Nick Grantham

Nick Grantham is an Australian educator living and working in Ireland. With a background in education, engineering and e-learning, he founded Fractus Learning to connect people with a shared passion for technology and how it can bring education to life.

 

Posts by Nick Grantham

Create Your Own Education App in Minutes With Cleverlize

“There’s an App for that”… Well actually, sometimes there isn’t. Sometimes the App you want is the one in your head, not in the App Store. This is where German startup “Cleverlize”…


A Magically Visual Way to Explore Complex Ideas – Imaginary Factory

Every now and then you stumble across a website that is truly magical (eelslap.com). A site that makes you realize that the web, digital media, and technology have created a whole new…


5 Different Ways to Start Creating Apps With Students

It’s true… Coding is officially cool! Well, at least that’s what Will.I.Am is telling me. With high profile figures in business, sport, technology and music promoting coding, it is no longer a…


25 LinkedIn Groups for Networking Teachers

We often talk on Fractus Learning about building a strong, informative and inspiring PLN. Most of this conversation centers around social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and Google+. But, in all…


8 Education Technology Books Every Leader Should Read

Everyone has their own reading style. My long held reading rule is to have two books on the go. One trashy thriller to tune out the world with, and one “mind nourishing”…


Teaching Students To Manage Their Time With Todo.ly

Whether it is doing the shopping or planning a complex project it is essential to know what needs to be done and when. The simplest form of project management is the to-do list, where we…


Education is the Lighting of a Fire [Wallpaper]

It seems only appropriate that in this week leading up to St. Patrick’s Day we celebrate a great Irish poet, William Butler Yeats. Born and educated in Dublin, Ireland, Yeats was…
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8 Great Udemy Courses for #EdTech Teachers

If you have not yet explored Udemy, I can’t urge you enough to just dive in and see what all the hype is about. With the the catchphrase of “Start Learning from the World’s Top…


5 Modern Ways to Find The Right Education Consultant

Whether you are a school in need of a technology coach, or a parent looking for a math tutor, finding the right education consultant can be a very challenging task. In the last…


5 Electronics Projects for Students With Spark

I’d have to check with my mother, but I am pretty sure that Christmas ’88 through Christmas ’92 Santa exclusively brought me electronics project kits. Disappointed not to find the next piece of Voltron under the tree,…