This game looks amazing and the developers have an incredible way of creating a sandbox sci-fi exploration space game. Everything in the game is created procedurally using maths and algorithms. Confused? Watch the video below for more explanation.
The video is part of IGN’s ‘IGN First’ video games previews.
Thanks to CNET for this great little video on the history of smarphone design. iPhone really was ahead of its time.
This is a copy of a presentation I gave to Year 10 students on Cyber Safety. It covers social media, cyberbullying and sexting. Although this is heavy going I think it is still important when talking about this subject matter that you also talk about how positive social media can be, when used appropriately.
Director of Realise Learning and Director of ICT at The Lady Eleanor Holles School
Previously:
Client: Bett 2015
Client: Bett 2015
(Speaking Engagement) Speaking about social media on Wednesday and Friday of Bett 2015.
Client: BETT 2015
Judge for BETT Futures 2015
Client: Barclays / Hopscotch Consulting
(Writing / Lessons and Workshop Resources) Barclays Life Skills: Digital Citizenship Lesson Plans, Workshops and Resources
Client: Education Executive Magazine
(Writing) Google: More Than Just a Search Engine
Client: Research in Practice
(Speaking Engagement) Professionalising The Use Of Social Media
Client: Bett 2015
(Promotion) Promotional material for Bett 2015 – Photos coming soon
Client: Innovate My School
(Webinar) How your school can maximise its online potential: July 2014
Client: Matt Britland & Tristan Kirkpatrick
www.ictcomputing.org – Open Source KS3 Computing Curriculum: July 2014
Client: Education Executive: EdExec Live 2014
(Speaking engagement) – Getting Savvy with Social Media: June 2014
Client: Osiris Educational
Secondary iPad Training Course – CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO: March 2014
Client: St Pauls School (London)
(Parent Presentation) Young People and Technology – February 2014
Client: The Guardian
The future of online learning: challenges, opportunities and creativity: Round Table Discussion – January 2014
Client: BETT 2014
“Fall in ‘like’ with tweeting: How social media can revolutionise the way you plan lessons and teach” – 24th January 2014
Client: St Pauls School (London)
(Staff Inset) Young People and Technology – January 2014
Client: Zurich
Zurich’s Future, History, Now – Speaking engagement – CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO: 28th November 2013
Client: Government Knowledge
How to Deliver and Effective Computing Curriculum – CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO: 12th November
Effective use of Tablets in the Classroom: 12th November
Developing an Effective E-Safety Policy: 12th November
Client: Optimus Education
Design and Deliver an Outstanding Secondary Computing Curriculum – CLICK HERE FOR THE FLYER: 15th October 2013
Client: The Guardian
(Writing) Do Teachers Need to be Qualified?
Client: The Guardian
(Interview) 10 Minutes with a Head of ICT
Client: PropellerTV
Television interview by Matt Britland about educational technology – Broadcast 5th August 2013.
Client: Optimus Education
Webinar: ‘5 Top Tips to Safely and Effectively Utilise Social Media as a Tool to Support Learning‘
Client: TheSunday Times Festival of Education 2013
Panelists discuss the best ways to engage students through technology in the classroom.
Client: The Guardian
(Writing) What is the Future of Technology in Education?
Client: Westminster Briefing
Speaking Engagement – Computer Science in the Curriculum: Delivering Innovative Provision in Schools & Colleges (London) – Download my presentation (5th March 2013)
Client: Science Learning Centre, Institute of Education, University of London
4 Day CPD for the New Computing Curriculum
Client: Millfield School
ICT, Computing and iPad consultancy
“Thank you for an excellent, well focused inset on the integration of iPADs into ICT teaching in particular and the curriculum more generally. The presentation and demonstrations inspired confidence in the classroom use of iPADs and helped reassure staff as we go 1:1 in September. It was good to get an insight into cutting edge use of Apps and to swap ideas with a consultant who has current day to day experience as a Head of Department.”
Nick Williams, Head of Business, Computing and ICT: Millfield School
Client: The Guardian
(Writing) There is Room For Both Computing and ICT
Client: The Guardian
(Writing) Being an Outstanding Teacher
Client: The Guardian
(Writing) Social Media for Schools: a guide to Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest
Client: The Guardian
(Writing) Is It Time to Rebrand ICT?
