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Feb 01 2015

Thinglink in the classroom

By Mark Anderson EdTech 5 Comments

A tool I've used many times in the classroom is Thinglink. I often forget how brilliant it is for lots of different purposes: shared curation of resources and research a place to put contextual links to different elements of a project a way to share learning a way to explain…

Jan 01 2015

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Appsmashlive 3 – workflows, creativity, photography, animation and coding

By Mark Anderson EdTech No Comments

Streamed live on December 30th, this AppSmash Live featured educators from all over the globe sharing their ideas. Big thanks to Richard Wells (@iPadWells), Joe Dale (@JoeDale) and Jenny Ashby (@jjash) for joining me in this session. Watch it back again now below:

Dec 23 2014

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Google vs Apple in Education

By Mark Anderson EdTech 8 Comments

Who would have thought it? Google now have an impressive number of apps available on the iOS App Store which can help, support and enhance learning. Of the 32 available that are optimised for iPad, I can easily see there being use for most of them in a learning space,…

Nov 11 2014

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How can teachers get the best out of edtech? #BettChat

By Mark Anderson EdTech 3 Comments

What a day today on #BettChat. Lots of engagement and ideas flowing. To help keep a record of the discussion, I took the tweets from the chat and added them to a Storify which you can read and check out below. It was as always a fast and furious debate…

Oct 21 2014

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Technology integration with SAMR & tools that support it

By Mark Anderson EdTech 2 Comments

If you read my blog you probably know that I don't really do technology for technology's sake. I was recently asked to be involved in a Teachmeet by the lovely Nikki Gilbey (check her blog here too) with a technology focus and wondered about what to talk about. I had recently…

Oct 09 2014

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Google Teacher Academy 2014 #GTAUK

By Mark Anderson EdTech 7 Comments

Google's Teacher Academy (#GTAUK) is taking place later this month and I am honoured and pleased to have been accepted. I'll blog more about the event as and when it happens. In the mean time I thought I would share my application video. I'm very much looking forward to the…

Sep 26 2014

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What to do about digital parenting?

By Mark Anderson EdTech 8 Comments

Being a parent is no easy task. Not only do you have to deal with the constant requests for help in all the different ways that our children ask for it, there’s also the pressure of keeping them safe; on the way to and from school; when they’re taking part…

Sep 14 2014

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Google Slides for iOS

By Mark Anderson EdTech 15 Comments

Google Slides for iOS is here and I have to say I am pretty impressed. Making the triumvirate of Google Docs and Sheets whole, for a free app on your iPhone or iPad that gives you access to a presentation tool, it is really good. To say that it is everything…

Apr 12 2014

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#UKEdChat #edtech – what went down…

By Mark Anderson EdTech No Comments

Thanks to the #ukedchat team for asking me to be involved again in another session. A bit quieter than usual with it being the Easter break but a great conversation and sharing of ideas took place as per usual. Please see a summary below in a Storify from the chat.…