At the end of February 2025, Microsoft announced that Skype would no longer be available from May 2025. I’ve been using Skype since summer 2022, when Zoom restricted calls to 40 minutes on free accounts, and now I need to…
In early 2023, Casio replaced the popular Classwiz fx-83/85GT X and fx-991EX calculator models with the Classwiz fx-83/85GT CW and the fx-991CW. The change is a lot less trivial than you might think! A short (recent) history of Casio scientific…
This article gives you an introduction to my sister site, mathscourses.co.uk, where you’ll find – as the name suggests – a range of maths courses to help you achieve your goals. Maths courses on the site Below are some of…
You might be a little unclear on which calculators are appropriate for which exams. The short answer is that if a calculator is permitted in an exam – at least in England – then ANY calculator is fine*, as long…
Ever wondered if it’s possible to make a DIY visualiser (document camera) out of kit that you already have at home? It’s actually pretty simple; there’s really no need to spend £50+ on a Hue or similar camera if it’s…
There are a huge number of software options for delivering online tuition but I use Zoom and, in my 1-to-1 online tuition, BitPaper. I favour Zoom over Google Meet, Skype and the rest because it’s the only one I know…
I’ve been playing with animations for the purpose of promoting my Membership Programmes. Having managed to animate a jigsaw puzzle quite successfully, I thought I’d share how I did it. I was inspired by the instructions I found at https://blogs.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/build-a-puzzle-animation/…
