EdTech - ICTEvangelist

Jun 27 2019

Using project sharing and collaboration in @AdobeSpark

By Mark Anderson Chrome, Computing, EdTech, Education, Google No Comments

It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of the Adobe Spark suite of tools I've written about them and shared ways in which they can be used to support teaching and learning many times. Apart from it being completely free for schools to have the full Spark suite, in…

Jun 26 2019

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Book Creator bring AI into its popular app with AutoDraw

By Mark Anderson Chrome, EdTech, ICT, Learning, Literacy No Comments

I've always loved Book Creator. For me, it embodies the very best of edtech in that it is versatile enough to be used with learners of all ages, has uses across all ages, is simple to use and can be used in lots of different ways to support teaching and…

Jun 24 2019

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Five tools to help you create your end of year celebration videos

By Mark Anderson EdTech, edtech50 No Comments

As we approach the end of the academic year, many heads of house/year, tutors and teachers will be looking to create a variety of resources, videos and activities to use in assemblies, tutor time and more. When it comes to sharing the life of the school, socially or in assemblies…

May 13 2019

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Why am I on tour (and a free conference for you!)

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Education, educators, Food for thought No Comments

ICT Evangelist on Tour! This week sees me on the road visiting schools that are customers of Frog Education. With schools scrutinising every penny spent; teachers under increasing pressure to deal with issues in their school often with less resources and newly formed MATs and their schools dealing with bigger…

Mar 22 2019

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The best (free) #edtech tool you’ll discover this week

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Education, educators, ICT, T & L, Tools No Comments

With it being Friday I thought I'd fire out a quick post that I've been meaning to share for some time. Often, the best edtech for the classroom is a) something developed by a teacher, b) is super simple to use, c) free, and d) works in browser on all…

Mar 18 2019

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How to ensure value for money when purchasing #edtech

By Mark Anderson EdTech, ICT, Infographics, Leadership, Microsoft No Comments

Originally posted as part of my Summer takeover on the Microsoft Education blog, this post explores the different ways you can ensure value for money when purchasing technology for your school. One of the most difficult things a school has to focus on is achieving value for money for its…

Mar 08 2019

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Ways to make your classroom more accessible and inclusive with #MicrosoftEDU

By Mark Anderson Accessibility, EdTech, educators, Inclusion, Microsoft No Comments

Originally posted as part of my Summer takeover on the Microsoft Education blog, this post explores the ways in which you can use Microsoft tools to make your classroom more accessible and inclusive... One of the most beautiful parts of the role of the teacher is that ability you have…

Mar 07 2019

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How to create a scrolling text animation in Keynote for Mac

By Mark Anderson ADE, EdTech, Free resource, Resources No Comments

I recently had a conversation with a teacher on Twitter who wanted to create a presentation slide with scrolling text: https://twitter.com/ICTEvangelist/status/1102582990096531458 As Jules didn't have access to Pages for iPad I thought i'd help by creating a video to show how to do it using just animation in Keynote on…

Feb 07 2019

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A great free VR app for iOS that can help with oracy, presentations and more

By Mark Anderson EdTech, ICT, iPad, VR No Comments

One of the reasons I started organising Teachmeets many moons ago was because I wanted to give myself the opportunity to present in front of my peers without my knees knocking, sweating and feeling full of imposter syndrome - if I'm honest, it still happens now but through practice comes…