Design Thinking in Schools | Part Two – Ideation
How might we increase exam results for learners?Why do exam results matter?Because employers use exam results to pick who they interviewWhy do employers use exam results?Erm… because that is the information they have about students who applyWhy do they only have exam resultsThey also have a CV but that doesn’t differentiate the students enoughWhy does […]
Free CPD at the RM Seminars – Autumn 2017 – Book your free place now!
Please join us 2nd – 29th November at 11 locations across the UK. The RM Seminars are back for autumn 2017. We are really excited to bring you a range of CPD accredited sessions with topics providing inspiration for using technology in your school, ensuring your students safety online, plus tons of technical advice. Full […]
The Best Chromebooks of 2017 reviewed and compared
At first glance, Chromebooks are a breed of laptops designed to be easy and safe to use, compact and affordable. However, Chromebooks are not the ideal pick for everyone. There are quite a few things Chromebooks cannot handle but as long as you understand their limits, there’s a fair chance you’ll get along well with […]
Design Thinking in Education | Part One – Empathy
By +Ben Rouse Have a walk around school and take a moment to ask why? Why do we teach these subjects?Why are the timings of lessons structured in this way?Why are classrooms set out like that?Why do the children behave so well for that teacher?Why did we purchase those books?Why doesn’t the librarian sit in lessons?Why […]
Adding and creating an animated header in Google Classroom
by +Sethi De Clercq If you are are a regular reader of my blogs on EduFlip.net or follow my tutorials on YouTube, you know I enjoy trying new and different things. Having been to quite a few summits, schools and classrooms, I can say I have seen a fair share of Google Classroom courses in […]
General Data Protection Regulations
by +Louise Jones Coming soon to a cinema near you… Actually, coming very soon to your organisation! The new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will ‘go live’ on the 25th May 2018. So what are the implications for education? In this post we provide some helpful information on what it actually means to your school, your learners and […]
AppsEvents 2017 Survey of Technolgy & G Suite in Schools
We are delighted to announce our second annual survey of ‘Google use in International Schools’. Please click here for the 2017 Survey and you can see the 2016 survey results here. Our survey showed increasing use of Google tools across the board. In particular we saw an increased use of Chromebooks with 64% of schools […]
Applications for the Google EDU pilot schools program now open
The Google for Education team is now in the process of selecting schools to test out new features and tools for various products such such as Google Docs, Google Classroom, Google Expeditions, and many more! Submit your application through http://bit.ly/2tymz2o. Please note that completing this form does not automatically guarantee that your school will be […]
#GIESummit highlights…
Even after a summit or bootcamp has long ended, the ‘learning, connecting and sharing’ never stops! Here’s another great recap blog post from AppsEvents presenter Caitlin Bennett highlighting her takeaways from the Maine Google Summit. Make sure to leave her a comment if you found something useful or share to your social media circles. #LearnConnectShare. […]
Google for Education Team Professional Development Email Series
The Google for Education team have developed a Professional Development Email Series that your school can send to its teachers as a back-to-school exercise. This 9-week series of professional development content covers the basic skills of using G Suite for Education in the classroom. It’s aim is to help your school provide its teachers resources […]
