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Toni Caggiano

Black History Month is a time to recognise and celebrate the heritage, accomplishments and culture of African Americans throughout history. Clicker can help you teach your pupils about some of the icons in Black History, as well as their roles in the Civil Rights Movement and their bravery in the fight for equality.

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Ben Tookey

An explanation of the purchasing and licensing options available with our Clicker Apps for Chromebook, for individual users and for all of the users in an entire school.

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Neil Andrew

Returning from ATIA with some fantastic feedback after officially announcing Clicker Communicator for the Chromebook!

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Joanne Gibbins

500 Words writing competition

30th January 2019
by Jo Gibbins

Get writing for the BBC Radio 2 "500 Words" short story-writing competition this year with our LearningGrids planning resources.

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JulesDaulby

Jules Daulby looks at ways which can support pupil writing to reflect their true selves.

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Lina Howarth

DocsPlus wins at the Bett Awards!

24th January 2019
by Lina Howarth

Following on from the success of Clicker 7 in 2018, DocsPlus has won the Special Educational Needs Solutions Award at Bett 2019!

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Andrew Cumming

Supporting Forest School activities with Clicker

16th January 2019
by Andrew Cumming

Using Clicker outside of the traditional classroom to enhance students' learning and understanding of their local environment.

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Phil Hackett

A quick peek at Clicker 7 Arabic

9th January 2019
by Phil Hackett

A quick peak at some of the key features of the new Clicker 7 Arabic.

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Tania Johnston

Clicker Board and Sequencing

2nd January 2019
by Tania Johnston

I have created a short video to show how the Build a Snowman Sequencing set can be extended to support instruction writing, making use of the great features in Clicker Board.

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Alex Willcox

Clicker in the Caribbean

17th December 2018
by Alex Willcox

The Dunnottar School and Vocational Centre in Castries caters for over one-hundred students with special educational needs. For the past six years, Kate McKay has been volunteering a month at a time at the school as well as helping to raise funds for them. In a first for the Caribbean, Kate introduced Clicker to their classroom and it has made an immense difference to the students’ writing and self-esteem.

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Andrew Cumming

How would I use Clicker in my classroom?

13th December 2018
by Andrew Cumming

As teachers, we all want to know the answer to the question, “Will it work for me?”

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Phil Hackett

Mada Assistive Technology Center officially launched Clicker 7 Arabic at an event on the 7th November 2018.

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carol-allen

As we move towards a greater understanding of the effects that anxiety can have on our physiological, psychological and social well-being, we see that many of the ‘difficult’ behaviours experienced in a busy classroom can have the same origin.

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Ben Tookey

Clicker 7 Release 9

5th December 2018
by Ben Tookey

Clicker 7 Release 9 is now available to download in our Support section.

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Tania Johnston

Christmas literacy focus

28th November 2018
by Tania Johnston

Using seasonal or topical themes can be a fun way to reinforce important literacy objectives.