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Dec 05 2022

Welcome to Day Five of #Appvent22 with today’s reveal coming from @garyhenderson18

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Uncategorized No Comments

Welcome to Day Five of #Appvent22! Today's offering is shared by the Director of IT and MIEExpert from Millfield School, Gary Henderson. A big supporter of all things Edtech, and a regular blogger on his own blog - here's Gary's choice for today's Appvent22 entry - over to you, Gary...…

May 17 2022

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Book Review: So, you want to learn how to code?

By Mark Anderson Books, Computing, Resources No Comments

Teaching coding isn't easy, I know, I did it for many years. It was particularly difficult for me because, like many teachers of ICT and Computing, it wasn't my specialist subject. Sure, I had some coding experience from my youth, spending many happy hours typing in code from a magazine…

Dec 14 2021

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Welcome to day fourteen of the 2021 #AppventCalendar! Today as we open the door it reveals Microbit Classroom @microbit_edu!

By Mark Anderson Appvent No Comments

Welcome to Day 14 of the 2021 Appvent Calendar! Today suggested by Ronan Mc Nicholl, we will share Micro:bit classroom, which is a free set of tools for teachers to create and manage Micro:bit activities. What’s a Micro:bit? Skip to the next section if you already know! A Micro:bit…

Dec 18 2020

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#Appvent Calendar Day Eighteen – Swift Playgrounds from @lcoffeeprincel

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Computing, iPad No Comments

Welcome to Day Eighteen of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! Swift Playgrounds is one of the best applications for teaching coding. This month the global community once again celebrated the importance of learning how to code. My school in Japan participated in the Hour of Code event and I used Swift…

Sep 17 2017

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How to find out which apps will no longer work in iOS 11

By Mark Anderson iPad No Comments

In September 2013, Apple introduced the iPhone 5s with its first 64-bit processor, the A7 and they launched iOS 7, the first 64-bit iDevice from Apple. In 2015 Apple announce that all new apps on the App Store must have 64-bit support. From iOS 11, only 64-bit apps will be…

May 13 2016

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A game-changer for makers and coders at home

By Mark Anderson Computing One Comment

I've been a big fan of the award-winning Hopscotch app for some time. It first came to light a few years ago and has been a firm favourite since that happened. Great for helping to teach code to young people in an engaging, fun and relevant way. This past week,…

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…

Sep 18 2015

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Developing Computing in a Primary values based school

By Mark Anderson Computing 5 Comments

I was delighted to spend two days at the successful values based, Ledbury Primary School this week. My work there covered a number of areas including a digital parenting session for parents after school and some e-safety sessions, for Y1-5 but more on that in another post. Another part of…

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…

Jun 29 2015

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Parrot drones to teach coding

By Mark Anderson Computing 4 Comments

I love gadgets. It has to be said. For me they represent the cutting edge of humanity and where we can go as a human race. When I used to watch Star Trek: Next Generation, as a teenager I used to say 'never in my lifetime' when I used to…