Client: The Guardian
(Writing) The Power of Twitter
Client: The Guardian
(Writing) How much will digital text books shake up education
Client: The Guardian
(Writing) Is Gove Washing His Hands of ICT
Writers and teacher advisor for the Guardian Teacher Network.
Top 10 Blogs of the Year – Guardian Teacher Network
Disney
Club Penguins Guide to the Wonderful World of the Web
E-Safety Advisor Newsletter
Introduction to Social Media in Education
E-Learning Update
Touchscreen Tablets – How are these being used in Primary and Secondary Schools
Recent KS3 ICT/Computing Curriculum
Mr Britland’s Open Source Computing Curriculum
Mr Britland’s Computing Curriculum
Mr Britland’s ICT Curriculum: Projects for student in Year 7-9 V1.1
Implementing the use of iPads into school
iPad in Education Trial 2012-2013: Report, Evaluation and Data
CEOP Ambassador
Introduction to Social Media in Education
Experienced in delivering E-Safety to parents
Teaching Students about Facebook privacy settings
Using Facebook Groups in School: A Brief Report/Evaluation
Experienced in using social media in education.
Appshed Tutorial – Quiz: Programming
AppShed Tutorial – App Creation
This is the presentation I gave at the Research in Practice annual meeting about Professionalising the use of social media. It was a great morning and I met some amazing people who are really interested in using social media.
At school I am running an app design project for my year 7 students. Unlike many lessons they have experienced in their previous school life, there is very little teaching from the teacher, I am mostly there as a facilitator. I am of course there to help when necessary but my aim is to get students learning more independently. They must teach themselves using videos I have produced for them.
You can watch the videos below:
On July 9th I ran a webinar for Innovate My School called “How your school can maximise its online potential”.
Below is the presentation I used for this webinar:
On June 18th I will be speaking at EdExec live about social media. My talk is entitled “Getting Savvy With Social Media”.
To help promote my talk I wrote a short blog post on social media, giving a taste of what my talk will be about. You can have a read below.
Head over to the EdExec live website to read the original post and click HERE for tickets.
Using social media is a scary prospect for many schools and teachers. There are a lot of schools who don’t fully understand social media and what a powerful tool it can be for teaching and learning as well as for marketing. It’s hard to relate to social media if you don’t use it yourself which is why it’s so important to have an expert in your school. This expert can help train members of staff, write an expectable use policy as well as mange and lead you social media strategy.
There are a number of options when considering social media, which include Facebook, Google+, YouTube and Pinterest, but my personal favourite would be Twitter. It’s easy to understand and manage; it’s uncomplicated and gives short bursts of teaching and learning as well as marketing.
Using social media enables schools to broadcast information including achievements, open days, school trips, sporting results and anything else that promotes the school in a positive way. This is fantastic not only for current students and parents but for prospective parents too.
Teaching and learning can also benefit greatly from the use of social media. Having used Twitter and Facebook for these purposes I’ve really been able to see the value of it. Not only is this great for students and teachers but it shows current and prospective parents the impressive things that departments are doing.
When using social media, schools need to be aware of some of the pitfalls. Common mistakes are tweeting from a work account instead of a personal account by mistake, posting images of students whose parent have requested not to be photographed, spelling mistakes, sharing links to articles that have not been checked and sharing incorrect information.
Matt Britland is director of ICT at The Lady Eleanor Holles School. He’s also an ed tech consultant, an avid tweeter and blogs for the Guardian. If you want to learn more about social media, don’t miss Matt’s seminar at EdExec LIVE 2014.
Back at the end of November 2013, I took part in a series of talks organised and sponsored by Zurich called ‘Future History Now’.
My talk was entitled the ‘Classroom of 2018’. The talk has now been published and you can watch it below.
In my talk I mention the need for decisions about technology that affect teaching and learning being made by a teacher, the Director of ICT for instance and not just by an IT manager. Although I didn’t say it in this talk, I want to make it clear how important IT managers / network managers are in schools. They have the technical knowledge to make things happen. I realise I may cause offence to some but that was not my intention.
I also did an interview entitled ‘What will the classroom of 2018 look like’. You can read my interview by clicking on the link below and going to page 43.
‘What will the classroom of 2018 look like’
