Digital Learning - Issue 3.4

The Digital Adventures of Ava and Chip: Tackling Diversity and the Digital Divide

The Digital Adventures of Ava and Chip - Smart City by Beverly Clarke is a new children's picture book to 'make kids smarter' when it comes to understanding how technology impacts upon their lives

• 26 Nov 2021
• 24mins

The Glue That Meshes Pedagogy and Technology

No matter what assistive technology support you provide, without a strategy for training, maintaining and monitoring, it will prove challenging for your students, says Julia Clouter.

• 26 Nov 2021
• 24mins

How A Simple Strategy For Writing Coursework Can Boost Engagement And Productivity For Dyslexic Students

John Hicks was a member of the APPG whcih published the report Human Cost Of Dyslexia. Here he considers mind mapping as a way to relieve frustration

• 26 Nov 2021
• 24mins

How VLEs Can Help Address Global Education Challenges

Derek Devine discusses the role of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) in finding solutions to both long- and short-term challenges in the education sector.

• 26 Nov 2021
• 24mins

Rolling Out 2Simple Trust-Wide Boosts Teacher And Student Confidence

• 25 Nov 2021
• 24mins

The Future of Assessment and Accountability in Primary Schools – Pen-And-Paper Tests Should Be Replaced By Online Assessments

This report shows that primary schools are finding it increasingly difficult to focus on improving teaching and learning in the face of so many large and onerous assessments.

• 23 Nov 2021
• 24mins

Increasing Reading For Pleasure With Educational Technology

Reading for pleasure has many benefits for a child’s education but research tells us that UK children read less for pleasure than those in most other countries. Education Technology can play an important role in changing that, explains Ian Turner.

• 21 Nov 2021
• 24mins

Why Don’t We Teach Touch Typing In Schools?

The pandemic highlighted the need for digital skills. During lockdown almost everyone had to do their work on digital devices, so why don't we teach touch typing? Teaching Times put this question to a few people at the recent Schools & Academies Show held at the NEC.

• 21 Nov 2021
• 24mins

Education in Times of Crisis: Effective Approaches to Distance Learning

This report has found that distance learning has had a positive impact on those students who found more independent approaches to learning more motivating. Many want to continue to develop their students’ independent learning skills going forward.

• 9 Nov 2021
• 24mins

The Logic Behind Cuemath

Why has Cuemath, one of many online Maths tuition platforms, caught the eye of Google and grown so rapidly. Manan Khurma, Founder and CEO, explains what its all about.

• 7 Nov 2021
• 24mins