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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…

Feb 01 2023

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Why @ClickViewUK might be just the thing you’re looking for in your Primary school

By Mark Anderson Primary, Product Review, Teaching and learning No Comments

In my work supporting a variety of schools, I have had the opportunity and pleasure to see the implementation and impact of ClickView in several primary school settings. I am pleased to say that the results have been overwhelmingly positive. If you aren't aware, ClickView is a fully featured video…

Jan 16 2023

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Five #ChatGPT prompts to help Primary school teachers

By Mark Anderson AI, ChatGPT, EdTech, FiveWaysEdu No Comments

If you haven't come across #ChatGPT yet, then what rock have you been hiding under? Every social media platform, news outlet, magazine, blog, podcast and vlog is talking about it. The opportunities provided by #ChatGPT are huge. I talked about it here in this recent post: Will AI Make Us…

Jan 13 2023

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Five ways to use Flippity in the classroom

By Mark Anderson EdTech, FiveWaysEdu No Comments

Popular tool Flippity has lots of useful features to help with a wide variety of teaching and learning tasks. With such a wide range of helpful tools, it's well worth an explore. For today's #FiveWaysEdu post I'm sharing five of my favourite ways it can be used in the classroom:

Jan 11 2023

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Five ways to use @nowpressplay in the Primary classroom

By Mark Anderson EdTech, FiveWaysEdu No Comments

I'm a big fan of now>press>play and have been for some time - in fact, they've just been shortlisted as finalists at the BETT awards: https://twitter.com/nowpressplay/status/1612780393547157505?s=20&t=XKRXH29aPGCU8a0Yfk_zsg With that in mind, I thought I'd share as one of my #FiveWaysEdu posts, some ways that you can use now>press>play in the…

Jan 03 2023

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Five ways to use Pear Deck in the classroom

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Feedback, FiveWaysEdu No Comments

Collaborative presentations using tools such as Google Slides have been a staple of my classroom for many years now. I always wanted something to help with that process though, a tool that would help give the activity more meaning - then Pear Deck arrived. An interactive presentation tool, Pear Deck…

Dec 23 2022

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Day 23 of #Appvent22 sees @dene_gainey share @spaces_edu and how it’s impacted his learners #edtech

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech No Comments

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…

Dec 22 2022

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Day 22’s entry on the #Appvent Calendar is here! Today’s entry, DK_Learning comes from @RonanMcnicholl

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech No Comments

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…

Dec 21 2022

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Day 21 of #Appvent22 reveals @Elementari, a web-based #coding tool suggested and shared by Michael Drezek @m_drez

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Computing No Comments

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…

Dec 05 2022

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Get powerFULL with Microsoft’s Power Toys – your must-have tool for Windows

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Microsoft, Productivity No Comments

Often with technology, it isn't the most amazing things that technology can do with things such as AR and VR that make it an effective tool. Often, it's the more mundane end of the spectrum that makes your life simpler and easier that helps you to reduce workload or speed…