Mark Anderson - ICTEvangelist

Apr 11 2012

Flipped learning & O2 learn

By Mark Anderson ICT, T & L No Comments

Further to the flipped learning discussion on #ukedchat last week and Daniel Edwards' brilliant organic post about planning flipped learning in light of OFSTED requirements here, I thought it would be opportune to mention the O2 Learn site. This is a site which has literally hundreds of screencasts and videos…

Apr 10 2012

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So you want to support Maths learning with an iPad?

By Mark Anderson iPad apps, T & L 9 Comments

When thinking about using an iPad to support learning, it is important to remember that the iPad supports learning. It is not going to do the teaching for you. Maths learning is no exception. That said, innovative approaches to using multiple apps can really help with the support of the…

Apr 05 2012

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Flip or flop? #ukedchat April 5 2012

By Mark Anderson Articles, CPD, ICT, T & L 3 Comments

Tonight I'm hosting my first #ukedchat session on Twitter. I'm really looking forward to it. There have been changes in the 'lead' over the course of the past week, with Flipped Learning taking an early lead and then 'Secret Spaces' fighting back. The poll had 234 votes and 768 views.…

Mar 25 2012

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Comic Life with students

By Mark Anderson iPad apps No Comments

Who was it who said that an iPad is only a consumption device??! Here are some examples of some ICT related pages a student of mine created using Comic Life on the topic of 'Future Developments in Technology' …

Mar 14 2012

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SketchShare: collaboration the easy way

By Mark Anderson iPad apps, T & L No Comments

I was really pleased to come across the SketchShare app the other week. I immediately saw some really great potential with it. Some of these key features made it a no brainer for me in an education space: 1) Supporting group work upto 4 people can collaborate anywhere in the…

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.

Mar 04 2012

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Integrated blogging app for iPad

By Mark Anderson iPad apps 4 Comments

Following a recommendation I've just downloaded the 'Blogsy' app for iPad. As you'll see from the screenshot, there are lots of built in formatting features, which if you're a Posterous or Blogger user makes it super handy. It makes it super easy too to add in different media with the…

Mar 03 2012

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iTunes U – raising the bar & aspirations

By Mark Anderson iPad, T & L 3 Comments

I recently blogged about the power of iBook Author and the new iBooks2, now I turn to iTunes U or the iTunes University app and how it also supports learning. The iTunes U app gives anyone with an iPad the opportunity to follow courses from hundreds of different…

Mar 02 2012

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Access Dropbox from Pages/Keynote/Numbers on iPad #ftw

By Mark Anderson iPad 10 Comments

I am pleased as punch to have found a way to link up my Dropbox account with iWork for iPad. And it’s easy. And it’s free. Check http://otixo.com Once you’ve signed up and linked Otixo to your Dropbox account (you can do it with Google Docs too – double…

Feb 29 2012

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More reasons to love iPad with iBooks Author

By Mark Anderson iPad 6 Comments

You won’t have failed to notice the big launch by Apple a few months ago with various links to education. They released 3 big education related items that have (if they hadn’t already) made educational establishments really sit up and notice the iPad as a serious learning tool. iTunesU app…