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Feb 09 2016

5 things every educator should know about #edtech

By Mark Anderson TeachMeets 2 Comments

Tonight was TeachMeet Bexley and organiser Rachel Swinburne asked me if I would supply a presentation. The focus of the presentation was about having a 'Starter for 5'; 5 tips to help teachers and so I did just that. Tip 1 - related to #SID2016 Be aware of the slang…

Oct 29 2015

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Adobe’s Slate App comes to the web

By Mark Anderson EdTech 3 Comments

Adobe Slate, the popular iPad App is now available to use for free in browser. The fact that you can now access this from your laptop, Chromebook, Macbook is very powerful. I've been a fan of Adobe Slate for some time. The number of Apps provided by Adobe on the…

Oct 25 2015

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How to make an impact with edtech in your school or classroom

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Education 7 Comments

This post examines how to make an impact with edtech in your school or classroom. I've been playing with Adobe Slate again... I can't help myself... it is such a lovely tool to use. And so, in this post I explore more deeply the ideas originally used in this post on…

Jul 06 2015

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TESLabsLive, a write up

By Mark Anderson EdTech One Comment

I was genuinely chuffed when Peps Mccrea asked me if I wanted to come along to the TESLabsLive event at TES Global, the headquarters for TES in London. The idea behind it was to help a variety of #edtech startups with the opportunity to talk with some teachers about their different…

May 16 2015

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Like infographics? Love @Canva

By Mark Anderson Infographics No Comments

As an early adopter, I've been a big fan of Canva for some time. I've written about it a number of times, both using it as a tool within the browser version and as an iPad App. I was really thrilled to see the addition of infographics to their repertoire…

May 08 2015

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Free tool for making notes alongside videos

By Mark Anderson EdTech 3 Comments

Have just stumbled upon a great free tool called Videonot.es. Essentially, you can load videos from lots of different online sites such as YouTube, Khan Academy, Vimeo, Coursera and more. As you work through the video making your notes alongside it, so the notes are time-stamped against the video. You…

Apr 12 2015

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Google do it again with Snapseed update

By Mark Anderson EdTech One Comment

One of the staples of my mobile photo-editing Apps for a very long time has been Google's 'Snapseed'. Original Snapseed icon It has always had some really impressive features all in the one App. From tune-up options such as cropping and image adjustments for contrast, brightness etc. through to…

Apr 05 2015

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Twitter for Teachers, a resource

By Mark Anderson CPD, Free resource 6 Comments

I was reminded last week on the power of Twitter which brought together 250 education professionals to London for #TMLondon. Selfies, trending, hashtag, learning and sharing all took place and not only were there 250 teachers there, there were more than 200 viewing online at the same time too. It…

Apr 04 2015

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My #EdtechIST expert and inspiration sessions

By Mark Anderson Conferences One Comment

I'm very excited to be speaking at #EdtechIST running some expert and inspiration sessions. The event running over the weekend of 18-19 April features a large number of different international expert speakers talking and sharing about the great use of education technology in education. My expert session will focus on…

Mar 09 2015

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My iStick, a review

By Mark Anderson iPad 3 Comments

I was contacted by MyiStick following my presentation at Liz Allton's TeachMeet Solihull and a recommendation from Liz. Further to a conversation, they said they'd be happy to send me one of their iSticks. Now, if you haven't heard of them, an iStick is a two way lightning to USB memory…