In recent years, a welcome change in the world of edtech has been the developing conversation around the effective use of technology being reinforced by a strong evidence base. This is something that I have been championing for a long time, along with many others. Too many companies have, over the years, sold snake oil…
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Sometimes, just changing how you do things can really help you move forward. You’ll have no doubt noticed that I haven’t posted a blog for ages. And you know what? It wasn’t just me being lazy, honest! I’ve actually been working on writing my new book, which I’m already excited…
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Welcome to Day Seventeen of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! Today's entry, nominated again by Laura George, is a tool that has been a firm favourite of mine since its early days. Since then it has come on in leaps and bounds and has proven indispensable to many tens of thousands…
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Welcome to Day Thirteen of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! As has been a consistent theme on the calendar with tools that have been super helpful during the last twelve months, today's offering behind door number thirteen is the popular, open-source software package that has been used to host quizzes, assemblies…
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Welcome to Day Twelve of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! As with the other entries on the calendar this year, today’s recommended tool is one which has been a staple of my teaching and learning toolkit for many years. As a tool which at its heart, supports flipped learning and is…
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Welcome to Day Eleven of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! I’ve been a huge fan of Google Earth for a very long time. There are so many features and tools bundled with this app which can be easily missed. I believe Voyager is one such feature. Released as part of an…
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There’s no getting away from what a difficult year it has been for everyone the world over. With Collins Dictionary making their word of the year ‘lockdown’ it is a clear sign of the times. Whilst other words such as ‘’Rona’ or ‘unprecedented’ or ‘the Vid’ might have also been…
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Welcome to Day Two of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! We are so pleased and proud to be bringing you another calendar of amazing tools, apps and services that can help support teaching, learning, productivity and being safe online. With a great start to the event with our first app yesterday,…
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 8 months, COVID has had a huge impact on education and the progress and lives of all of our learners in our schools. It has proven to be difficult for school leaders to stay ahead of the curve in terms…
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A few months ago I was approached by Seneca to deliver a Teachmeet (as a webinar) as part of their TeachMeet series. When I agreed and was asked what I would like to share about I thought what better way than to share some evidence-informed approaches to using technology. I…
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