If you haven't come across #ChatGPT yet, then what rock have you been hiding under? Every social media platform, news outlet, magazine, blog, podcast and vlog is talking about it. The opportunities provided by #ChatGPT are huge. I talked about it here in this recent post: Will AI Make Us…
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Popular tool Flippity has lots of useful features to help with a wide variety of teaching and learning tasks. With such a wide range of helpful tools, it's well worth an explore. For today's #FiveWaysEdu post I'm sharing five of my favourite ways it can be used in the classroom:
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Technology in education isn't just about teachers, without the technical infrastructure to back everything up, it's a bit like the old adage of building your house on sandy land - things just aren't going to work. The job of the Network Manager and their technicians is, by the nature of…
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I'm a big fan of now>press>play and have been for some time - in fact, they've just been shortlisted as finalists at the BETT awards: https://twitter.com/nowpressplay/status/1612780393547157505?s=20&t=XKRXH29aPGCU8a0Yfk_zsg With that in mind, I thought I'd share as one of my #FiveWaysEdu posts, some ways that you can use now>press>play in the…
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With Safer Internet Day being just around the corner, for today's #FiveWaysEdu post, I thought it'd be a good idea to share a few ideas for activities you could undertake to help promote the event in your setting. I've been working at NetSupport in recent weeks on a new Online…
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There are many ways in which technology can be used in the classroom to help with a wide variety of learning activities. If there's one activity in the classroom that can have a big impact on learner progress, then promoting metacognition ticks all of the right boxes. I won't elaborate…
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Video is such a powerful medium. From TikTok to YouTube to iMovie to Apple Clips to ClipChamp to.... well there are so many. We can even take video content and use tools to build quizzing opportunities to stretch the idea of what is possible with video in the classroom even…
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Virtual whiteboards are hugely popular and for a good reason. They have many uses to support learning and teaching, but how do you know whether your use of your favourite tool will help with learning or teaching or just make for a fun distraction? In today's #FiveWaysEdu post, I explore…
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Collaborative presentations using tools such as Google Slides have been a staple of my classroom for many years now. I always wanted something to help with that process though, a tool that would help give the activity more meaning - then Pear Deck arrived. An interactive presentation tool, Pear Deck…
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As many will know, back in my 20’s and 30’s I used to DJ in clubs and bars. I won lots of different DJing competitions too. I was known amongst my peers as Mixmaster Mark, such was my ability to blend tracks and my technical ability. I am of that…
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