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Dec 07 2021

Welcome to day seven of the 2021 #AppventCalendar – today we reveal the great tool for connecting classrooms, @EmpaticoOrg written today by @KristinCHarr!

By Mark Anderson Appvent No Comments

Welcome to Day Seven of the 2021 Appvent Calendar! Today's entry has been written and suggested by Global Edtech author, Kristin Harrington. Learn more about her by visiting her Twitter here! If you are an educator for students ages 5-14, then Empatico might be just the tool you need to…

Jan 01 2021

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Five ideas, approaches and attitudes to help you with #edtech in 2021

By Mark Anderson CPD, EdTech, Leadership, Learning, Learning, Online Learning, Remote Learning, Work with me No Comments

It’s that time of the year to be reflective and to think ahead and make plans. Reflecting back on 2020, one of the few silver linings, as noted by many, was the huge inroads into the progress made by the teaching profession in improving both their confidence and competence in…

Mar 22 2019

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The best (free) #edtech tool you’ll discover this week

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Education, educators, ICT, T & L, Tools No Comments

With it being Friday I thought I'd fire out a quick post that I've been meaning to share for some time. Often, the best edtech for the classroom is a) something developed by a teacher, b) is super simple to use, c) free, and d) works in browser on all…

Feb 19 2018

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5 ways to use Plotaverse Photo Animator for iOS in the classroom

By Mark Anderson iPad, Video No Comments

Something I often struggle to do is to find meaningful videos to use as backgrounds. A while ago I found a great app which you can use to turn your previously taken photos into animated looped videos, simply by tweaking a few elements in your image. Here's an example of…

Sep 06 2017

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So you’ve been given a new iPad infographic

By Mark Anderson Education, ICT, iPad, iPad apps, NQT No Comments

There is every chance that in your inset this year you'll have spent some time looking at how you can develop your practice with technology. You might have even been given a new shiny (or more usually not) iPad to use in your work. If you're new to iPad (or…

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…

Apr 18 2016

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Adobe Post for stunning classroom resources

By Mark Anderson ICT 2 Comments

I have to say, I really do love Adobe apps on my iPad and iPhone. One recent addition to their toolkit as mentioned in my post here 'Social images create social engagement' is the fab little app, Adobe Post. Video source: https://post.adobe.com/ The app can be used in lots of different…

Dec 17 2015

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My predictions for #edtech in 2016

By Mark Anderson ICT One Comment

Lots of emails and tweets are flying around at the moment with their predictions for a number of things such as edtech in 2016, and there certainly seem to be some fantastic developments in the pipeline for technology in education. One such email came in this morning from Nesta with…

May 31 2015

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Think Global Project, written by @ICTEvangelist & @EddieKayshun

By Mark Anderson Education One Comment

A group of teachers from the UK are embarking on a trip this summer to try and link two cultures together around the topic of education. It is the brain-child of UK teacher, Rory Gallagher. The project Back in 1997 Rory Gallagher (@EddieKayshun on Twitter) went to Japan on the…