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May 19 2012

MentorMob – perfect for flipping learning?

By Mark Anderson Cool sites, ICT, T & L 8 Comments

Many is the time when I've been considering ways to flip my classrooms. MentorMob provides an excellent way of doing this. A web 2.0 tool to share ‘learning playlists’ - a bit like micro favourite lists as you might see on delicious, the site allows members of the community to…

May 17 2012

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Hosting the #UKEdChat 24 May 2012

By Mark Anderson T & L No Comments

I am deeply honoured to have been asked to host #ukedchat again this coming Thursday. It's a real opportunity to connect with hundreds of teachers and discuss topics related to teaching & learning and a great experience to boot. If you'd like to help shape the discussion for next…

May 12 2012

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SOLO, iPads and a win?

By Mark Anderson iPad, T & L 7 Comments

One of my lessons this week required students to break down and get their heads around the summative project brief for their coursework. Historically I have found that despite completing a variety of activities to get students to engage in reading the instructions and breaking down what is required of…

Apr 22 2012

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Student workflow on iPad in your lessons

By Mark Anderson iPad, T & L 3 Comments

It has been obvious to me for some time now that any learning that is based around use of an iPad should really not be hung on one particular app. That it is about a flow of work, be it individual, or collaborative. Yes, there are some powerful productivity apps…

Apr 19 2012

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DfE & Facebook

By Mark Anderson CPD, ICT, Infographics, T & L No Comments

This post is really an update following my recent posts about Twitter and the ideas gained through sharing my tweets with others. For a much longer write up, this post by Jon Tait inspects the experience in more detail really well here: http://www.woodham.org.uk/edutait/ The original post has had more than 1000…

Apr 15 2012

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Teachers use Twitter as their preferred CPD tool

By Mark Anderson ICT, Infographics, T & L 8 Comments

Inspired by my previous post about collaboration across Twitter, Jon (@TeamTait) Tait has been busy again with a new infographic on the topic:

Apr 11 2012

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Flipped learning & O2 learn

By Mark Anderson ICT, T & L No Comments

Further to the flipped learning discussion on #ukedchat last week and Daniel Edwards' brilliant organic post about planning flipped learning in light of OFSTED requirements here, I thought it would be opportune to mention the O2 Learn site. This is a site which has literally hundreds of screencasts and videos…

Apr 10 2012

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So you want to support Maths learning with an iPad?

By Mark Anderson iPad apps, T & L 9 Comments

When thinking about using an iPad to support learning, it is important to remember that the iPad supports learning. It is not going to do the teaching for you. Maths learning is no exception. That said, innovative approaches to using multiple apps can really help with the support of the…

Apr 05 2012

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Flip or flop? #ukedchat April 5 2012

By Mark Anderson Articles, CPD, ICT, T & L 3 Comments

Tonight I'm hosting my first #ukedchat session on Twitter. I'm really looking forward to it. There have been changes in the 'lead' over the course of the past week, with Flipped Learning taking an early lead and then 'Secret Spaces' fighting back. The poll had 234 votes and 768 views.…

Mar 14 2012

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SketchShare: collaboration the easy way

By Mark Anderson iPad apps, T & L No Comments

I was really pleased to come across the SketchShare app the other week. I immediately saw some really great potential with it. Some of these key features made it a no brainer for me in an education space: 1) Supporting group work upto 4 people can collaborate anywhere in the…