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Dec 11 2022

Our educational app reveal for day 11 of #Appvent22 is Cram @flashcards!

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Tools No Comments

Welcome to Day 11 of the #Appvent22 Appvent Calendar! When it comes to good technology in education, it has to be fit for purpose. Whether that’s helping in the classroom, supporting an initiative across the school such as well-being or timetabling or in a specific subject area; the common theme…

Dec 10 2022

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Day 10 of #Appvent22 sees us reveal the fantastic Reading Progress from @MicrosoftEDU

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Education, Free resource, Microsoft, Oracy, Tools No Comments

On this, day 10 of the #AppventCalendar I share a tool that has been a delight to showcase with many of the schools with which I work, and has been well received the world over, from teachers to parents. Today, it gives me great pleasure today to share the great…

Jul 09 2022

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The best four #edtech tools educators can easily use to create resources for teaching and learning

By Mark Anderson Computing, EdTech, Education, educators, Efficacy, Resources, Tools No Comments

Like it or not, making resources is part of the bread and butter of being a teacher. Sometimes it involves making an explainer video, sometimes it’s creating a presentation or a keyword challenge grid, resources to go on wall displays or templates for book reviews for your students… Resources are…

Apr 08 2022

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A simple productivity hack for a helpful marginal gain

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Tools, top tips No Comments

A short post here but thought worthy of sharing for its helpful nature. Followers of my work will know that I frequently share about aggregated marginal gains to your edtech use that when combined, can bring a cumulative impact to your efficiency, workload and more. One such approach is looking…

Dec 15 2020

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#AppventCalendar Day Fifteen – Numbers from @AppleEDU shared by @Mrs_Educate

By Mark Anderson ADE, Appvent, EdTech, iPad, iPad apps, Tools No Comments

Welcome to Day 15 of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! Often it is the tools that come as standard with your operating system or productivity suite that can help make the most difference to your everyday work for teaching and learning. Today's recommendations by ADE, @Mrs_Educate is exactly one of these…

Feb 25 2020

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Three ways to promote inclusion and student voice in the classroom

By Mark Anderson Accessibility, ALN / SEN, Education, Inclusion, Microsoft, Morals, Pedagogy first, Positivity, Tools No Comments

Inclusion can take place in lots of ways in a school setting. Technology can really help with this and in this post, I'll share three ways to help ensure children don't feel excluded in your classroom. Wheel of Names! Sometimes inclusion is just that - ensuring everyone not only feels…

Feb 07 2020

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FE Focus Webinar write up, coverage and feedback

By Mark Anderson Pedagogy first, T & L, Tools, Twitter, Work with me No Comments

The BETT show is not just about finding out about new technology, it's about the professional learning opportunities you can get and of course the networking. As this short poll I created last night on Twitter shows, people love to attend edtech events and it isn't just about the technology:…

Dec 24 2019

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AppVent Calendar Day Twenty-Four – Google Slides!

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Google, Tools No Comments

Merry Christmas everyone. Thank you for joining me on this journey throughout December this year. It's been a fantastic experience, sharing tools that work and opportunities on how to best use them. It's been lovely too, to have the opportunity to invite a variety of guests to join me on…

Dec 23 2019

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AppVent Calendar Day Twenty-Three – @rondelle10_b

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Tools, top tips No Comments

Hi and welcome! Behind today's door on the calendar, we have none other than Bukky Yusuf suggesting one of her most useful apps. Bukky is someone I have known personally for many years now and proud to be able to call a friend. In organising this post we discussed exactly…

Dec 18 2019

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AppVent Calendar Day Eighteen – @AdobeSpark!

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Learning, Literacy, Pedagogy first, Tools, Video No Comments

Good Morning and welcome to Day Eighteen of the 2019 AppVent Calendar! Today's entry was always going to be a no-brainer for me to include. The offer to schools from Adobe via Adobe Spark is fantastic and so I had to include them in this year's AppVent Calendar. Adobe Spark…