Welcome to day one of the 2023 Appvent calendar where today as we open the door for day one we discover the popular and powerful tool to support teachers, students and their learning, Canva. What is #24DaysOfAI? This year we have a slightly different approach to the calendar calling it…
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In 1984, Benjamin Bloom's research brought to light a key educational insight with his 2 Sigma Problem. He discovered that students who received one-to-one tutoring performed significantly better than those in conventional classroom settings. This '2 Sigma' improvement highlighted the efficacy of personalised instruction. The challenge since then has been…
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"Out of adversity comes opportunity" - Benjamin Franklin Ok, so having access to many AI-enhanced tools as an educator or a student doesn't sound like the worst nightmare ever. When we consider how technology can and does permeate our lives, never more has it been more important for educators and…
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I regularly share that I believe good edtech in the classroom has three purposes: it enhances learning, supports teaching, and reduces teacher workload. Another key factor in successful edtech in the classroom, which I often call my Bananarama principle, is that “it isn’t what you do, it’s the way that…
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“The most dangerous phrase in the world is ‘we’ve always done it that way’” - Rear Admiral Dr. Grace Hopper We’ve all been there at some point. Stuck in a rut, that is. Sometimes it’s not serious – we can find ourselves doing things as we always have, simply because…
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Thank you so much to everyone who's engaged with #Appvent22 this year. Particular thanks from me go to my partner in edtech over at Global Edtech, Ronan Mc Nicholl and of course our fantastic guest contributors: Gary Henderson - who shared about Power Automate on day five Jerome Nogues -…
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On this, the penultimate day of #Appvent22, our guest contributor is an educator with 17 years of chalkface experience and who is also a USAF veteran. Dene E Gainey is an educator and lifelong learner from Orlando, FL with 17 years of experience in education, a BSc in Elementary Education…
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Welcome to Day 20! We are fast approaching the end of what has been a fantastic Appvent. Today’s entry has been provided by Ronan Mc Nicholl, Head of Digital Learning (Prep Schools) at Berkhamsted School. I have been using DKfindout! for quite some time in various schools. I really like…
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Welcome to Day 21 of #Appvent22 I can't believe how time has flown with so many great tools shared. One of my favourite things about the series is the opportunity to not just find out new ways of exploring tools we already knew about but also discover new tools we…
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Welcome to Day 20 of #Appvent22. Today's offering comes from Ronan McNicholl again and today he is sharing the newly acquired tool by Microsoft, Clipchamp. Clipchamp is a free video editing platform that was recently acquired by Microsoft. It provides a great set of free tools that teachers can use…
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