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Mar 07 2019

How to create a scrolling text animation in Keynote for Mac

By Mark Anderson ADE, EdTech, Free resource, Resources No Comments

I recently had a conversation with a teacher on Twitter who wanted to create a presentation slide with scrolling text: https://twitter.com/ICTEvangelist/status/1102582990096531458 As Jules didn't have access to Pages for iPad I thought i'd help by creating a video to show how to do it using just animation in Keynote on…

Jan 30 2019

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The Periodic Table of iOS Apps for AR and VR 2019

By Mark Anderson AR, EdTech, Featured, Free resource, Tools, VR No Comments

One of my most popular resources in recent years has been my periodic tables. I’ve made a number of them, namely: The Periodic Table of iPad Apps (with various updates for new iOS releases) The Periodic Table of iPad STEAM Apps The Periodic Table of iPad Apps for AR and VR …

Sep 16 2018

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The Periodic Table of Educational Books to read today

By Mark Anderson Books, CPD, educators, Free resource, Learning No Comments

It is true to say that one of the best things (for me) about the education profession is that it is ever changing; always developing. As we learn more about how learning takes place and seek to do better by our learners in the classroom, we seek out new ideas,…

May 09 2018

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Educator collaboration made this free book possible

By Mark Anderson Books, Chrome, EdTech, Education, Free resource, Learning, Literacy No Comments

A few months ago I wrote about Book Creator and how they have opened up collaboration on their online Chrome based platform for Book Creator. My immediate thoughts were (in this order): Awesome When will this come to iPad (the answer is 'soon') How can we as educators model some…

Jan 14 2018

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Retrieval Practice Challenge Grid Templates

By Mark Anderson Featured, Free resource No Comments

In keeping with @87History's popular retrieval practice challenge grids idea and linked post, I created some templates to help people. https://twitter.com/87History/status/948865159744966658 There are 3 grids per template with varying sizes: 3 x 4 grid 4 x 4 grid 5 x 4 grid I've saved them into different formats depending on what…

Dec 31 2016

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Is that #EdTech tool pedagogically valid

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Free resource, Learning, Pedagogy first, Resources No Comments

I read a blog post the other day it resonated because so much of its content was on a level with my thinking around technology use in the classroom too. The post written by Paul Moss (@EDmerger) was called ‘Is that edtech tool pedagogically valid?’ and at the end of…

Dec 25 2016

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Periodic table of #STEAM apps updated!

By Mark Anderson Free resource, iPad

Back in early July I created the periodic table of STEAM (that's Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics for those who think I'm full of hot air) apps in the same format as my previous two periodic tables. This time the various sections were different to what I had and…

Jul 11 2016

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Literacy and numeracy lesson starters

By Mark Anderson Free resource, T & L One Comment

Getting the start of a lesson right is such an important thing. If you don't switch the students on right away then you can lose them pretty quickly. I've written previously about the importance of routines and in that post part of what I was saying was about the importance of…

Jul 09 2016

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Periodic table of #STEAM iPad apps

By Mark Anderson Free resource, iPad 10 Comments

First things first. As I started in my last periodic table post, it's never just about the apps. End of. That said being guided around tried and tested apps from the classroom can be really helpful. This new periodic table looks at #STEAM apps, namely those that can link through…

Jun 18 2016

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Periodic table of iPad apps vol 2

By Mark Anderson Free resource, iPad 30 Comments

First things first. It's never just about the apps. End of. That said being guided around tried and tested apps from the classroom can be really helpful. With that in mind, back in 2014 I created my first periodic table of iPad apps. Little did I realise how popular it would…