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Very Hungry QR Caterpillars
Here are a series of QR codes to print out and stick into the story book of Eric Carle’s Very Hungry Caterpillar. Scan each one as you read the page to see videos of caterpillars munching leaves, gigantic vegetables and beautiful butterflies. Download the pdf
angelarees
Welcome to the Taccle2 website!
Welcome to Taccle 2 – the site has: Free downloads of the 5 step-by-step guides to integrating ICT and e-learning in your classroom: primary education, maths, science and technology, key competences, arts and culture and humanities. Free downloads of the popular E-learning Handbook for Classroom Teachers produced by the Taccle 1 project. Hundreds of ideas and Full […]
Jenny Hughes
Gamification
I’ve always loved designing and playing games as a way of helping teachers and pupils learn new skills and knowledge. I used to particularly enjoy designing and running management games which sometimes ran for the whole duration of a 3 or 4 day residential course and were based on a simulated timescale, an imaginary location, Full […]
Jenny Hughes

“Working & Learning” after working life – thoughts on further blogging
Last year I finished my blogs with thoughts on retirement and retreat. I came to the conclusion that I need to rediscover myself as a blogger now that I am no longer an active researcher in the field of vocational education and training. So, gone are the stories of fieldwork, European projects, transnational meetings and […]
Pekka Kamarainen
AI and Edge computing
A recent MIT Technology Review Insights reports on a survey of 301 business and technology leaders around their use and future planned us of Artificial Intelligence. The survey confirms that the deployment of AI is increasing, not only in large companies but also in SMEs. It also points to the emergence of what is known […]
Graham Attwell
Word of the Day
Rather than comment on the goings on in America yesterday, I will leave it to Susie Dent and her extremely timely Word of the Day tweet.
Graham Attwell

TACCLE3 CODING Conference
Originally posted on Ange's Scribbles: On October 6th 2017 we are organising the Taccle3 project’s final conference in the Flemish Parliament in Brussels. If you: • Want to learn more about ‘computational thinking’ and the link with coding, • Listen to some motivational speakers • Participate in hands-on workshops full of practical class room…
Painting with sound
Babi2.0 playing with Singing fingers. Took her a minute to work out she needed sound and contact with the touch-screen to be able to draw. Maximum cuteness points for her song though!
Ozobots
The girls got the chance to play with some Ozobots recently. They respond to the colour and path of whatever line you place them on, so they will move along the path and change colour or direction depending on the colours they pass over. The bots come with some pre-printed cards and you can download […]