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Dec 09 2022

Today on Day 9 we open the door to reveal the Global Equality Collective (@GECCollect) app!

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech No Comments

We are loving the #Appvent22 calendar so far this year. With a broad and diverse range of tools to promote learning, creativity, maths and science, immersion, classroom management and well-being, it was only right that we took time to explore a tool that promotes and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.…

Dec 13 2021

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Welcome to day thirteen of the 2021 #AppventCalendar. Today as we open the door we find the fab @ArcMathsApp!

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech No Comments

Today’s entry is a great tool for supporting the practice and learning for all things Maths from age 11-16. With all of the topics built in to support Mathematics teaching from Year 7 to Year 11, the brilliant Arc Maths is a great tool to support the Maths teaching taking…

Dec 24 2020

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Welcome, as we open the final day on the 2020 #AppventCalendar and we find @BookCreatorApp!

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Books, Chrome, Computing, EdTech, iPad No Comments

Welcome to day 24, the final day of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! What a fantastic selection of great apps we’ve had across the 24 days this year. Alongside my entries and guest entries, this year I’ve extended the initiative across not just ictevangelist.com but across to the global-edtech.com team…

Dec 23 2020

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#AppventCalendar Day 23 – @Trello, written and shared by @rondelle10_b

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Leadership No Comments

Welcome to Day Twenty Three on the 2020 Appvent Calendar! Day 23 – #Appvent Calendar – Trello If like me, you like to plan things out in a visual way, then Trello is one tool to explore. This blog provides a basic outline to help you get started. What is…

Dec 19 2020

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#AppventCalendar Day 19 – Halo AR from @lightup

By Mark Anderson Appvent, AR, EdTech No Comments

Welcome to Day 19 of the 2020 Appvent Calendar Throughout the Appvent calendar this year we have seen lots of tried and tested, good old favourites appearing, which has been lovely because so many of these tools have made such a big impact during the pandemic. It would be remiss…

Dec 18 2020

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#Appvent Calendar Day Eighteen – Swift Playgrounds from @lcoffeeprincel

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Computing, iPad No Comments

Welcome to Day Eighteen of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! Swift Playgrounds is one of the best applications for teaching coding. This month the global community once again celebrated the importance of learning how to code. My school in Japan participated in the Hour of Code event and I used Swift…

Dec 09 2020

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#AppventCalendar Day Nine – @ReallySchoolUK

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Curriculum, Home Learning, Learning, Online Learning, Remote Learning, Resources No Comments

Welcome to Day 9 of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! A consistent feature throughout the AppventCalendar event so far has been those tools and apps which have really helped to make a difference to communication, collaboration and teaching and learning throughout the pandemic. In the early years and primary setting one…

Oct 16 2017

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Fantastic app for fine motor control and numeracy in early years

By Mark Anderson iPad No Comments

The launch of iOS 11 has brought about the advent of some great new features to your iPad. It also marked the end of 32-bit apps being allowed to run on iOS. All apps on iOS now run on 64-bit and so if you've noticed that one of your beloved…

Sep 17 2017

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How to find out which apps will no longer work in iOS 11

By Mark Anderson iPad No Comments

In September 2013, Apple introduced the iPhone 5s with its first 64-bit processor, the A7 and they launched iOS 7, the first 64-bit iDevice from Apple. In 2015 Apple announce that all new apps on the App Store must have 64-bit support. From iOS 11, only 64-bit apps will be…

Nov 28 2016

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Supporting student independence in app choices

By Mark Anderson EdTech, iPad

The holy grail of the edtech classroom is one where young people are able to be autonomous in their choice of tools to support their learning activities in the classroom. They make their choices wisely. They don't need training, support or guidance and they can use creative tools to showcase…