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The home-cooked app! Here we go again! Every few months, the tech world collectively loses its mind over a brand-new apocalyptic headline. This week’s contender? “Software is over.” Again! First SAAS was dead, now Adobe is done! It came courtesy…
Every week while producing my newest podcast, Unplugged and Unlocked, my boys would sit nearby, watching intently. It didn’t take long before the questions started: “Papa, can we record our own podcast?” Naturally, my instinct was to hand them standard…
It’s happening again. We are currently witnessing a profound and highly visible shift in the educational discourse. Across social media, on LinkedIn, in staffrooms, and in school board meetings, there is a growing, vocal movement advocating for a drastic reduction…
Handing the control booth of a live theatre production over to a group of six- and seven-year-olds might sound a bit like asking a toddler to defuse a joyful, glitter-filled bomb. It’s vibrant, it’s high-energy, and without the right wire…
For the better part of a decade, “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) has been the darling of international school finance departments. It promised a utopian vision: lower capital expenditure for schools, student familiarity with their own tech, and a bridge…
A Reflection on Dr. Rolly’s Demo Slam at Future of Learning SEA 2025 If you were at the Future of Learning South East Asia (FOLSEA) 2025 conference this weekend, you already know the atmosphere was full of excitement and learning.…
After my last post on taming the Safari “Tab-alanche,” I had several teachers ask the million-dollar follow-up question(I did kind of expected this…): “That Safari trick is great, but can we do the same thing for all the open apps?…
If you’ve ever picked up a student iPad only to find 50+ open tabs ranging from Mathletics to Roblox wikis and three-week-old search results for “cute baby pandas,” you are not alone.(Especially if, like us, you are looking at life-cycles)…
It started with a sigh. One of those deep, mid-lesson, “tech-is-failing-me” sighs. I was standing in front of a group of teachers, trying to share a single, simple link to a website which was way too long to share in…
The Problem with IMPORTRANGE Many of us use Google Sheets for tracking, Especially if you are at a Google School and use Google Drive as your main file storage/sharing solution. But sometimes our data starts in an Excel file (.xlsx)…
Why I Decided to Join the Judging Panel for the Global EdTech Awards 2025 Last year, I had the privilege of serving on the judging panel for the Global EdTech Awards, and it was such a rewarding experience that I…
Talk for Writing has been at the heart of our Key Stage 1 teaching for a number of years. It’s a powerful approach that encourages children to internalise language structures through talk, imitation, and innovation before moving on to independent…
A Conversation We Need to Have About Sustainability, Privacy, and Value. As a teacher, I get it. I really do. We’re constantly swimming in a sea of “free.” The siren song of the latest free tool, free AI feature, or…
Are you ready to save time and create stunning, effective presentations that truly connect with your students? This page is your one-stop resource for high-quality, copy-and-paste prompts designed specifically for Prezi‘s amazing AI presentation creator. Whether you’re teaching kindergarteners about…
“Stories are the most powerful teaching tool we have and now, you can create a fully illustrated, narrated one in minutes.” What’s New? Google’s Gemini has just introduced a feature called Storybook, and it has the potential to completely change…