If there is one question that all teachers ask, regardless of pedagogical approach, it's this: 'What do I do next?' Knowing what to do next requires recognising what is happening, making inferences about quality, and responding to them. This is easy when students are all doing...
Continue ReadingHow to guides to help get you started setting up and using the app can be found on our YouTube channel. We have some consent templates for those who require them, and they can be found here....
Continue ReadingI've been thinking about the way information is presented in education, and the impact that has on what is valued as learning. You see, my life as a teacher and board member was informed by tables and graphs (mostly bar graphs) that sorted learning achievement...
Continue ReadingI'm Bevan, and I started Smata in 2019 as a PLD focused entity. Formerly an ex-secondary school English teacher, in 2018 I had the honour of being a Core Education Dr Vince Ham e-Fellow where I explored the impact of play in a secondary school...
Continue ReadingI was with a school, listening to a teacher talk about how she had been using Smata and how she planned on using it during the next term. This school uses learning through play in the junior school, and what using Smata during Term 2...
Continue ReadingAre you wondering if Smata might be the right tool for you? We asked the teachers who tested Smata what they thought. "I really do love using it as it just makes observing children in the play so easy and fast. I don't think I want...
Continue ReadingAs a teacher, you know that what guides your daily decision making are the thousands of tiny clues you glean as you interact with your students. No doubt, you have numerous stories of what a learner can do. Too often, this small data - the...
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