Every educator needs a space to curate, develop and share their research, reading and resources. Enter Wakelet. Wakelet is one of those essential tools that every educator should have in their teaching and learning toolkit, and for lots of reasons too. It's why I included it in my Appvent Calendar…
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Welcome to this, the fourth day on the #Appvent calendar. If you aren't riding the 'wave' after today's entry then you're missing a nifty trick. Today's entry is Wakelet. After what I think was a shaky start around the time we saw the demise of Storify, the true potential of…
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Workload has always been an issue in the teaching profession. Over the years I've picked up a few handy hints to help me get through it all. There are lots of free tools you can use to help you make your life that little bit easier and take off some…
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I love Google Chrome. The extensions you can add to your Chrome browser are fab. Sure there are things you can do with Safari, Edge, Firefox... but nothing comes close really to the powerful Chrome browser. One of my new (to me) favourite extensions for Chrome has to be the…
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Following on from yesterday's popular crib sheet for Twitter, I thought I'd do one for Pinterest too. I've been a big fan of Pinterest in education for a long time now as discussed for example in this post from 2013. There is lots to love about it, both on a…
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Curation has always been an important weapon in the arsenal of a student but never before has it been easier to curate, gather, organise and collate information on topics. It is going to change the way in which we teach and the way in which students learn and can access…
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