I am Head of ICT at a grammar school in South West London and I’ve been teaching for 6 years.
When I am not teaching I write and advise for the Guardian Teacher Network I am also Director of Realise Learning.
I love trying new and innovative ideas in the classroom and on a whole-school level. I also enjoy blogging in the classroom, using Edmodo, Kodu, graphic design, computing, new technology, e-safety, HTML and Facebook.
At the moment I am in the middle of testing the use of iPads in the classroom, which is proving interesting and exciting.
I am also a big hip hop fan and I have been for 20 odd years, so every now and again I may blog about that. I hope that you can forgive me. 
Hi Matt, I am an ICT teacher from Liverpool and think your projects are fantastic they have given me so many ideas to try out in the classroom, I love reading your blogs and I too am excited about mobile technology. Last year I tried quadblogging with one of my year 7′s it was amazing and the kids loved it. This year I want to do more coding and if possible use some of your resources could you email me if this will be possible.
Thank you so much
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Hi Kathy!! Thanks for your comment. Your kind words are appreciated.
Help yourself to any resources you find on here. I hope they are useful
Let me know how you get on.
Hi Matt,
I am doing a DPhil at the University of Oxford. My study seeks to develop teacher voice for education reform by investigating what teachers think might be the futures of secondary school education in England over the coming twenty-five years.
I have read some of your writing on the Guardian website. I would really like to talk to you about your thoughts about the English school system, the challenges you think that it is facing and how you would like to see it develop over the next couple of decades. I’m in the very early stages of my research and you would not be part of my research project proper (although you could potentially become involved later on). I’m currently looking for teachers to talk to me informally about their thoughts and visions for education and I’d be really interested in hearing from you.
I would love to talk to you about this and happy to help in anyway. Are you on Twitter? I could send you my details on that?
Hi Matt,
I am an Ed Tech enthusiast. Always had a passion for education, but got to work on EdTech over the last 2 years, thanks to a friend’s startup on m-Learning. I currently do independent consulting on EdTech.
Prior to EdTech, I worked for 10+ years in IT in various roles, in India and US.
I am looking for Ed Tech opportunities, especially in strategic planning, product research & design, and EdTech policy design.
Can you please guide me?
Regards
Varadu
Just came across your KS3 schemes and am looking forward to working with them. I have just started my own blog, if you have the time please take a look.
http://theteachercode.wordpress.com
I would appreciate any comments or feedback
Regards
Hi Matt,
I love your blog. With your use of iPads in the Classroom I thought you would want to hear about the new Classroom Carrots from School Stickers.
http://www.ClassroomCarrots.com is a new online tool to help improve pupil engagement in the classroom using avatars, physical stickers and matching virtual rewards. Hundreds of teachers have signed up since it launched in October 2012 and feedback has been great. We would love to know what you think. You can have a look using the free trial available on the website, but let me know if you would be interested in using it at schools as we would be happy to send you some free stickers so you can give it a proper try.
Its main advantages are that it…
- Improves behaviour and engagement
- Enables instant recognition of achievement
- Combines the benefits of physical stickers with the many benefits of technology
- Saves time and effort managing and reporting on classroom achievement
- Easily informs parents when rewards are given
- Compatible with multiple devices including PCs, Macs, Smartphones and iPads
Each student is assigned their very own avatar and when rewards are given out teachers simply drag and drop the virtual sticker onto the relevant avatar. Immediately the pupil’s name and reward flash up on the classroom whiteboard or computer. Pupils are then given the matching physical sticker, and if requested, an email can automatically be sent to parents to keep them informed.
The rewards are automatically recorded, so teachers can easily create reports, and give feedback to pupils, other staff, and parents, saving valuable time and effort managing and reporting classroom achievement.
Please let me know if this is something you would be interested in looking at.
Thanks
Cath
@classroomcarrot