Box of Tricks

Naace interview with José Picardo, Head of Modern Languages at Nottingham High School for Boys, where he describes how he harnesses web applications to improve learning outcomes for his students.

Diigo is a very useful social bookmarking site that also allows you to annotate web pages, saving your comments for you to see later or to share with others.

Here's a look at what my students thought of using Edmodo, a micro-blogging system for teachers and students.

A look at what my students and I have been up to this past half term.

Exploring how the expectations of our pupils are changing.

What has been going on in my classroom, as well as outside it, in the past 3 months. Go here to read the blog post http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=849

Watch this video to learn how to enhance your Smart interactive whiteboard using object animations, a feature of Notebook Version 10, the latest version of Smart board's proprietary interactive whiteboard software.

Go to www.boxoftricks.net to find out more.

This video-podcast highlights the reasons why you might want to have your own classroom and subject blog and also walks you through how to create your own blog using Wordpress.

Read more about it here http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=669

Mark Pentleton gives tips and advice about making educational podcasts. Go to www.boxoftricks.net/?p=535 to read more about it.

Review of the technology I have used with my students in the past 6 weeks. Go to Box of Tricks.net to find out more http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=498

Having used Edmodo, a micro-blogging platform, with my students since the beginning of term, I asked them what they thought.

Read more about it here http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=432

Podcasting in education has huge potential, but I feel quite a few teachers are put off because they think it’s a complicated business and that you need to be really good at computers to make a podcast. This video will show you how anyone can start their own podcasts in five easy steps.

Go here to learn more about podcasting in education http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=367

Here are my top five tips for creating resources using the Interactive Whiteboard.

Go here to find out more http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=199

This video podcast will take you through my top ten tips for using technology in the classroom. Technology helps makes learning more appealing, attractive and relevant to pupils in our digital age.

Read more about technology in the classroom here http://www.boxoftricks.net/?p=184