It's been around for a while now and it continues to feature as one of the apps I turn to on a daily basis, such is its ease of use and powerful output. I talk of course about the brilliant Adobe Spark Post app. Free as an app on iOS…
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I love technology, it has to be said - why else would I have a Twitter handle like @ICTEvangelist. However geeky I am about technology though, I'm even more geeky about teaching and learning. We read (or at least it seems) on an all too regular basis about how using…
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It was a gorgeous summer's day when I met Sophie Bailey by the Guardian offices for my interview for her fledgling podcast. It was at a large edtech event looking at edupreneurs who were seeking venture capital for their organisations. In the interview you'll hear me mention a bunch of people.…
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One big concern facing educators in using edtech in the classroom is that it could be a big distraction. Certainly it's a big feature of the 'research' being undertaken about technology in education that has featured so heavily in the media: Quoted from the Guardian - 11 May 2016 This…
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I love the School Report scheme that the BBC run via Newsround. We all remember the Newsrounds of our youth. For me it was John Craven who made me watch it whenever it was on. It was this report I saw recently on eight things teachers should learn, which got me…
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Adobe Slate, the popular iPad App is now available to use for free in browser. The fact that you can now access this from your laptop, Chromebook, Macbook is very powerful. I've been a fan of Adobe Slate for some time. The number of Apps provided by Adobe on the…
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This post examines how to make an impact with edtech in your school or classroom. I've been playing with Adobe Slate again... I can't help myself... it is such a lovely tool to use. And so, in this post I explore more deeply the ideas originally used in this post on…
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I was genuinely chuffed when Peps Mccrea asked me if I wanted to come along to the TESLabsLive event at TES Global, the headquarters for TES in London. The idea behind it was to help a variety of #edtech startups with the opportunity to talk with some teachers about their different…
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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…
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One of the staples of my mobile photo-editing Apps for a very long time has been Google's 'Snapseed'. Original Snapseed icon 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…
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