Physical Education Classroom

The Best Interactive Whiteboard Games for Physical Education

Technology helps teachers enrich the curriculum and boost student engagement. Interactive whiteboards and displays, in particular, can make lessons appeal to all students, regardless of their preferred learning style.  Even […]

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Seven methods of classroom differentiation

Differentiation in the classroom allows teachers to give pupils of all capabilities, in all conditions, the best chance of learning. Let’s look at the seven methods of differentiation teachers can […]

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How to Accommodate Different Learning Styles in Higher Education

Ensuring different learning styles are catered to is crucial to the success of your students, regardless of their age.  In higher education and at university, the majority of students are […]

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How Do Interactive Whiteboards Meet Individual Learner Needs?

Over the years, the interactive whiteboard has become an integral part of classrooms. Still, its usefulness often gets overlooked, resulting in the technology not being utilised to its full capacity. […]

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How to Keep Students Engaged During a Lecture

Starting university is a big step for many students. Most will be living away from their parents for the first time and have a new city to get to grips […]

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How Can Teachers Prepare for the New School Year?

With the new school year fast approaching, it’s essential that you are ready for everything that it can throw your way. New students, lesson plans and targets for professional development […]

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The Ultimate Guide to Learning Styles in the Classroom

As a teacher, you will understand that every child is different. We all are. While this individuality can enrich lessons and subjects by encouraging debate and differences of opinion, it […]

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How to Teach Children with an Auditory Learning Style

First theorised by Neil Fleming, the VARK model identifies four learning styles that everyone fits into: visual, auditory, reading and writing, and kinesthetic.  This idea is built on the fact […]

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Corporate giant NCR makes the ActivPanel a core component of its vital training program

NCR might not be a household name like Chase, Walmart, or Starbucks, but customers of these and many of the world’s largest banks, retailers, and restaurants interact with NCR technology […]

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How to Teach Children with a Kinaesthetic Learning Style

There is no right or wrong way to process information. Everyone has a preferred way of learning, from looking at images to simply observing demonstrations. Kinaesthetic learners understand information better […]

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What should student data really be used for?

Today, personal information is constantly being collected and schools are no different. There are two types of student data commonly being harvested; performance information collected by teachers and held by […]

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Why should your school use social media?

The world is consumed by social media. There are over 2.8 billion people around the world with a Facebook account, sharing 3.3 million posts every minute. In that same minute, […]

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How to reduce the burden of teacher workloads

Teacher workload has reached critical levels. Indeed, according to the latest State of Technology in Education report, most teachers believe workload is contributing to high levels of stress in schools.  […]

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How to Teach Children with a Visual Learning Style

Learning styles are based on the theory that everyone learns in different ways. Some people learn better when they can see the information in front of them, whereas others learn […]

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How to Teach Children with a Reading and Writing Learning Style

While some people prefer to learn by taking in information via videos or actions, some prefer reading and writing to help information sink in. These learners are said to have […]

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Refreshing pedagogy with the ActivPanel 

Founded in 1924, Regent House is a large co-educational grammar school situated in Newtownards, Northern Ireland. For almost two decades, the school has partnered with Promethean, using interactive solutions to […]

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ActivInspire 3.0 launches with a fresh look and enhanced features

Promethean is excited to release ActivInspire 3.0, offering teachers a more robust version of the software they know and love. Highlights of ActivInspire 3.0 include enhanced performance, updated visuals, and […]

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Schoolwide ActivPanel upgrade makes cross-curricular headway

Saint Brigid’s National School in Dublin, is a Catholic co-educational primary school that champions connectivity and forward thinking. Having experienced the benefits of Promethean solutions since 2003, the school recently […]

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How to Measure Student Engagement at University

University lecturers spend a lot less time with their students than many other educators, such as secondary school teachers. As a result, it can be difficult to connect with students […]

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Are schools giving social-emotional learning the attention it needs?

The 2023 State of Technology in Education report revealed that social-emotional learning (SEL) is the top priority in schools for the second year in a row. Social-emotional learning helps students […]

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shy or quiet students in the classroom

How to Engage Shy and Quiet Students in The Classroom? 9 Top Tips.

All students learn differently, and no matter the school year or the size of the class, there are always going to be students who are a bit more reluctant to […]

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How to Engage International Students: 12 Strategies and Tips

The number of foreign students pursuing their education in UK schools and universities is increasing year after year, with unprecedented international enrollment figures reported in 2021-22. This continual upward trend […]

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Enhance your classroom with these fast and fun ideas

Unique ways of presenting your lessons can do wonders for student engagement and social-emotional learning. Promethean offers tools to assist you in getting this spring off to a great start […]

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Experiential learning for differentiated students

Educators understand that, because each student is unique with different needs, they require a different teaching approach. Experiential learning opens up ways for educators to engage students without being limited […]

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