July, 2013 - ICTEvangelist

Jul 31 2013

New connections – #ADE2013

By Mark Anderson iPad No Comments

Where do I start? I guess I should have started last night by doing a reflection of the first full day here at the ADE Institute, taking place here in Ireland. Our first day started with arrivals and a variety of induction activities which quite frankly were super slick and…

Jul 27 2013

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A free iBook for students – 51 things to do this summer…

By Mark Anderson iPad 2 Comments

One of the last things I did in my last post was to create a free iBook for students - 51 things to do this summer... a bit like a "Why Don't You" for 2013. Whilst it's good for students, many of them would be great fun for us too.…

Jul 13 2013

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Taking the strain out of social media

By Mark Anderson EdTech 4 Comments

Taking the strain out of social media is something that is a bit of a utopian scenario for me. I make quite a lot of use of various social media such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Google Drive etc. Keeping on top of all of these can often take…

Jul 10 2013

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Teachers as designers

By Mark Anderson PBL 5 Comments

I've been I had some training there today with a teacher from High Tech High, Chris Wakefield and two local Ofsted inspectors who also work as part of the local school's partnership. What an afternoon of learning it was! I've been aware of 'Critique' and 'Project Based Learning' for a fair…

Jul 06 2013

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Tools to enhance learning

By Mark Anderson EdTech, TeachMeets 8 Comments

My keynote presentation at TeachMeet Soton last night included a whole host of different tools to enhance learning. The tools fell in to two categories. Those that were web based which can be accessed using browsers and those that are iPad App based. There were a few Apps that I…