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Jan 19 2023

Five ways to use Microsoft Office to help you reduce your workload

By Mark Anderson EdTech, FiveWaysEdu, Microsoft, Workload No Comments

In a world where many (me included) talk about "pedagogy first" approaches to technology in the classroom (one of the reasons why 'PedTech' misses the point) it's sometimes easy to forget one of the best ways that edtech can help you as a teacher is that of saving you time…

Jan 01 2023

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Welcome to #FiveWaysEdu – a new daily series of blog posts for January 2023

By Mark Anderson FiveWaysEdu No Comments

A happy new year and welcome to this series of blog posts for January 2023 I've decided to call #FiveWaysEdu. Every year I share a post around this time to help reflect on the previous year and look to the future. The problems with the adoption of approaches of ideas…

Dec 24 2022

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Welcome to our final reveal on #Appvent22 – today’s final app shared comes from @Olewis_coaching and is…

By Mark Anderson Uncategorized No Comments

Thank you so much to everyone who's engaged with #Appvent22 this year. Particular thanks from me go to my partner in edtech over at Global Edtech, Ronan Mc Nicholl and of course our fantastic guest contributors: Gary Henderson - who shared about Power Automate on day five Jerome Nogues -…

Dec 20 2022

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Day 20 on #Appvent22 sees the great app for #Windows, @Clipchamp from #MicrosoftEDU

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Microsoft, Video No Comments

Welcome to Day 20 of #Appvent22. Today's offering comes from Ronan McNicholl again and today he is sharing the newly acquired tool by Microsoft, Clipchamp. Clipchamp is a free video editing platform that was recently acquired by Microsoft. It provides a great set of free tools that teachers can use…

Dec 18 2022

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Day 18 – Microsoft Designer with free access link inside this post!

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Microsoft No Comments

One of the many things that I love about teaching with and about technology is the fact that it is a subject which is always evolving. Computing and ICT aren’t like many other subjects in that regard. Shakespeare will most likely always be taught in English lessons, just as Photosynthesis…

Dec 15 2022

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Day 15 of #Appvent22 sees @KristinCHarr sharing the new Live Captions feature from #MicrosoftEDU

By Mark Anderson Accessibility, Appvent, Microsoft No Comments

Welcome to day fifteen of #Appvent22, and what a great two weeks we have had. We would like to say a big thank you to everyone that has contributed to making this a success so far. With yesterday’s superb tool for reducing anxiety levels, Molehill Mountain, and our very first…

Dec 10 2022

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Day 10 of #Appvent22 sees us reveal the fantastic Reading Progress from @MicrosoftEDU

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Education, Free resource, Microsoft, Oracy, Tools No Comments

On this, day 10 of the #AppventCalendar I share a tool that has been a delight to showcase with many of the schools with which I work, and has been well received the world over, from teachers to parents. Today, it gives me great pleasure today to share the great…

Jun 23 2020

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The Global Edtech Academy – Free CPD for you for the next 3 months!

By Mark Anderson Conferences, Distance Learning, EdTech, educators, Featured, Free resource, Home Learning, Learning, Microsoft, Resources, Staffrm, Work with me No Comments

I'll always remember my birthday this year. Things were starting to get closed down everywhere and on that day, the lockdown here in the UK was announced. Since that day, every day I've seen educators working as superheroes, doing their best to help, be supportive, creative, engaging in our own…

Dec 08 2019

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AppVent Calendar Day Eight – @Flipgrid!

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech No Comments

Welcome to this, the eighth day of the edtech Appvent calendar. Today, congratulations go to Flipgrid as we open door eight on our edtech Appvent calendar. If you haven't heard of or come across Flipgrid then where have you been?! One of my favourite reasons for using Flipgrid is how…

Dec 06 2019

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AppVent Calendar Day Six – OneNote Web Clipper

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Computing, EdTech, ICT, Tools No Comments

Welcome to this, the sixth day on the #Appvent calendar. Today's entry is none other the OneNote Web Clipper! Technology often works best when it is tools that support your day to day activities and make them quick, slick and easy to do. This is where the clipper comes into…