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May 25 2016

How to transform how students showcase their learning

By Mark Anderson Learning 8 Comments

It's no secret that I've been a fan of the three great Adobe apps; Slate, Voice and Post for some time now. Just when I thought things couldn't get any better, along comes Adobe Spark. Adobe have rebranded three of my favourite apps for publishing, Adobe Spark Page (formerly Adobe Slate),…

Dec 30 2015

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An iPad toolkit – 29 iPad Apps that promote good learning

By Mark Anderson Free resource, iPad 4 Comments

In case you hadn't noticed, I'm quite a fan of the iPad (the Lollipop Nexus 9's not too bad either). Not because of its design or because its by Apple or any of that, but because of its keen heritage in the learning arena. Any one who knows me will…

Dec 04 2015

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Learning with loops

By Mark Anderson Computing 4 Comments

I loved catching up with the brilliant Steve Bunce at the Apple RTC Winter Conference last week at the Belfry. In his simply fab presentation about coding, he spent some time looking at a variety of ways in which you can use music to teach children about loops. In this…

Oct 19 2015

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Top six Apps for creating word clouds

By Mark Anderson ICT 47 Comments

I wrote in my book about the power of using word clouds in the classroom. They are such a good tool for activities linked to literacy, problem solving and much more. The classic Wordle and Tagxedo still rank highly in my estimation but as more and more use of technology…

Sep 02 2015

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Starting a new term, why not look at @ClassDojo?

By Mark Anderson iPad apps, Positivity One Comment

If you know me you'll probably know I am a big fan of ClassDojo and have been for many years now. It is a fantastic tool for home / school communication and for developing positive engagement within your classroom. I am not going to spend time in this post extolling…

Aug 26 2015

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If you teach Computing or STEM with iPad, you probably need an Everything Machine

By Mark Anderson Computing, iPad 7 Comments

The iPad is one hell of a device. I'm not the first person to say it or think it but there you have it. It really is. Yes, competitors and Android fans will tell you that their devices have done it for years, but it's never been quite as good…

May 15 2015

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How to use WordSwag for iOS

By Mark Anderson iPad apps 3 Comments

Literacy is a big deal. One way that many teachers promote literacy in their classroom is through the use of technology to create good looking word resources to put on the wall. One such app that allows for this is 'WordSwag'. Normally I would be looking for the free option…

May 02 2015

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#AppSmashLive episode 6

By Mark Anderson AppSmashLive One Comment

Today saw episode 6 of the fun 'App Smash Live' Google Hangout on Air that I've run a few times now. As ever I started by mentioning the importance of keeping App Smashing simple and powerful so that the learning is the star, not the technology. Many thanks go to…