I was very fortunate to receive a Fitbit Sense Smart Watch this Christmas. I was intrigued by the ability to customise it, write apps and so on (as I normally [ … ]
Fully Jarvis L-Shaped Desk and Monitor Arms Build Project
This is a build video/time lapse of a build of the Jarvis L-Shaped Desk Frame from Fully with the Jarvis Dual and Single Monitor Arms. Love this desk. I spray [ … ]
List all your Google Classrooms Version 2.0
With COVID-19 leading to lockdowns and school closures all over the world, we’ve never needed our digital tools as we do now. Our teachers have moved to the cloud [ … ]
Batch Script that will list ALL your Google Classrooms in your G:Suite deployment
In a larger deployment of Google G:Suite for Education my previous script for listing all the classrooms fails – it runs out of time. I’ve now resolved this using script [ … ]
Return of the amazing Glo.li
About 6 years ago, I created a URL shortener. Initially, it was intended for Glow but usage expanded to cover all sites on the web. The first version of the [ … ]
List all your Google Classrooms using Apps Script
As a Google Apps for Education admin you are probably getting everyone into Google Classroom. In my twenty plus years of using technology, Google Classroom is the most focused and [ … ]
SAMR: A model without evidence
I wrote in a previous post my thoughts on how the SAMR model degrades/demeans meaningful technology based learning activities and directs teachers to think of their use of technology as [ … ]
Google Classroom Assignments to Calendar
Services such as “Show MyHomework” provide a calendar of homework allocated to pupils and classes by their teachers. These simple tools allow files to be attached to homework but require the [ … ]
Minecraft: A celebration of learning at #Minecon2015
I’ve spent today at MineCon2015 – the world’s biggest computer gaming convention. 10,000 attendees plus hundreds of staff from Mojang and Microsoft, exhibitors and famous YouTubers (Yes, Stampy is here) [ … ]
Could SAMR be a load of tosh?!
It seems that everyone has this idea of the “transformative” use of technology in education. Every technology event I attend, just about every “evangelist” trainer, every company sales person or [ … ]