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Dec 18 2021

Welcome to Day 18 of the 2021 #AppventCalendar – today we reveal the brilliant free reading app for schools, @PickataleApp!

By Mark Anderson Appvent No Comments

I first came across Pickatale in July when James Tavendale from the company came on to the #CheckItOutShow that I do every month with Al Kingsley. Pickatale for Schools is a great free reading app that teachers can use to enhance their curriculum and provide extra reading opportunities for the…

Dec 03 2020

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#AppventCalendar Day Three – WriQ from @texthelp

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Chrome, EdTech, Education, Google, Literacy, Microsoft, Online Learning, Remote Learning, Workload No Comments

Welcome to Day Three of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! We are so pleased with the amazing engagement from educators around the world in this year’s Appvent Calendar. Described by Carmel Bones as ‘an annual tradition’, we are very proud to bring you some of the amazing tools, apps and services…

Jun 26 2019

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Book Creator bring AI into its popular app with AutoDraw

By Mark Anderson Chrome, EdTech, ICT, Learning, Literacy No Comments

I've always loved Book Creator. For me, it embodies the very best of edtech in that it is versatile enough to be used with learners of all ages, has uses across all ages, is simple to use and can be used in lots of different ways to support teaching and…

Mar 01 2018

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Collaboration feature now available in Book Creator for Chrome!

By Mark Anderson Books, Chrome, EdTech, Learning No Comments

A quick search of my site will bring up a whole bunch of articles linked to the brilliant work that can be done with Book Creator. A long-time supporter of Book Creator, it has ranked highly on my list of essential tools for learning in the classroom. It has been…

Nov 22 2017

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Oracy in the curriculum and how technology can help

By Mark Anderson AFL, Computing, EdTech, Literacy, Quotes No Comments

There's no getting away from it, oracy is an essential skill. It is something that can be taught and there's a pretty firm evidence base for it given the research quoted in this paper. Add to this the impassioned article here explaining: "What is oracy and why should every child…

Jul 07 2017

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Get your Pobble on!

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Leadership, Literacy No Comments

I've been a fan of Pobble for a long time now. I'm very much of the mindset that asking pupils to create meaningful writing that will be shared is a great way to engage young people in authentic and engaging writing. There are few things that given young people such…

Jul 11 2016

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Literacy and numeracy lesson starters

By Mark Anderson Free resource, T & L One Comment

Getting the start of a lesson right is such an important thing. If you don't switch the students on right away then you can lose them pretty quickly. I've written previously about the importance of routines and in that post part of what I was saying was about the importance of…

Oct 19 2015

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Top six Apps for creating word clouds

By Mark Anderson ICT 47 Comments

I wrote in my book about the power of using word clouds in the classroom. They are such a good tool for activities linked to literacy, problem solving and much more. The classic Wordle and Tagxedo still rank highly in my estimation but as more and more use of technology…

Oct 02 2015

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How’s about a bit of awe and wonder

By Mark Anderson Learning 3 Comments

I love technology. Many are scared of using it, dreading that it will mess things up or, or worse still, be too hard to work out what to do. As a result they avoid it. I’d always argue, in the words of Bananarama, 'It ain't what you do, it's the…