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Editorial #172 – Fifteen fabulous free edtech tools

In this week’s Connected Learning Centre newsletter: find out about a new report on CS education around the world, get a free great big climate lesson, learn how to use your whiteboard like a ninja, be playful by design, discover 15 fab free edtech tools to use in your classroom, try Conway’s magical pen...and more...

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25 fun, free and fabulous edtech tools and resources to try in your primary classroom
Get AI savvy in school
The power of partnerships: how schools can create unforgettable cultural learning experiences
Top tips for effective and engaging teacher CPD
How to support personalised learning with technology
Three brilliant digital English activities to try in the classroom
Five ways to refresh the computing curriculum in your primary school
Get started with teaching game design in the classroom
CLC’s highlights of 2021: from Tate and Westminster Abbey projects to robots and Scratch
Tools for personalised feedback and assessment in primary schools
Five top tips for getting the most of the a basic (free) Padlet account
Personalised learning in primary maths: tips and tools
Personalised learning in primary modern foreign languages: tips and tools
#172 – Fifteen fabulous free edtech tools
Fifteen fabulous free edtech tools for primary schools to try in autumn 2021
Three inclusive activities for primary schools inspired by EU Code Week
Computational thinking in early years: the Danish way
Scaling up Padlet in schools: a great way to support learning with limited digital access
#166 – The power of cognitive diversity
#165 – Diverse scientist resources
Five questions European teachers are asking about blended learning
CAS Inspire showcase highlights: learning around blended delivery
Connected learning: creative curriculum catchup, digital strategy and extraordinary learning in your school
#164 – Welcome back!
#163 – Schools out for summer
End of term roundup: media literacy, online safety and Bett awards
#162 – Strategic planning for autumn 2021
Strategic planning for autumn 2021 and beyond
Engaging girls in computer science – the why, what and how
#161 – Girls in computing
Gaming in the Bronx: what UK educators can learn from the DreamYard experience
Blended learning in the digital arts: tips and tales from our Tate-inspired project
Accessible and inclusive blended learning – Apple feature overview
Controlling machines with our minds: what does it mean for accessibility and education?
Accessible and inclusive blended learning for students with visual impairments
Accessible and inclusive blended learning – for everyone
Give it a try – our pick of the best apps and tools, part 15
Cybersecurity, the new £50 and #The Turing Challenge
Blending the literacies – digital, critical, news literacies and online safety
The return to school, March 2020
Ofsted’s remote education research report: key points and debate
Online safety roundup February 2021 – useful resources, events coming up and conference report!
Four tips for school leaders as pupils return to remote learning
Remote learning and the digital divide revisited in lockdown 3
What we’ve learned in this unusual year…
What happens in a London CLC virtual workshop?
Lessons from a strange year: computing teachers’ blended learning finds and fails
The show must go on: how to produce a virtual school Christmas show – your essential guide
Breaking news – London CLC and First News pioneer a new approach in blended learning – read-all-about-it!
Computational thinking in early years across Europe: Co-Make comes to London
Give it a try – our pick of the best apps and tools, part 14
Sharing code around the world with Scratch
12 online safety resources 2020/21: Digital Parenting Week and new resources roundup’
News literacy latest: BBC Young Reporter competition and new resources
The remote learning legal duty for schools: unpacking the government’s direction
Keeping your school’s data secure: how to manage the risks
The News Project goes online Autumn 2020
Top five priorities right now for teachers leading on tech-enabled learning
Back to school: what you need to know about DfE and Ofsted remote learning expectations
August 2020 roundup: six months of remote learning insights, best practice and top tips
Give it a try – our pick of the best apps and tools, part 13
Eight things school computing leaders learned during lockdown
Programming with Scratch: All about the Vikings!
Your questions answered: How can my school safely use Twitter or Facebook to support remote learning?
Moving to blended learning: the possibilities and pitfalls
Your questions answered: How can we get the most out of the free version of SeeSaw?
10 top tips for effective remote teacher CPD
Zoom fatigue, Macbeth and innovation coaches: remote learning, an international example
Give it a try – our pick of the best apps and tools, part 12
Switching to remote learning: examples of core principles in action
News, fake news and digital literacy from a family perspective
Rosendale School’s remote learning journey with SeeSaw
Bridging the digital divide: latest evidence and advice on remote learning and digital equality in schools
Remote learning: useful links for schools
Remote learning in an emergency: six best practice principles from Rosendale Primary School
How teachers are sharing activities with pupils and parents
Home learning: helpful links for parents
Get started with Chrome Music Lab
Programming with Scratch: create a virtual African art museum
Power play at Tate Exchange
Give it a try – our pick of the best apps and tools, part 11
Computational thinking in early years – how the Co-Make project is bringing together educators and children from across Europe
Erasmus+ funding – it’s not too late but be quick, it could be your school’s last chance
Bett bites: Bett 2020 highlights
London CLC wins Bett award – again!
Bett free CPD workshops – find out more, part 2
Give it a try – our pick of the best apps and tools, part 10
Bett 2020 free CPD workshops – find out more, part 1
The News Project: seeing critical news literacy in action
