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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
Taccle2 –> LIDIA
On February 26 took place an International Seminar with the participation of Portuguese and Spanish experts in the field of adult digital inclusion and literacy. In this seminar materials and resources developed were presented. Among them an e-book and an online library in which is expected to include the activities developed within the project Taccle2 in Full […]
Fernando

Data literacy and participation in adult education
I am ever more interested in the issue of data literacy and agree very much with Javiera Atenas from the Open Education Working Group, London who says “Learning how to use data and information is not just a subject among others, it’s an essential part of civic education.” But it is not just learning how […]
Graham Attwell
The 7Ws of Media and Information Literacy
The Media in Action project has published its resource bank of hand-picked, tried and tested tools, literature, how-to guides, articles, videos and inspiration. The resources are split into our 7Ws; What – with resources on historical context, the definition and concepts of convergence literacies, pedagogy, and the era of prosumerism. Why – on media citizenship,... […]
Angela Rees
Why we need technology for training teachers
I have been doing some research on the training of teachers, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The figures make sober reading. A report ‘Digital Learning: Reforming Teacher Education to Promote Access, Equity and Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa’ by Bob Moon and Charmaine Villet points to the scale of the issue: UNESCO’s Institute of Statistics (UNESCO, 2015b) […]
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 […]