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Aug 11 2012

Back to school – some great apps to get you started

By Mark Anderson iPad, iPad apps No Comments

With the new school year around the corner - here are some of my best picks for students starting with their own iOS devices in September. CLASSES (£0.69) One of the first things you will do on your first day back at school is transfer your timetable to your…

Jun 13 2012

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The iPad and the Swiss Army Knife

By Mark Anderson ICT, iPad, iPad apps, T & L 5 Comments

It's known in many circles that I'm leading on how the iPad can be used to inform and support teaching and learning at Clevedon School. Part of that role involves me looking at apps and determining their pedagogical value and how they might be used to support learning. With that…

Mar 14 2012

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SketchShare: collaboration the easy way

By Mark Anderson iPad apps, T & L No Comments

I was really pleased to come across the SketchShare app the other week. I immediately saw some really great potential with it. Some of these key features made it a no brainer for me in an education space: 1) Supporting group work upto 4 people can collaborate anywhere in the…

Mar 04 2012

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Integrated blogging app for iPad

By Mark Anderson iPad apps 4 Comments

Following a recommendation I've just downloaded the 'Blogsy' app for iPad. As you'll see from the screenshot, there are lots of built in formatting features, which if you're a Posterous or Blogger user makes it super handy. It makes it super easy too to add in different media with the…

Jan 21 2012

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Top 6 iPad apps for Geography

By Mark Anderson iPad apps 13 Comments

Some of the best use I've seen of apps on the iPad is where teachers have engaged students using apps in conjunction with others. Filming activities, recording audio, adding the media to Keynote and annotating, demonstrating learning - that said, there are some great subject specific apps out there…

Dec 06 2011

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Creative Book Builder – ePub creator for iPad

By Mark Anderson iPad, iPad apps 6 Comments

I've been searching for some time for an app which will allow me to create my own content and be able to publish it as an ePub. The benefits of being able to publish my own documents in to iBooks as resources for students that a media rich is something…

Oct 20 2011

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@gavinsmart talks about Linoit, iWebCamera, AR, Popplet & iCanAnimate @ #tmclevedon

By Mark Anderson TeachMeet Clevedon 3 No Comments

Gavin talked about a range of ideas, fun and easy to use in the classroom Linoit - a little bit like wall wisher but fantastic to use for starters, plenaries, reviews and communicating learning during a lesson. Inappropriate comments can be taken off easily. Available on iPad and iPhone, Popplet…

Jun 24 2011

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30 iPad apps to engage and inspire… my TeachMeet presentation

By Mark Anderson iPad, TeachMeet Clevedon 2 6 Comments

Please feel free to have a butchers at my presentation from TeachMeet. 30 iPad apps to engage and inspire Open publication - Free publishing - More ipads http://bit.ly/30ipadapps

Jun 13 2011

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Week 1 with my iPad in School

By Mark Anderson iPad One Comment

So I have had my teacher iPad for 2 weeks now and you’ve seen one post already. That was written during the ½ term break, without having had the ability to really discuss the apps and usability in terms of real experience with students. Having been back at school now…