Join us at Bett 2020 for free CPD workshops – and more
Exploring AI in the classroom: Empower2Learn kicks off
London CLC is a Bett Awards 2020 finalist – twice!
Code like a pro: Scratch for future software developers – long read and free online course
Ada College and London CLC: bridging the digital skills gap
Steve McQueen Year 3: a glimpse into the lives of London’s children – and how to safeguard the process
What’s an Apple Regional Training Centre and how can it help you?
eTwinning – what it is and why UK educators should get in quick
Five creative tools to use with your laptops or Chromebooks in school
Give it a try – our pick of the best apps and tools, part 9
News literacy and critical thinking – autumn 2019 update
Scratch Europe Conference 23-25 August 2019 – review
Teaching online safety in schools – DfE guidance
Give it a try – our pick of the best apps and tools, part 8
Why educators need to know about Linda Liukas
Getting more creative with iPads using GarageBand and Everyone Can Create
‘Everyone is figuring out computer science’: Finland’s take on computational thinking in schools
Thinking of moving your school to the cloud? Here’s what you need to consider
Give it a try – our pick of the best apps and tools, part 7
Scratch Day 2019: three cool Scratch coding activities
Screen time and children: what’s the problem?
London History Schools Day: digital resources to support children’s learning
The government’s EdTech Strategy 2019: a good start for schools?
IBM Robo Challenge – what difference does ‘girls only’ make?
‘Using digital technology to improve learning’ EEF report response: technology is not an end in itself
The web at 30: a resources roundup
Relationships and sex education guidance recognises the online world
Join us at Tate Exchange to make digital moves around creative arts teaching
Give it a try – our pick of the best apps and tools, part 6
Safer Internet Day 2019: three hard questions educators need to ask
National storytelling week: four practical ways digital tools can inspire stories in the classroom
London CLC wins Bett award
Top tips for making the most of Bett 2019
2018 – the edtech year in review
Five reasons why you should come to our Bett talk on digital criticality
Reducing teacher workload: 10 top tech tips for tired teachers
Give it a try – our pick of the best apps and tools, part 5
Protecting your school’s data – three quick tips
London CLC is a Bett 2019 finalist
What is news literacy and how do you teach it?
A cross-curricular Scratch challenge
What’s new: Apple’s Everyone Can Create resources
How to choose a good password – a step by step guide
Give it a try – our pick of the best apps and tools, part 4
Performance poetry: top tech tips for getting started
The Edtech Podcast Festival 2018 – review
What is digital literacy and what’s it got to do with fake news?
Damian Hinds’ edtech future for schools: putting the vision into practice now
Gamelan workshops: explore the traditional music of Java and Bali
A ‘tech revolution in the classroom’? A response to Damian Hinds
Give it a try – our pick of the best apps and tools, part 3
What is gamelan? And why choose this creative arts and computing workshop?
Computing at School (CAS) conference 2018 – highlights and links
What’s a London CLC primary computing conference like?
Putting British edtech on the map
How schools can combat fake news through critical literacy
Get arty with Scratch scripts
Give it a try – our pick of the best free apps and tools, part 2
From seed pods to python skins: exploring the Garden Museum digitally
What’s turning girls off computer science?
IBM Summer School returns – sign up now
Engaging children with reading and writing through Minecraft
Fake news: helping children to untangle the web
Making ‘more blocks’ in Scratch – a great way to promote computational thinking
London CLC commended in the Edtech 50 report
How do we compare? European teachers’ views on London primary schools
Tate Exchange: taking over a gallery with ‘Lifelong Kindergarten’ ideas
Safer internet day: top five tips for online safety strategies
Approaching Online Safety with KS1
BETT 2018 news roundup
Give it a try – our pick of the best free apps and tools
Bett 2019 – Fact or Fake
Ten top tips for making the most of BETT 2018
Shopping for devices at BETT? The great device debate
‘Life in Likes’ a report from the Children’s Commissioner
Anti-bullying week 2018: ‘All Different – All Equal’
London CLC is a Bett finalist!
iOS 11 – 5 great features coming to iPad for education
Minecraft and Architecture: the students perspective
Chelsea School of Art meet Hill Mead’s digital leaders
Metacognition research published
Cross-curricular computing
Digital Explorers

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25 fun, free and fabulous edtech tools and resources to try in your primary classroom
Get AI savvy in school
The power of partnerships: how schools can create unforgettable cultural learning experiences
Top tips for effective and engaging teacher CPD
How to support personalised learning with technology
Three brilliant digital English activities to try in the classroom
Five ways to refresh the computing curriculum in your primary school
Get started with teaching game design in the classroom
CLC’s highlights of 2021: from Tate and Westminster Abbey projects to robots and Scratch
Tools for personalised feedback and assessment in primary schools
Five top tips for getting the most of the a basic (free) Padlet account
Personalised learning in primary maths: tips and tools
Personalised learning in primary modern foreign languages: tips and tools
Fifteen fabulous free edtech tools for primary schools to try in autumn 2021
Three inclusive activities for primary schools inspired by EU Code Week
Computational thinking in early years: the Danish way
Scaling up Padlet in schools: a great way to support learning with limited digital access
Five questions European teachers are asking about blended learning
CAS Inspire showcase highlights: learning around blended delivery
Connected learning: creative curriculum catchup, digital strategy and extraordinary learning in your school

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