Hi everyone! It’s been a crazy week here at Showbie, as a good portion of the team has been out in the field at BETT in London and at FETC in Florida. We’ve really enjoyed meeting so many friends, and making so many new friends, in person. To cap off the week, a brand new…
Guest blogger Fraser Speirs is a teacher and a technologist. He designed and deployed the world’s first whole-school 1:1 iPad deployment. For more of Fraser’s ideas, check out his blog and his podcast. When iTunes U shipped in 2012, many teachers found great benefit in its ability to simplify and streamline the process of delivering…
Computer Programming is becoming an important part of education across all age groups, and in countries like the UK, it forms the core of the ICT/Computing objectives. The millions of students contributing to the recent Hour of Code also highlights the importance of programming on a global scale. Since I began to focus more on…
What is SAMR? Developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura, SAMR is a model that supports and enables teachers to design, develop, and infuse digital learning experiences into their lessons. It stands for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Redefinition. Each word can be applied to a lesson or activity that incorporates technology, moving from a use that simply…
Here at Showbie HQ we’re always working hard on that next big feature that we hope will finally complete your teaching life, or cause your students to spontaneously burst into song, or convince your principal/headmaster to give you that promotion, since you were the smart one who decided to start using Showbie in the first…
Guest blogger Fraser Speirs is a teacher and a technologist. He designed and deployed the world’s first whole-school 1:1 iPad deployment. For more of Fraser’s ideas, check out his blog and his podcast. Workflow isn’t a word that trips off the tounge of every teacher, but every teacher knows what it is. It used to…
