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Dec 24 2024

Day 24 of the #24DaysOfAI Appvent Calendar: The Beating Heart of Education

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, AI, EdTech No Comments

Welcome to the final day of Appvent 2024. I couldn’t let this last day pass without highlighting something I emphasise year after year: the importance that educators play in every decision made about the use of technology in schools. So as has become the tradition, there is no app, platform…

Dec 23 2024

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Day 23 of the 2024 #24DaysOfAI Appvent Calendar: Unlock Effortless Video Creation with Today’s Ai Platform

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, AI, EdTech No Comments

Welcome to Day 23 of the 2024 Appvent Calendar! Welcome to the penultimate day of the 2024 Appvent Calendar! As we approach the final reveal, today’s spotlight is on a tool that makes creating high-quality video content accessible and achievable for everyone, no matter how busy or tech-savvy you are.…

Dec 22 2024

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Day 22 of #24DaysOfAI – Visualise Ideas in Seconds with Today’s Appvent Reveal

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, AI, EdTech No Comments

Welcome to today’s #24DaysOfAI Appvent Calendar where today we reveal a fantastic tool that helps you to take your existing text from most sources (Word, Google Docs, PowerPoint and more) and convert complicated themes or topics into fantastic visuals. The tool I’m talking about is napkin.ai. With its easy-to-use features,…

Dec 21 2024

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Day 21 of #24DaysOfAi – Transform Formative Assessment with Your Students with Today’s Appvent Reveal

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, AI, EdTech No Comments

Welcome to day twenty-one of the 2024 Appvent calendar where today we will focus on Curipod. Curipod provides various AI-powered tools that teachers can use for formative assessment. It’s a general-purpose tool used across different subjects and key stages. AI tool of the day: Curipod The tagline for Curipod is:…

Dec 20 2024

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Day 20 of #24DaysOfAi – Transform Adaptive Teaching with Today’s Appvent Reveal

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, AI, EdTech No Comments

Welcome to day twenty of the 2024 Appvent calendar where today we will focus on Diffit. As the name suggests Diffit is a fab tool that teachers can use to quickly and easily create adaptive learning resources for students. The materials produced by Diffit are age-appropriate and transparent (Diffit lists…

Dec 19 2024

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Day 19 reveals an Ai-powered flash card revision platform

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, AI, EdTech No Comments

Welcome to day nineteen of the 2024 Appvent calendar where today we will focus on Wisdolia. We are a big fan of simple tools that do their job effectively and today’s offering doesn’t disappoint. Enter Wisdolia… Wisdolia uses AI to generate interactive and engaging revision flashcards in seconds. It’s a…

Dec 18 2024

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Day 18 of #24DaysOfAi – Support Learning with Mizou and its Interactive Chatbots

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, Appvent, EdTech No Comments

Day 18 of the #24DaysOfAi Appvent Calendar Welcome to Day 18 of the #24DaysOfAi Appvent Calendar. Today’s spotlight is on Mizou, a platform that has been designed with teachers in mind. It’s filled with helpful teaching and learning activities built upon interactive chatbots that help provide explanations, guide revision, support…

Dec 17 2024

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Day 17 of #24DaysOfAi – If You Do Nothing Else Today, Read This Post

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, AI, EdTech No Comments

Welcome to Day 17 of this year’s #24DaysOfAI Appvent Calendar. In a pivot to our usual posts about Ai tools and platforms, today I share a working paper that I feel should be essential reading for everyone working in education. Why is the paper important? Originally shared some 16 months…

Dec 16 2024

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Day 16 of #24DaysOfAi – Use Parlay Genie to help Stimulate Class Discussions

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, Appvent, EdTech No Comments

Welcome to day sixteen of the 2024 Appvent calendar where today we will focus on Parlay Genie. Parlay is a platform for creating dynamic tech-driven classroom discussions. Recently, Parlay incorporated Parlay Genie, an AI assistant to help teachers automatically generate discussion questions, assessments, and follow-up questions. AI tool of the…

Dec 15 2024

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Day 15 of #24DaysOfAi – Features HeyGen a recommendation by Steve Bambury

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, Appvent, EdTech No Comments

Welcome to Day 15 of the 2024 Appvent Calendar! Today’s Appvent entry is shared as a recommendation by a long-standing friend of Mark’s and former colleague of Ronan’s, Steve Bambury. A multi-award-winning educator and leader, Steve has worked in education for over 20 years and has recently rejoined JESS Dubai…