Tips for Teaching Grammar to Students
Grammar is often the most feared aspect of the English language. Teaching grammar to students is one of the toughest tasks faced by…
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Podcasting in Education – Benefits
New technology always has a heavy impact on education, and Podcasting is no different. Many learning institutions are cutting back on textbooks…
What are the benefits of the Hour of Code
You don’t have to be an expert programmer yourself to get your students started coding in the classroom and the Hour of Code is…
5 Grammar Tips and Apps for Children
Grammar is the basis of all written and spoken English. There are many aspects to learning English grammar and – of course…
5 Apps for Teaching Children Coding Skills
A code is simply a system of rules or instructions to convert information – such as a letter, word, sound, image, or…
Tips for teaching coding – Part 2
At secondary, pupils are encouraged to move away from Pseudo code (Block based) to recognised languages such as Python, touch develop, visual…
Tips for teaching coding
Computer Science (known in the media as coding) is one element of the current curriculum for computing. Much of the old ICT…
Looking for alternatives to Scratch?
Scratch seems to have become the go-to software for schools trying to teach the new computing curriculum. It is simple and more…
Computing is the outsider, the elephant in the room
As I talk to more and more teachers, it is clear that foundation subjects (everything other than English, Maths and Science) are…
Coding is for everyone!
I run a weekly computing club for children at my school, as well as teaching Computing as part of my normal timetable. …