Our Classroom Zoo

There have been plenty of occasions when my classroom has resembled a zoo!But today, through Augmented Reality, we actually turned our EYFS classroom into a real zoo!I've blogged about different ways you can use Augmented Reality (you can read them here) and it never ceases...

Making our own Interactive Avengers Story Cubes

Before I start discussing what we did, it is only right to share where the original idea for this project came from. This blog post by the brilliant @Joe_Moretti gave me the inspiration for this project - AR STORYCUBES PROJECTI have been using my iPad with my...

Creating Interactive Guides to the Human Body

You may remember a project I did with Year One last term:I decided to do a similar project with Year Three for their science topic about the Human Body. We started with the Curiscope Virtuali-tee. This amazing augmented reality t-shirt never fails to create a lesson...

Using GIFs in the classroom

A few years back, I put together an eBook - 15+ ideas for the emoji keyboard in class. The eBook shared some useful and inspiring ideas for how to utilise the emoji keyboard.I have since blogged about using Bitmoji in class. This is another great tool that...

Figment AR to Inspire Writing

Today I worked with one of our Year 3 classes and I eventually had the chance to try out a new app I've been desperate to use - Figment AR.I first heard of this app after reading a blog post from the brilliant @ICTEvangelist. You can read his blog post here:Figment AR For...

Our New Interactive Display on Never Giving Up!

In my sessions each week at Davyhulme, I have been working on a project with my Digital Leaders. As a school with a motto 'Reaching for the Stars,' I wanted the pupils to create a display that would inspire children to persevere and not let failure stop them achieving their...

Combining PE and Maths with AR Runner and Graphmented

One of the most exciting new features of Apple's iOS11 is the new ARKit and the possibilities with this new feature. The downside, as I discovered last week, the new AR apps will only work on devices with A9 or A10 chips. After installing these apps on most of our school...

Learning About The Human Body In Year 1

Year 1 are learning all about the human body. Today, we used technology to enhance this topic further. First, we used the brillaint Virtuali-tee app from Curiscope. Click here to read more about this app. To order a t-shirt, click here.Year 1 loved learning about the...

Learning about the body with the amazing Curiscope Virtuali-tee app!

I love using technology to create moments of awe and wonder with my pupils. Two of the best tools for this are Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. Imagine an app which combines both to make learning about the Human Body more fun and interactive than ever before!I have...