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Dec 16 2015

How to host a Twitter chat like a champion

By Mark Anderson CPD 10 Comments

To coin a phrase, have you ever wondered how to host a Twitter chat like a champion? I've been fortunate enough to have been asked to host a number of different Twitter chats over the years such as #SLTchat, #ukedchat, #BETTchat, #aussieED etc. and as I've done more and more…

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…

Apr 05 2015

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Twitter for Teachers, a resource

By Mark Anderson CPD, Free resource 6 Comments

I was reminded last week on the power of Twitter which brought together 250 education professionals to London for #TMLondon. Selfies, trending, hashtag, learning and sharing all took place and not only were there 250 teachers there, there were more than 200 viewing online at the same time too. It…

Apr 05 2014

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#MyTop5 Tips for Hosting #SLTChat

By Mark Anderson #mytop5 One Comment

Thanks to Ross Morrison-McGill I hosted #SLTChat last week. In the run up I made a few posters to get people voting on related topics from the poll. You can view these below. Thanks too to all of the brilliant people who took part, contributed and fed in to the…

Mar 23 2014

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#MyTop5 People you should follow on Twitter but probably aren’t…

By Mark Anderson ICT 3 Comments

Twitter is awash with so called 'Twitterati'. The recent Pedagoo London was reportedly a who's who of them. I'm supposedly one of them. I guess with some 12,000 followers I guess I might be. I don't know. You can decide. Certainly though, there are folk out there who are blogging,…