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Feb 07 2017

Making a difference to AFL with iPad

By Mark Anderson AFL, CPD, ICT, iPad, iPad apps No Comments

As posted the other day when I shared my 'Making IT work with iPad' post, I am currently working through sharing my different presentations from #BETT2017. This post will contain my presentation that looked at different tools you can use on your iPad to support AFL in the classroom. One…

Feb 05 2017

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How to get IT right, with iPad

By Mark Anderson Uncategorized No Comments

So BETT is over and done with now. It was a pretty tough week for me. I was starting to come down with the flu and it actually meant I missed one of the days. Thank you to Greg Hughes who covered my presentations on the second day. To give…

Jan 24 2017

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Get your ‘Thinking Kit’! Check this out.

By Mark Anderson Pedagogy first

Regular readers of my blog will know I’m always keen to find new technologies that are backed with sound thinking around teaching and learning. As noted in many of my articles on my blog the best tools for learning are often ones which are really open-ended and massively applicable in…

Dec 31 2016

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Is that #EdTech tool pedagogically valid

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Free resource, Learning, Pedagogy first, Resources No Comments

I read a blog post the other day it resonated because so much of its content was on a level with my thinking around technology use in the classroom too. The post written by Paul Moss (@EDmerger) was called ‘Is that edtech tool pedagogically valid?’ and at the end of…

Dec 25 2016

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Periodic table of #STEAM apps updated!

By Mark Anderson Free resource, iPad

Back in early July I created the periodic table of STEAM (that's Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics for those who think I'm full of hot air) apps in the same format as my previous two periodic tables. This time the various sections were different to what I had and…

Dec 15 2016

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5 ways to use Adobe Spark Video in the classroom

By Mark Anderson iPad

Regular readers of my blog and those who have seen me speak know how much I love a decent app to support learning. A staple of many a classroom for some time has been the brilliant Adobe Spark Video (previously Adobe Voice). Essentially, Spark Video is a slide driven presentation…

Nov 27 2016

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Break down your classroom walls with this groundbreaking app

By Mark Anderson EdTech, iPad apps

When I first heard about Google Expeditions I was super excited. I love using 360's in the classroom. One minute you can be on a visit to the Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi and the next minute you can be on the Great Barrier Reef swimming amongst the corals.…

Oct 31 2016

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App Autonomy

By Mark Anderson Learning

As you may have noticed via my social media I recently did the opening keynote on the teacher day and the same on the leadership day at the JESS Digital Innovation Summit in Dubai. Whilst there I met one of their teachers, Tom Edge who presented and shared a great…

Oct 03 2016

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We have a choice when it comes to #edtech

By Mark Anderson EdTech

I love technology, it has to be said - why else would I have a Twitter handle like @ICTEvangelist. However geeky I am about technology though, I'm even more geeky about teaching and learning. We read (or at least it seems) on an all too regular basis about how using…

Sep 27 2016

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Meet and greet

By Mark Anderson Positivity

I taught a lesson today. Ok, so it was somewhat artificial. I was working for Apple at their national RTC (regional training centre) conference at the Belfry near Birmingham. One of my sessions there over the two days was looking at a new App they have called Apple Classroom. It really…