Explain Everything continues to be the #1 App for mobile devices. Of this, for me, there is no doubt. With that in mind, I thought I'd make some long overdue screencasts showing how to work with the various aspects of the App. From organising files to animating elements to importing…
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A tool I've used many times in the classroom is Thinglink. I often forget how brilliant it is for lots of different purposes: shared curation of resources and research a place to put contextual links to different elements of a project a way to share learning a way to explain…
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My presentation for #TMStockport was quite a difficult choice. Knowing who else was speaking and the topic of use of technology, I wanted to do something on purposeful use - yes... I know... but I had an inkling that their host @ICT_MrP would probably cover that, so I went for…
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If you read my blog you probably know that I don't really do technology for technology's sake. I was recently asked to be involved in a Teachmeet by the lovely Nikki Gilbey (check her blog here too) with a technology focus and wondered about what to talk about. I had recently…
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It's no secret if you follow my blog that I love the Grafio App. With huge export sizes and vector graphics, it's a quality App. And it's half price at the moment. Only £2.49. Here's a previous post I wrote about it - and it's had some really serious updates…
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Working as a member of a senior leadership team brings a number of interesting prospects. I’ve certainly had an interesting year so far with a number of challenges that have come my way. What is has done for me however is give me a fresh perspective in how technology can…
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An MFL colleague recently asked me for some help on Apps and other E-Learning methods to help with learning about pronunciation. Not exactly being my area of subject expertise, I had some ideas, but I turned to my PLN for some too. Thanks to @CeriAnwen, @bellaale and more for their ideas. This…
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Apple have just launched their essential teacher's starter kit on App Store. Broken down in to two sections: prepare and teach, there are a number of staples there to get anyone up and running. Watch my intro video using the great new Adobe Voice here: http://voice.adobe.com/v/9shr472Xwoe Of course, Apple put…
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A few weeks ago I was talking with a few other educators on Twitter about App Smashing and ways in which iPad workflow could generate new levels of learning with iPads. It had come from a different conversation where thinking about the ways in which redefinition level learning could happen with…
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Thanks to the #ukedchat team for asking me to be involved again in another session. A bit quieter than usual with it being the Easter break but a great conversation and sharing of ideas took place as per usual. Please see a summary below in a Storify from the chat.…
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