Learning activities

Teacher speaks to New York educator Jaymes Dec about school FabLabs, pop-up makerspaces and the open-source Nerdy Derby.

In the second part of our Q&A on staging a successful school exhibition, Kara Blond, Director of Exhibitions at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, takes us through the roles and skills needed to stage and manage an exhibition.

Teacher asks Kara Blond, Director of Exhibitions at the world-famous Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, for expert tips on how to stage an exhibition of student work.

From worksheets to soccer balls. Why one school has replaced formal homework with after-school sporting activities.

Touch-screen tablets are not only being used in primary and secondary classrooms, pre-schools are also employing the technology as a literacy learning tool.

Incorporating triads into the teaching structure of your school.

‘[Ruby] has been working on this project for many months and comes to each day with a new idea to try, or a new way to achieve something already attempted.'

At the start of a new year teachers are looking at the big picture priorities for their students. What does this year hold in terms of experiences, challenges and learning?

Dr Elisabeth Duursma discusses her research on the impact of fathers reading to their children, and why it has implications for educators in the classroom.

What do the results from the latest NAP-ICT assessment mean in terms of student skills and competencies?