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onShowcase: Ignite #11
onShowcase: Ignite #11
Here’s the news: onShowcase was selected to be part of the Ignite Accelerator (Manchester). We’re super excited (if a little tired even…
Laura Baines
Jan 13
Social Media: How we can help your school (including onShowcase video)
Social Media: How we can help your school (including onShowcase video)
We’ve been working closely with primary schools to craft onShowcase into a useful tool, addressing many of the key issues and concerns…
Laura Baines
Dec 1, 2016
Senior Leaders in Education: Online services to make your work life easier
Senior Leaders in Education: Online services to make your work life easier
There are many tools which I use a startup founder that I believe are universally useful — to help people prioritise, be more productive…
Laura Baines
Nov 23, 2016
Taking compelling photos for your school’s Facebook page
Taking compelling photos for your school’s Facebook page
This article can help you with taking photos for your school Facebook page. More specifically, which types of photos will get you the most…
Laura Baines
Nov 1, 2016
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Staff Meeting on Social Media designed for Teachers
Staff Meeting on Social Media designed for Teachers
Don’t have time to read? Book your session here.
Laura Baines
Oct 12, 2016
An open-source Social Media Policy for Schools
An open-source Social Media Policy for Schools
I’ve been involved with many primary schools over the past few years; from teaching in them to providing training sessions on using Social…
Laura Baines
Oct 3, 2016
Things to remember when creating a Social Media Policy
Things to remember when creating a Social Media Policy
If you haven’t jumped on the Social Media bandwagon in your school yet, the chances are, you will at some point, and when you do you need…
Laura Baines
Aug 17, 2016
Classroom layouts: shake it up a little!
Classroom layouts: shake it up a little!
So you’re a teacher, you’re finally done for Summer and you’re sorting out your classroom for next year — have you thought about…
Laura Baines
Aug 1, 2016
Top Education Tweets #3 — Year Six Leavers’
Top Education Tweets #3 — Year Six Leavers’
It’s that time of year again. Teachers and children across the country are counting down the days until the beginning of the summer…
Laura Baines
Jul 15, 2016
Does your school website do the job?
Does your school website do the job?
I thought it was about time someone shouted about all of the utterly terrible school websites out there on the web. Without mentioning…
Laura Baines
Jul 12, 2016
Top Education Tweets #2
Top Education Tweets #2
Sharing Good Twitter Practice from Schools
Laura Baines
Jul 4, 2016
Social Media Training for Teachers: 20 Free Sessions
Social Media Training for Teachers: 20 Free Sessions
If you’re a teacher in a school that has recently started using Social Media, or perhaps your school hasn’t quite jumped on board yet, you…
Laura Baines
Jun 27, 2016
Top Education Tweets #1
Top Education Tweets #1
As part of our mission to educate people on how to use Social Media properly, it seems only fitting to share some of the best practice I…
Laura Baines
Jun 22, 2016
Does your school use Social Media yet?
Does your school use Social Media yet?
Social Media plays such a key role in everyone’s life that it is becoming difficult to ignore it. Perhaps you are one of the schools that…
Laura Baines
Jun 22, 2016
Innovative Ways to use Twitter as a Teaching Tool
Innovative Ways to use Twitter as a Teaching Tool
For those who are new to the Twittersphere, let’s start by clarifying what exactly Twitter is…
Laura Baines
Jun 15, 2016
Teaching Online Safety using Social Networks
Teaching Online Safety using Social Networks
Despite many of the most popular Social Networks having a minimum age of 13, more and more children are using them. A survey conducted by…
Laura Baines
Jun 15, 2016
Twitter: What is it and How do I use it?
Twitter: What is it and How do I use it?
Since Twitter launched in 2006, the word ‘tweet’ has taken on a whole new meaning, no longer referring just to the noise made by a bird…
Laura Baines
Jun 15, 2016
Teachers: Protecting Yourself on Facebook
Teachers: Protecting Yourself on Facebook
Social Networking has taken the world by storm. There’s absolutely no better way to keep connected with friends and family, or to reach the…
Laura Baines
Jun 15, 2016
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