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Five simple ways to use edtech to support oracy in the classroom

By Blogs, Cognitive Science, Collaboration, Digital Strategy, Learning, Literacy, Oracy No Comments
Speaking and listening is the cornerstone of any classroom (and if not, why not?!) but how can technology help with oracy? Activities such as role-play, debate, discussion, and dialogue are all great ways to promote oracy in the classroom but how can technology help? Well, you’ll be pleased to learn…
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Who am I to judge? #UKBA17

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Back in 2015 I got through to the final of the UK Blog Awards in the Education section and I only went and won it! This year however I am one of the judges - eek! I haven't received the rules and regulations yet but I'm sure they will be…
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A review of my blog in 2015

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The popular plugin for Wordpress, Jetpack, has helpfully compiled some stats on my blog for 2015. In addition to many nominations for best blog and also winning the UK Blog Awards Education blog of the year, there are some interesting stats (at least I find them interesting) too. My continued…
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@Vuelio Blog Awards

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It always amazes me the impact that blogging has. I met someone today, @ComptonAndy, at the Apple RTC conference near Birmingham. He said something to me along the lines of... "are you Mark Anderson of Twitter fame?" Crazy. But is it? I'm always bowled over by the positive comments from…
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Nominations for #eddies14

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It's that time of year again. It is staggering that this is the 11th Edublog awards. So much learning and sharing has taken place over those 11 years in the education community. I learn so much on a daily basis from all of the brilliant teaching professionals who share their practice.…
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