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As an early adopter, I’ve been a big fan of Canva for some time. I’ve written about it a number of times, both using it as a tool within the browser version and as an iPad App. I was really thrilled to see the addition of infographics to their repertoire…
Literacy is a big deal. One way that many teachers promote literacy in their classroom is through the use of technology to create good looking word resources to put on the wall. One such app that allows for this is ‘WordSwag’. Normally I would be looking for the free option…
The thing is, in education, for both students and teachers, using technology can be quite a complicated thing. Evangelists (where has that term come from?) can go on about the amazing features of devices and how you can create amazing things with them. Yes, you can… but actually – is…
Have just stumbled upon a great free tool called Videonot.es. Essentially, you can load videos from lots of different online sites such as YouTube, Khan Academy, Vimeo, Coursera and more. As you work through the video making your notes alongside it, so the notes are time-stamped against the video. You…
Today saw episode 6 of the fun ‘App Smash Live‘ Google Hangout on Air that I’ve run a few times now. As ever I started by mentioning the importance of keeping App Smashing simple and powerful so that the learning is the star, not the technology. Many thanks go to…
One of great things about teaching is that each year the page resets itself. Children come back from their summer holidays that little bit different. A little taller, new experiences, maybe with a tan, a little more street-wise, complaining their wrists hurt because their writing practice has fallen by the…
I was at the Northern Lights TSA & Teach 3 Conference yesterday in Bradford. It was a great day and thank you to @RosinaNoor for organising. Among others sharing such as Andy Day, Lisa-Jane Ashes and John Tomsett, we were among great company with others from across the TSA joining us too….
I’ve been a big fan of Greg Kulowiec’s idea of App Smashing for some time. This is why when I was asked to run some sessions at a conference in Istanbul recently I chose to run a 3 hour session on App Smashing. To support the session I created an iTunes U…
Friday 17 April 2015 saw the UK Blog Awards take place in Marble Arch, London. It was a plush affair from all accounts. I wasn’t able to make it as I was working in Istanbul at the #EdtechIST conference. The process to making it through to the finals was quite…
One of the staples of my mobile photo-editing Apps for a very long time has been Google’s ‘Snapseed’. It has always had some really impressive features all in the one App. From tune-up options such as cropping and image adjustments for contrast, brightness etc. through to options for creating…
I was reminded last week on the power of Twitter which brought together 250 education professionals to London for #TMLondon. Selfies, trending, hashtag, learning and sharing all took place and not only were there 250 teachers there, there were more than 200 viewing online at the same time too. It…
I’m very excited to be speaking at #EdtechIST running some expert and inspiration sessions. The event running over the weekend of 18-19 April features a large number of different international expert speakers talking and sharing about the great use of education technology in education. My expert session will focus on…
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