Educational Technology Consultant and Lumos Learning founder Sarah Hill helps schools in Western Australia implement technology in their classrooms. A former teacher, she understands the many hurdles when adopting new tech programs, and has a unique way of solving the lack of bandwidth issue in the remote schools she works with. We chatted recently with Sarah about what…
Mid-April is probably not a time when you’re thinking about back to school, but at Showbie headquarters it’s top of mind. Our product team is heads-down focused on delivering some pretty slick new features for back to school this fall and we wanted to give you a sneak peek at what’s coming. Most of these…
Teachers who use Showbie love how it transforms their classrooms into engaging, collaborative, and organized learning environments. How do we know? We asked them. In January 2018 we surveyed 8,985 Showbie-using teachers around the world to find out how Showbie is impacting their classrooms. We received nearly 700 responses and results showed that teachers who…
As part of an action research group at school I decided to have a look at flipped learning and the benefits it could offer my students. I started with a hypothesis that we could make time gains in class and that my students would have resources and extra support for their learning. This all looked…
This is a guest post written by ADE, Consultant, Primary School Teacher, and Showbie Champion, Vickie Bacon, on the effectiveness of coaching for teachers. This generation of youth is facing daunting challenges. Unemployment rates among young people are in at an all-time high. Far too many students find their schooling boring and irrelevant, and don’t…
Going 1:1 in your school is a significant investment, not only in terms of money but also in time to set up and get teachers and students onboard. Check out these 5 tips to help your school go 1:1. 1. Empower students to help teach tech It’s amazing how adaptable children are to technology. Anyone who…
