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Sep 07 2021

5 great things to try with Apple Clips this year

By Mark Anderson Accessibility, ADE, Appvent, EdTech, iPad, iPad apps No Comments

Apple Clips has been around for a few years now. It’s a clever app for iPad and iPhone for making short video clips that can be enhanced in any number of ways using emoji, text, symbols, green-screen effects, AR and more! It’s become a firm favourite in many Primary school…

Aug 04 2020

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The importance of sharing school stories

By Mark Anderson Conferences, CPD, EdTech, Education, Learning, Remote Learning, Thought Leadership No Comments

It has been a funny old world these last few months, who would have thought we would see ourselves shut away in our homes hiding from a global pandemic? As we tried to support all of our many learners in our schools, whilst taking care of and worrying about loved…

Nov 30 2015

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Travel the world from your classroom with this amazing free site

By Mark Anderson iPad 6 Comments

Ever wanted to travel the world from your classroom? Perhaps to showcase a city or mountain range or historical monument or a location from the ancient world? The free website airpano.com contains hundreds of beautiful 3 dimensional virtual tours of beautiful locations all over the world which can make this…

Oct 02 2015

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How’s about a bit of awe and wonder

By Mark Anderson Learning 3 Comments

I love technology. Many are scared of using it, dreading that it will mess things up or, or worse still, be too hard to work out what to do. As a result they avoid it. I’d always argue, in the words of Bananarama, 'It ain't what you do, it's the…

Mar 07 2015

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Learning with Lego

By Mark Anderson Learning 5 Comments

I love Lego and as a teacher I love learning with Lego too. I love it even more because I can now buy it with the excuse of buying it for my boys. I've used it in teaching for years. It's such a fantastic tool for using the creativity of the…

Jul 01 2012

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The importance of engagement

By Mark Anderson iPad, T & L No Comments

In preparation for the full launch of the iPad project where I work, I organised 2 weeks worth of parental iPad experience sessions. I set them up with timings scattered across the various days to try and make sure everyone who wanted to come was able to. There were a…

Mar 11 2012

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iClevedon iPad trial: Student feedback

By Mark Anderson iClevedon, iPad, iPad apps, T & L One Comment

Feedback from students who have been trialling the devices recently, 24/7 for over a month, can be found on the iClevedon blog here: http://iclevedon.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/10/ You can find out more by following the iClevedon twitter feed.

Oct 26 2011

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Introduction to Google Forms

By Mark Anderson CPD, My Screencasts, T & L 9 Comments

Google Forms as a tool has probably been one of the single most important web based developments to support how I work in the classroom over the last few years. Whilst pretty simple to use, the power of the Google Form is in its flexibility in the many different ways…

Mar 04 2011

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Mouse Mischief!!

By Mark Anderson Cool sites, ICT No Comments

Mouse Mischief | Part One See the full gallery on Posterous Having been inspired on the Microsoft stand @ BETT by @innovativeteach and @chickensaltash and their use of Microsoft Mouse Mischief, I returned home inspired to increase the level of competition in my classroom. I have since purchased 20 wireless…