A new Berkhamsted conference
Exciting news: new Deputy Head of Boys (Academic) Nick Dennis has announced that Berkhamsted School will be hosting a brand new conference focussed on teaching, learning and assessment on Saturday 16th...
View ArticleVideo: How to influence technological change in your school
Lots of people have expressed frustration that it’s difficult to influence whole-school ICT developments and policy from a grass-roots level. In this video (made using Videoscribe for iPad) I’ve put...
View ArticleCaldicott Digital Learning Conference: 9th October 2012
I was honoured indeed to be asked to speak at Caldicott’s Digital Learning Conference today. I shared the bill with Nic Amy, Director of Learning at Wellington College and James Stanforth, Head of...
View ArticleBack in the saddle
I have dusted off my blog and am getting back into the swing of things before school starts for the new year in less than a month. I am really excited about focussing fully on eLearning at Berkhamsted...
View ArticlePower up your presentations!
Have you come across the annotation tool for PowerPoint 2013 called ‘inking’? It’s a great way to make presentations in class more engaging and to draw your students’ attention to particular elements...
View Article#Threequestions on technology…
I’ve been thinking about Mark Anderson’s three questions for a little while now and have pinned down a few thoughts. Whilst he kindly published them on his blog, I never put them up here… until now! 1....
View Article#TLAB16 is on its way to a diary near you
We are very excited indeed about hosting the 4th TLAB conference at Berkhamsted next Spring. Ally Harrison and I are at the helm alongside the Astra Alliance and we are determined to make next year’s...
View ArticleGoogle Classroom a-go-go
At Berkhamsted we have been thrilled to see the arrival of Google Classroom this year. It has made life with BYOD sixth form classes, in particular, a lot more straightforward. I have especially liked...
View Article10 Educational Aspirations for BYOD
At Berkhamsted we are currently working on our next steps with BYOD to move steadily from students having the option to bring a device to it being compulsory. This will bring about enormous change for...
View ArticleThe 8 essential elements of a BYOD programme
For BYOD to be a success, working digitally has to be more effective, productive and engaging than working on paper for enough of the working day to make it worthwhile. There are eight key elements...
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