Author Archives: ICTmagic

I have been very fortunate to be inspired by so many great people and events. November has been a busy month for me and I have presented at many different events. The first was at the Association of Secondary Heads in Essex conference on 8th November. It was a great pleasure to walk with soContinue reading “Inspiration”

I was asked a fascinating question a few days ago about whether my Wiki was really a Wiki. As some of you may be aware, the ICTmagic wiki page is a one-man show, which was not my original intention at all. I started the site in December 2010 as a means to help the colleaguesContinue reading “Quickie about a Wiki”

This post is meant for the hard working, passionate educators in your school who have not yet found their personal learning network and are not yet using social networking to improve their teaching and further their professional development. If you have found this page it is likely that you have your own PLN and youContinue reading “PLNning to Inspire”

1) Build your person learning network Imagine a place where you can ask for a child-friendly video about the Battle of Hastings at 2am on a Thursday and five people point you in the direction of a perfect resource. This is your personal learning network (PLN). It’s like that teacher in your school with allContinue reading “Try IT this year – Ten Techie things to try this year”

Recently I have been getting more and more excited about augmented reality (AR) and its possible uses in the classroom in the years to come. I believe that AR could have the same effect the introduction of interactive whiteboards has had on classroom practice and student engagement a decade ago. AR has the potential toContinue reading “The Rise of Augmented Reality in Education”