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Oct 29 2015

Adobe’s Slate App comes to the web

By Mark Anderson EdTech 3 Comments

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…

Oct 25 2015

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How to make an impact with edtech in your school or classroom

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Education 7 Comments

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…

Jul 06 2015

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TESLabsLive, a write up

By Mark Anderson EdTech One Comment

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…

May 08 2015

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Free tool for making notes alongside videos

By Mark Anderson EdTech 3 Comments

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…

Apr 12 2015

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Google do it again with Snapseed update

By Mark Anderson EdTech One Comment

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…

Mar 02 2015

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The Power of the Visual for learning

By Mark Anderson EdTech 11 Comments

Visuals are so powerful. Carl Hendrick wrote recently about motivational posters recently here and I tend to agree when they're used out of context, however I think visualisations can be a great learning tool, particularly when students make them themselves. We can embed learning linked to numeracy in lots of…

Feb 07 2015

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Paper by 53, for creativity and learning #appaday

By Mark Anderson EdTech 2 Comments

If Explain Everything is the best app for learning on the App store, then Paper by 53 wins the most beautiful App for learning available. If you haven't come across it yet, you're missing out. With its beautiful, intuitive and simple design it's no wonder it has won so many awards.…

Feb 04 2015

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QR Codes, how to simply create and read #appaday

By Mark Anderson EdTech 5 Comments

QR codes are simply awesome. I've blogged about them before such as here and here. There are a tonne of different apps and websites that you can use to both create and read them. For me it has been clear for a long time that accessing information, geo-locations or links to…

Feb 03 2015

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Haiku Deck for presenting learning #appaday

By Mark Anderson EdTech 7 Comments

If you've had the pleasure of meeting me in the last twelve months or so undoubtedly I would have mentioned Haiku Deck. It is one of my favourite apps. If you haven't come across it, Haiku Deck is free presentation software which works on pretty much every platform. There's an…