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Feb 01 2015

Thinglink in the classroom

By Mark Anderson EdTech 5 Comments

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…

Nov 19 2014

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My presentation for #TMStockport

By Mark Anderson ICT 2 Comments

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…

Oct 21 2014

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Technology integration with SAMR & tools that support it

By Mark Anderson EdTech 2 Comments

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…

Aug 09 2014

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Grafio – for infographics, flowcharts, posters

By Mark Anderson iPad 4 Comments

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…

Jun 08 2014

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Senior leader’s iPad toolkit

By Mark Anderson Leadership 7 Comments

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…

May 19 2014

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Apps & tools to support MFL & pronunciation

By Mark Anderson iPad 7 Comments

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…

May 11 2014

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Essential Teacher’s iPad Starter Kit

By Mark Anderson iPad 6 Comments

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…

May 10 2014

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#AppSmashLive – a review and write up

By Mark Anderson iPad, iPad apps 5 Comments

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…

Apr 12 2014

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#UKEdChat #edtech – what went down…

By Mark Anderson EdTech No Comments

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.…