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Education app of the week: Brushes for iPad Every teacher I've told about the Brushes app for iPad has gone mad for how easy it is to use, how it can inspire students to get more involved in art lessons and...
Education app of the week: Talk Maths for iPad
Getting pupils to really engage with maths can sometimes be tricky, but our latest app of the week for iPad is a great solution. Talk Maths presents quite difficult mathematical...
Updating facilities to win new students at Barnsley College Sam Wilson, head of the media unit at Barnsley College wanted to update the college’s entry-level cameras but at the same time keep costs to a minimum...
Coding in the classroom with Scratch Coding and programming look set to become a big part of ICT in schools, hitting the 'Developing ideas' section of the curriculum which includes using information systems and...
A multicam sports monitoring system at Babington College While transitioning specialities from technology to sport, Babington Community College were looking for ways to embed ICT in all subjects and help students...
Aerohive explained: StudentManager and TeacherView If you've spoken to any of our education team about a 1:1 iPad deployment or are already part of the e7 scheme, we've probably mentioned Aerohive already. The current darlings of...
Jammin' at Djanogly: Silent music practice in the classroom We were recently at Djanogly City Academy, Nottingham, to rig up a JamHub silent music practice mixer. After running through the simple set-up, the students were...
LED vs lamp projectors: What's it worth? When picking a projector for the classroom, image quality is an important factor to consider but, to guarantee the best investment, a longer running life and other features should be on the school's checklist too. Traditional lamp-based projectors using Digital Light Processing (DLP) have...
New ways to showcase student content at Vision West Notts As part of their Vision West Notts rebranding exercise, West Nottinghamshire College launched a £5 million refurbishment of their...
Webcasting and live TV at Wiltshire College When Wiltshire College were looking to update its analogue TV studio, we provided them with NewTek’s TriCaster Pro - a portable production system that would...
A Mac-based music department at Rugby School Michael Martin, music teacher at Rugby School, Warwickshire, introduced the school’s first suite of Macs in 1994 to expand the...
Recording and broadcasting lessons at St George's College St George’s were looking at expanding the reach of their lectures and wanted to find a way of recording and broadcasting their lessons to students at...