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Aug 24 2013

Technology to support creative writing

By Mark Anderson ICT 26 Comments

Technology can be used to support any subject and technology to support creative writing is one such area. Here are some of my favourite but often overlooked sites and tools as well as some staples for inspiration, creation and publication and they work just as well in primary as they…

Aug 01 2013

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#ADESpreak Episode 3

By Mark Anderson ICT One Comment

With NINE ADEs in the session yesterday, here's our podcast from Spreaker for our third #ADESpreak. Mark Anderson @ICTEvangelist Nick Davies @TESSEnglish1 Nick Dempster @linakerict Gavin Smart @gavinsmart Wolfgang Soeldner @wsoeldner Mat Pullen @mat6453 Evelyn O'Connor @evelynoconnor Dan Edwards @syded06 Alan Frame @headdowneyesup We'd love to hear your feedback! Enjoy!…

Jun 08 2013

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Infographics made, easier

By Mark Anderson ICT, Infographics 7 Comments

Infographics made, easier? Well - as you know I'm a big fan of representing information beautifully. It makes what you're trying to explain easier to understand rather than looking at a massive bank of numbers. Representing data in this way, truly is turning it in to information - something ICT…

May 31 2013

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Students as leaders

By Mark Anderson Articles

Being involved with students as leaders in my current role is one of the most rewarding elements to my job. I work with the students as digital leaders and I really haven't blogged anywhere near enough about the work they do as I should do, given how much of a…

May 29 2013

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A free app with wins for the teacher & wins for the student

By Mark Anderson ICT, iPad, iPad apps, T & L 12 Comments

Moldiv - a free app with wins for the teacher & wins for the student I don't write about or recommend many apps but this is a free app with wins for the teacher & wins for the student. It's really simple to use and has got some great features.…

May 19 2013

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How to embed QR codes in to pictures

By Mark Anderson ICT 21 Comments

I've long sung the praises of using QR codes as a vehicle to support learning with these two posts being two such examples: https://ictevangelist.com/how-to-make-use-of-qr-codes-with-your-ipad-teachers-students/ ...and I'm not the only person either: http://deeplearning.edublogs.org/2012/08/02/qr-codes-and-documenting-brilliant-learning/#.UZjtiLWTiSo There are lots of places online that you can use to create your own QR codes for free…

Apr 20 2013

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Digital Citizenship & a poster for your school

By Mark Anderson EdTech, ICT, Posters 32 Comments

Digital Citizenship is an area of massive importance and if you're interested you should really check some of the links at the end of this post. Following JISC and looking at their work and connecting with the likes of @dughall, @simfin and @dajbelshaw among many others and @naace would be…

Apr 02 2013

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Unleash infographic creativity with Grafio

By Mark Anderson Infographics, iPad, iPad apps 4 Comments

It's not often that I write a specific post on a specific app but I am today. I've been using the app 'Grafio' for some time now. I found it because I was looking for an app that I could use to create my own infographics (a diagram that plots…

Mar 17 2013

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#TLAB13 – Transforming learning

By Mark Anderson Conferences, CPD, EdTech, T & L 11 Comments

Whilst I'll write a longer post soon about the inspiration from the day today at Berkhamsted's "Teaching, Learning & Assessment" conference yesterday, I did say that I would put up my presentation and resources from the session. So here they are: My presentation: TLAB '13 I also spoke about a…

Feb 24 2013

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