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Dec 17 2021

Today we share one of my favourite apps for learning, Keynote from @AppleEDU shared by @kcasw1 #AppventCalendar #AppleEDUchat #AussieED #EdTech #EduTwitter

By Mark Anderson Appvent No Comments

Welcome to day seventeen of the 2021 Appvent Calendar. Today's app is one of my absolute faves in Keynote. Suggested by Global Edtech author, Karen Caswell, she shares lots of great hints and tips below: One of the most commonly used educational iPad apps is Keynote. As an Apple…

Oct 25 2021

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Five ways Siri can help you be more efficient and productive

By Mark Anderson ADE, iPad No Comments

Many of us will know how annoying our virtual assistants can be, listening in to everything we do ready and raring to "help us" perform a variety of tasks, but how often do you use yours other than to perhaps call someone? In this short post, I'll share a few…

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…

Mar 18 2019

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The Updated for iOS 12 Periodic Table of iPad Apps 2019

By Mark Anderson ADE, Free resource, ICT, iPad, Resources No Comments

At BETT in January I launched two Periodic Tables, one for AR and VR which I collaborated on with Steve Bambury and this second table, focused upon apps for learning. It is not the same as the AR and VR table. Whilst both tables are broken down into categories, the…

Apr 27 2018

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Ten things every educator should be able to do with their iPad

By Mark Anderson ADE, EdTech, ICT, iPad No Comments

When I reflect back to early versions of iOS and the workarounds that teachers and students used to have to jump through hoops to complete through third-party applications, the iOS operating system has come a very long way from where it used to be. No longer do you have to…

Jul 11 2017

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Icons galore with this brilliant new add-in from the Noun Project

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Microsoft, Resources, Tools No Comments

There's one sure fire way of helping to bring your designs and documents to life and that is through the use of simple iconography. I wrote about the brilliant flaticon site in my secret edtech weapons post here. Always keeping something back for myself, I didn't share the Noun Project's…

Jun 04 2017

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Apple nail teaching and learning with the latest version of their Classroom App

By Mark Anderson iPad, Pedagogy first No Comments

I'm a great believer in taking lots of small steps to make a bigger gain. Incremental improvements that you get better and better at through deliberate practice is one of those things that make us better teachers in the classroom. Often when it comes to technology, one of the biggest…

Mar 01 2017

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The new Periodic Table of iPad Apps for Primary aged pupils

By Mark Anderson iPad No Comments

I've always enjoyed thinking of ideas about how we can utilise technology for purposeful means in the classroom. It is often we see the simplest ideas making the biggest impact on teaching and learning. I'm still asked regularly for apps for particular subjects, asking children to use devices as sources of information…

Sep 12 2016

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An Apple for the teacher?

By Mark Anderson ADE

Are you a school or educator using Apple technologies? Chances are that if you are a school or educator with iPads or other Apple technology, you'll want some decent opportunities for CPD. If you're in this position then Apple have come up with something I'm confident you'll be interested…

Jul 24 2016

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The best CPD in the world #ADE2016

By Mark Anderson ADE One Comment

The last week in July is always a special one for me. It’s the week that we normally see the Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) Institutes taking place around the globe. Traditionally the Institutes work on a two year rotation. One year there will be a new intake of ADE’s (that…