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Dec 15 2013

Safer Internet Day 2014

By Mark Anderson EdTech No Comments

I've been struck recently by the lack of coverage of e-safety by some of the people I talk with on Twitter and elsewhere. E-safety and the safeguarding of our young people online is of paramount importance. I'll be writing more about this in the near future, but as part of…

Nov 02 2013

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Google Story Builder

By Mark Anderson EdTech 16 Comments

Launched some time ago now, Google Story Builder allows you (or even better, your students) to create short movies or video stories in a Google Docs style environment... Great if your students already use Google Apps for Edu. You can choose different characters, story and music and when you're done…

Nov 02 2013

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Somewhere between the device & the cloud…

By Mark Anderson EdTech One Comment

Somewhere between the device and the cloud... ...is that place that many schools wish existed. That place where students and staff could still access the files which are on their traditional network as they move from a traditional desktop based system to the mobile learning 24/7 mobile device ecosystem. One…

Jul 13 2013

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Taking the strain out of social media

By Mark Anderson EdTech 4 Comments

Taking the strain out of social media is something that is a bit of a utopian scenario for me. I make quite a lot of use of various social media such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Google Drive etc. Keeping on top of all of these can often take…

Jul 06 2013

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Tools to enhance learning

By Mark Anderson EdTech, TeachMeets 8 Comments

My keynote presentation at TeachMeet Soton last night included a whole host of different tools to enhance learning. The tools fell in to two categories. Those that were web based which can be accessed using browsers and those that are iPad App based. There were a few Apps that I…

May 29 2013

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Pinterest for teachers

By Mark Anderson EdTech, iPad, T & L 24 Comments

Pinterest for education Pinterest of interest? As a topic, Pinterest for teachers in education has been giving me some thought for some time. Having been lured to Pinterest a while ago, the more I use it the more I can see Pinterest for teachers being of use, but also…

Apr 30 2013

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I ♥ SAMR

By Mark Anderson EdTech, T & L 4 Comments

There's been a fair bit of mention of the SAMR framework recently so I thought I'd share another rendition of the framework. I've always preferred looking at it in a vertical sense, moving upwards rather than a top down looking model. It makes more sense to me. What do…

Apr 20 2013

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Digital Citizenship & a poster for your school

By Mark Anderson EdTech, ICT, Posters 32 Comments

Digital Citizenship is an area of massive importance and if you're interested you should really check some of the links at the end of this post. Following JISC and looking at their work and connecting with the likes of @dughall, @simfin and @dajbelshaw among many others and @naace would be…