Socrative is a great, easy to use, educational tool to create engaging quizzes and assessments. In the words of the creators, “Visualizing student understanding has never been easier“. As a teacher, you can set up a quick quiz and give students a code to type into on the Socrative app, then they all go through […]
The Glyn Library needs very little introduction but whilst the library itself is a bit hard to miss, there are some people who aren’t aware of the sheer number of resources that the Library website offer and recommend. The dedicated team create some of their own resources, collating different sites and content together for a […]
We started using Open Broadcaster Software [OBS] here at Barton Peveril a couple of years back, it’s available for Windows, MacOS and various flavours of Linux. OBS is a tool that allows you to run a virtualised TV Studio control room on your computer.
Quizlet is a mobile and web-based study app that allows you to study information using tools and games. They suggest that over 90% of students who use Quizlet are seeing improvements in their results overall, that combined with the sheer amount of resources available makes this app an invaluable tool for learning.
The Conversation is a non-profit, charity, independent news outfit that sources its content from academic sources and researchers to help you keep up to date with the world away from the noise of the mainstream media. Take a look at theconversation.com.
G Suite for Education includes unlimited storage on Google Drive and access to Docs, Sheets, Slides, Forms, Classroom, Sites, Gmail and much more. You can access it using any browser on a desktop computer or mobile device. The beauty of G Suite is that it’s free to use, everything is saved online to Google’s servers […]
CrashCourse create and share easy to follow topic videos to help you learn a specific subject. With over a BILLION views across their YouTube channel and just shy of 10 MILLION subscribers, they regularly post new content including videos with leading lecturers from their respective field.
Open Culture is a website that centralises and curates the best, free educational and cultural media from across the internet to make it easier for everyone to find.
Oxford Podcasts is home to over 9000 public lectures, teaching material, interviews and a lot more. Content is regularly added to the site including public lectures covering the environmental and scientific challenges of the 21st century. It’s not all audio though, they also have video and written content too. You can download the complete First […]
BBC Podcasts started back in 2004 and since then have gone from strength to strength. Each month around 63 million podcasts are downloaded from the BBC, with 26 million of those being just by the UK! Previously you had to use either a BBC Podcasts app or BBC iPlayer Radio app but now everything is […]