Easy Ed Tech wins David Horton

What constitutes an “Easy Win”? Straightforward to implement Minimal dependencies Cross-platform Minimal staff training Inspires and Engages Good value for money (not necessarily free)

Office 365 and Google Apps Safe(ish) Reliable Great for collaboration Gives access to other systems Enables mobility

Some websites Name: Typing Club Location: www.typingclub.com Purpose: Teach touch typing Login options: O365, Google, Facebook (or defined by school) Setting up: User configuration required Cost: Free to individuals <£100 pa for school set up Notes: Very popular and easy to use and set up. Gives feedback to teachers on pupils’ progress. Pupils enjoy using it.

Some websites Name: Pixlr Location: www.pixlr.com Purpose: Online photo editing Login options: None required Setting up: None required Cost: Free Notes: Useful and powerful, but requires Flash which is limiting. More fiddly since it was taken over by Autodesk.

Some websites Name: MyMaths Location: www.mymaths.co.uk Purpose: Maths Teaching Login options: Dedicated website login Setting up: Some required – creating users etc. Cost: £325 + VAT Notes: Immensely popular with good feedback and personalised experiences. I expect you’re already aware of it.

Some websites Name: Linguascope Location: www.linguascope.com Purpose: Languages Login options: Dedicated website login Setting up: Some required – creating users etc. Cost: £300 + VAT Notes: The languages equivalent of MyMaths. Again very popular.

Some websites Name: Coggle Location: coggle.it Purpose: Mind maps Login options: Google Account Setting up: None required Cost: Free for occasional use Notes: Great tool as long as you don’t want to use it too much. Mindmup is another alternative if you have Google accounts

Some websites Name: Bebras Challenge Location: challenge.bebras.uk Purpose: Computational Thinking Login options: Website login (optional) Setting up: User import Cost: Free Notes: A great way of teaching and assessing computational thinking and problem solving. It’s an annual competition (November) run like the Maths Challenge. Teacher feedback available if set up.

Some apps (iOS and Android) Name Cost Purpose Notes Duolingo Free Languages Kids love it Plotagon £ Create scripted animations Inspires creativity Plickers Formative assessment Excellent feedback Quizlet Flashcards Uses the Quizlet website: Q&A Works Kahoot Q&A app, like Quizlet Kids prefer it to Quizlet Tayasui Sketches £££ or Free Powerful drawing package Artists love it PicCollage ££ Photo editor Good for the young Zu3D Multifunction video editor Powerful but accessible Book Creator Ronseal. A classic Good for all ages Office Lens Free with O365 OCR from photos A godsend when it works Strip Designer Create cartoon strips Popular in KS2 Sphero Edu Apps free Toys £££ Control and programming Best used with the Sphero toys. Fun.

Using cameras and recording Screen recording Video feedback Drones Using as visualisers Mirroring to the board ONVU Learning – lesson observation

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File and document sharing And don’t forget Your VLE Your MIS File and document sharing Email Dictation If these things aren’t making your life easier, you’re not doing them right.

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