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Apr 27 2012

Testing ‘CoverItLive’

By Mark Anderson ICT, iPad apps, TeachMeets No Comments

So this coming Thursday, TeachMeet Clevedon is taking place (if you hadn't noticed! One application I've been looking to examine for some time is 'CoverItLive' - I've heard great things about it from the likes of @CheriseDuxbury and @JamiePortman on his great post on the app/topic here with some fab ideas. I…

Apr 19 2012

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DfE & Facebook

By Mark Anderson CPD, ICT, Infographics, T & L No Comments

This post is really an update following my recent posts about Twitter and the ideas gained through sharing my tweets with others. For a much longer write up, this post by Jon Tait inspects the experience in more detail really well here: http://www.woodham.org.uk/edutait/ The original post has had more than 1000…

Apr 13 2012

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Twitter wins again for CPD and collaboration in education

By Mark Anderson CPD, ICT, Infographics 6 Comments

So it happened 'like' this. I followed @elearninglaura I saw on her profile she had a blog (good it is too) I saw a post on her blog about a tool for making your own infographics (Piktochart) I thought cool - @fullonlearning (who also has a superb blog) will like that and so…

Apr 11 2012

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Tweetbot for Twitter Teachers on iPad

By Mark Anderson ICT, iPad apps 2 Comments

Like every teacher all over the world, I'm a busy fellow. The time I can spend tweeting and checking my tweets is very finite. I'm torn though because tweeting with other educators is something that I love to do. It is simply the best staff room in the world with…

Oct 26 2011

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Twitter’s a bird & bird is the word! (or Twitter for developing a PLN)

By Mark Anderson CPD, T & L One Comment

Twitter for developing a PLN What is a PLN? Many people describe it as their Personal or Professional Learning Network - certainly for me, joining Twitter has been the single best thing I have ever done in terms of developing myself professionally. My colleagues often comment about how they can't…

Apr 29 2011

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Visible Tweets – Twitter Visualisations

By Mark Anderson Cool sites No Comments

via visibletweets.com This site is pretty cool - what it does it take a keyword, searches Twitter for it and then turns it in to a nice Flash based animation - not so cool if you don't use a device that supports Flash! Like it myself though!

Mar 09 2011

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Mark Anderson – Last but not least…

By Mark Anderson TeachMeet Clevedon 1 No Comments

Mark introduced Scribd and The Little Book of ICT Ideas he has published using this. In addition, he talked about an alternative to wordle - www.tagxedo.com. Words can be uploaded online and moved into shapes, words are made bigger according to importance. Why not copy and paste a topic's key…

Mar 09 2011

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Chris Allan – Virtual Presentation at Clevedon’s TeachMeet

By Mark Anderson TeachMeet Clevedon 1 No Comments

Chris explained how Twitter can used to promote independent learning with sixth formers, in and out of lesson. The idea is that students are using their own tools for learning purposes. The teacher sets up a school only account and discussions take place on learning related topics - hash tags…

Feb 21 2011

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Twitter & my PLN

By Mark Anderson CPD, T & L 4 Comments

Well, apart from this blog which will be updated regularly with thoughts, ponderings, news and ICT related things, I wanted to introduce you to the marvel that is Twitter. To be fair, most people have heard of Twitter - a way of following your favourite TV celebrity, music artist, politician,…