One of my favourite apps for iPad is Book Creator, not just because of its massive potential for learning and collaboration but because it provides great opportunity for authentic learning in the classroom. It's no small wonder then that it won best App at the Bett Show earlier this year.…
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Explain Everything continues to be the #1 App for mobile devices. Of this, for me, there is no doubt. With that in mind, I thought I'd make some long overdue screencasts showing how to work with the various aspects of the App. From organising files to animating elements to importing…
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A tool I've used many times in the classroom is Thinglink. I often forget how brilliant it is for lots of different purposes: shared curation of resources and research a place to put contextual links to different elements of a project a way to share learning a way to explain…
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My presentation for #TMStockport was quite a difficult choice. Knowing who else was speaking and the topic of use of technology, I wanted to do something on purposeful use - yes... I know... but I had an inkling that their host @ICT_MrP would probably cover that, so I went for…
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If you read my blog you probably know that I don't really do technology for technology's sake. I was recently asked to be involved in a Teachmeet by the lovely Nikki Gilbey (check her blog here too) with a technology focus and wondered about what to talk about. I had recently…
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It's no secret if you follow my blog that I love the Grafio App. With huge export sizes and vector graphics, it's a quality App. And it's half price at the moment. Only £2.49. Here's a previous post I wrote about it - and it's had some really serious updates…
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Working as a member of a senior leadership team brings a number of interesting prospects. I’ve certainly had an interesting year so far with a number of challenges that have come my way. What is has done for me however is give me a fresh perspective in how technology can…
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An MFL colleague recently asked me for some help on Apps and other E-Learning methods to help with learning about pronunciation. Not exactly being my area of subject expertise, I had some ideas, but I turned to my PLN for some too. Thanks to @CeriAnwen, @bellaale and more for their ideas. This…
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Apple have just launched their essential teacher's starter kit on App Store. Broken down in to two sections: prepare and teach, there are a number of staples there to get anyone up and running. Watch my intro video using the great new Adobe Voice here: http://voice.adobe.com/v/9shr472Xwoe Of course, Apple put…
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A few weeks ago I was talking with a few other educators on Twitter about App Smashing and ways in which iPad workflow could generate new levels of learning with iPads. It had come from a different conversation where thinking about the ways in which redefinition level learning could happen with…
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