The National Literacy Trust’s latest study on digital reading (Children, Young People and Digital Reading by Christina Clark and Irene Picton, 2019) assesses the impact technology has on reading attainment and enjoyment. The report draws on previous studies from 2015 and 2018 and a new survey of nearly 57,000 children and young people aged 9 to 18 carried […]
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When I attended this talk recently at the Nimbus Ninety conference, Work Reimagined, I thought it was going to be about how edtech start-ups are disrupting the traditional educational publishing landscape. It actually turned out to be about disrupting the education system itself and the speaker Paul Clarke presented a call to action detailing what was wrong […]
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In preparing to write this blog, I decided to take a look at presentations I have given over the last ten years to see what is still relevant and what has changed in the way we approach educational technology. There are some very interesting nuggets to be gleaned.
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The world’s largest tech companies are rushing to connect the next billion people to the Web. Microsoft is creating connectivity by consolidating the small bits of bandwidth between television channels (television whitespaces). Facebook is experimenting with transmitting data via high-flying drones (project Aquila) and Google via balloons (project Loon). The motives in each case seem […]
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New technologies have been a matter of intense debate; social media, iPhone, iPad, apps for pretty much everything. On the one hand, there are those who passionately support technology and can’t live without it. On the other hand, there those who are committed to traditional consumption and can’t live without that either! While the majority […]
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We consider that technology should not be used for technology’s sake as this is proven not to improve outcomes. It should only be used when it frees teachers and learners to be more effective in what they do best and that is to teach and to learn.
Read moreOne of the biggest problems facing education technology today is the way in which existing learning materials are translated onto new technology platforms, without real consideration for the “baggage” technology brings along.
Read moreThroughout December we showcased a different example of Kerboodle content each day. In case you missed it, here are the links to each item. The team hope you enjoy them! If you are new to Kerboodle and want to find out more then please take a look here and get in touch to arrange a free in-school demonstration. […]
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One of the easiest things to lose sight of in education is the original target you were trying to achieve. What are we trying to teach them, and how best should this be done? There are many reasons why this becomes marginalised: we assume it is obvious; inspectoral demands replace our objectives with visible metrics […]
Read moreWhat can be done to ensure that technology truly improves learning outcomes? Two thoughts for a complicated scenario. I started teaching in the pre-digital era, and moved into education technology as a professional when I discovered just how it could help improve the learning outcomes for my students. And these were analogue technologies that at […]
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