Head in the Cloud

As some of you may know from previous posts I have a strong interest in the use of cloud computing technologies in education. In particular Microsoft Office 365 or Google Apps for Education . So it was with much interest that I found myself this afternoon observing some online real-time collaboration between pupils from two primary schools from Newport using Google Apps. Mount Pleasant Primary School have been using Google Apps for some time at the school, creating an excellent literacy/numeracy framework pupil tracker for teachers using Google Sheets and a utilising Google Sites for cluster transition work . They've also previously done some online work with their students, where I was invited to observe and interact remotely on the work pupils were carrying out, from the comfort of my office! Glan Usk Primary School have recent 'gone Google' , signing themselves up to Google Apps for Education, with I believe the intention of using the various tools to support o...

I've recently been updating my e-safety links for an e-safety awareness raising session with parents. Here is a list of the resources I've gathered that could be suitable to share with children, teachers and parents. I'll try my best to keep the links active and update when I can :-) *Last updated 7th December 2016* Parental Controls (Gaming Consoles) Microsoft Xbox 360 - Parental Controls Microsoft Xbox One -Family Settings Sony PS3 - Parental Controls Sony PS4 - Parental Controls Nintendo Wii U - Parental Controls Nintendo Wii - Parental Controls UK Safer Internet Centre - Parental Advice on Gaming Devices Video Games Common Sense Media Games Reviews for Parents Ask About Games PEGI Games Ratings Online Gaming Parental Controls (Operating Systems) Apple OS X Yosemite Apple OS X Mountain Lion Apple OS X Mavericks Setting Restrictions on iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch Microsoft Windows 7 Parental Controls Microsoft Windows 8 Parental Controls Microso...