Below is a case-study of how technology is used to support teaching and learning at Surbiton High School. The case-study was written by Dominic Norrish, Group Director of Technology at United Learning, and it is reproduced here with his permission: Surbiton High School has had a 1-to-1 mobile learning strategy…

I was once at a conference where a delegate started chatting to me about iPads in schools. He’d been in charge of the rollout of more than 500 tablets to staff and students in his school and I sensed frustration and a little dejection when he described what obviously had…

On Monday January 16, I will be/was part of a panel discussing the recommendations of the Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy Review, which was published in November 2016. Panellists were asked to contribute a five minute introduction. Below is the transcript of my contribution. At a time when a greater appreciation…

Saul was a “zealous” Pharisee who had spent his life persecuting early Christians. According to the New Testament, on the road to Damascus, Saul saw a flash of light that came down from heaven. He then heard the voice of Jesus, who asked him why he was persecuting Him and…

A s a languages teacher, it never ceases to astound me to think that the rasping, whistling and vibrating sounds emanating from our mouths and noses when we talk can be effortlessly decoded by others as meaningful language. This allows us to communicate with one another in astonishing levels of…

The notion of screen time evokes strong and often negative emotions. Photographs of people, young and old alike, staring into screens instead of talking to each other are almost always followed by dispirited comments about the dysfunctional state of our society. Parents of young children, including me, worry and often…

Earlier this summer I was enormously privileged to be asked by Jay Ashcroft and Charlotte Green to write the foreword to their new book The Tablet Revolution: How to Transform Student Learning with iPad, which you can read below. Providing pupils with mobile devices is an enormous decision for any…

This article was originally published on the BBC News website. Though I may have changed the words a little… Reading overload has led millions of people in the UK to take a “paper detox”, according to research from regulator Ofcom. …

I didn’t vote. I would have, I just wasn’t entitled to. You see, I’m one of the EU immigrants 52% of the country I’ve lived in and contributed to for 22 years has just voted against. Or at least it feels that way. A few folks, clearly well-meaning, have told…