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Nov 10 2023

AI in Education: The IDEAL Framework for Informed Learning

By Mark Anderson AI, ChatGPT, DigCit, Digital Strategy, esafety, Metacognition, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Thought Leadership No Comments

With many questioning whether or not students get to use AI to support their learning, the truth is, they will be. Therefore, in an effort to help young people frame their digital citizenship in using these tools, I wanted to create a resource that was easy to remember and encapsulated…

Nov 03 2022

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Why the #PedTech narrative misses the mark

By Mark Anderson Digital Strategy, EdTech, Education, ICT No Comments

There are a few people who won’t like what I’m going to say in this post, some may even see it as a personal attack, but it isn’t. I’ll start by saying, I have respect for the person who coined the phrase, @FionaAS. For those who know me and my…

Dec 08 2021

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Welcome to day eight of the 2021 #AppventCalendar! Today, as we open the door, we discover the superb @classroomcloud_

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Efficacy, Leadership, Online Safety, Remote Learning No Comments

Welcome to Day Eight of the 2021 Appvent Calendar! Today @RonanMcNichol shares classroom.cloud from NetSupport. classroom.cloud provides a versatile set of tools to safely manage your classroom What is classroom.cloud? classroom.cloud provides a collection of tools to help students learn in a safe and productive way when using devices. Developed by NetSupport…

Dec 07 2021

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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…

Dec 24 2020

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Welcome, as we open the final day on the 2020 #AppventCalendar and we find @BookCreatorApp!

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Books, Chrome, Computing, EdTech, iPad No Comments

Welcome to day 24, the final day of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! What a fantastic selection of great apps we’ve had across the 24 days this year. Alongside my entries and guest entries, this year I’ve extended the initiative across not just ictevangelist.com but across to the global-edtech.com team…

Dec 17 2020

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#Appvent Calendar Day Seventeen – @Nearpod from @Mrs_Educate!

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Distance Learning, EdTech, Learning No Comments

Welcome to Day Seventeen of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! Today's entry, nominated again by Laura George, is a tool that has been a firm favourite of mine since its early days. Since then it has come on in leaps and bounds and has proven indispensable to many tens of thousands…

May 07 2020

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Tute’s You! Making #onlinelearning work

By Mark Anderson Distance Learning, EdTech, Education, Home Learning, Online Learning, Remote Learning No Comments

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” One of America’s ‘Founding Fathers’, Benjamin Franklin was recognised as a polymath – someone who is defined as a person of wide knowledge or learning. It is this thinking which, now we are in lockdown,…

Sep 18 2018

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What I learned about edtech in Finland at #SETTFIN

By Mark Anderson Cognitive Science, Food for thought, Learning, Pedagogy first, Positivity, Quotes, research, T & L No Comments

I am very lucky to do what I do. People often say the loveliest things about the work that I do and it’s always very intrinsically rewarding to know that the work I’ve done has had an impact on a teacher, a school or an individual. As I have shared…

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…

Sep 12 2017

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#threequestionsEDU with Ross McGill @TeacherToolkit

By Mark Anderson #threequestionsEDU No Comments

Thanks to everyone who has checked out the responses to the #threequestionsEDU series so far. We are back into the swing of things now so I've started posting responses again. Yesterday's saw Hannah Wilson sharing her thoughts. Today we have the responses of Ross Morrison McGill. Join in! If you'd…