improving behaviour in the classroom

How To Improve Behaviour In Schools: A Teacher’s Guide

As a teacher, one of the most critical aspects of your role is improving and managing behaviour in schools. Poor behaviour can be a significant cause of stress for teachers […]

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Top Christmas Activities for Schools

As December rolls around the corner, you might wonder what fun Christmas ideas you can bring into your classroom. From interactive maths games to creative crafts, this guide presents a […]

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How to Engage EAL Students in the Classroom

Teaching students with English as an additional language can be one of the most rewarding things you can do, but it’s not without its challenges. One of the most difficult […]

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Improving Teacher Knowledge of Technology in the Classroom

With technology advancing at such a quick rate, it can be difficult to keep up with the latest edtech and software. Adjusting to these changes and maximising the use of […]

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How to Use Technology for Teaching English as an Additional Language (EAL)

As a teacher, you play a crucial role in modelling children’s use of the English language in written and spoken forms to benefit their academic achievement. Putting this into practice […]

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The Best Interactive Whiteboard Games for Preschool Children

In today’s digital age, interactive whiteboard games have become an invaluable tool for engaging and educating preschool students. These games offer a unique blend of entertainment and learning, allowing young […]

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ActivPanel Portfolio Guide

ActivPanel Portfolio Guide

We have one goal—to make education technology more powerful and more useful every day. By understanding exactly what you need in the classroom and tailoring the tech to make your […]

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What Are the 4 Cs of Education?

Critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication – these four essential skills, often referred to as the 4 Cs of education, have become a fundamental framework for students in academic settings […]

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Classroom differentiation: Ability, readiness, and interest

As a key part of classroom differentiation, teachers should establish their pupils’ learning readiness, interest, and abilities. Scoring learner profiles in these three areas arms teachers with the best strategy […]

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How To Encourage Public Speaking in Children

Public speaking is an important skill for children to learn. It allows them to express themselves clearly and can help improve their academic performance and personal growth. Whether it’s giving […]

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Engage different learning profiles in the classroom

Differentiation in the classroom is an important skill for teachers to give pupils the best chance at learning, regardless of their abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. These conditions can be applied […]

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Classroom differentiation: Seven types of learners

The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) introduced differentiation in the classroom to identify pupils with different strengths and weaknesses to help increase their best chance of learning. Differentiation […]

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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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Collaborative vs. cooperative learning

When it comes to students working together, the terms collaborative learning and cooperative learning are often used interchangeably. There are still some key differences; with collaborative learning, students make individual […]

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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 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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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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Three tips on future-proofing your classroom with technology

Edtech has always been fundamental in creating a dynamic classroom environment with continuous opportunities for student interaction. To foster greater student engagement in the classroom and unlock exciting new activities […]

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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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Hungry for tech: The student experience

The more technology advances, the more devices we incorporate into our daily lives—sometimes without even knowing. Children in the U.K. are being exposed to the screen younger and younger, with […]

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