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Bringing Digital Narratives to Life
I’ve been dipping in and out of the Teaching with Tablets online course on Google Plus recently, delivered by Helen Caldwell and her colleagues at the University of Northampton, and I can strongly...
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Being on the Ball with your Digital Identity
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting one of my childhood heroes: Johnny Ball, the star of many a Childrens TV show from the late 70s right through to the 90s (remember Think Again or Johnny Ball...
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Highlights from the Xerte Conference 2016
Yesterday I attended the Xerte Conference 2016 (#Xerte16) at the University of Nottingham to hear about how Xerte has developed since the transition to the Apereo Foundation and the release of v3.0 and...
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Six Sites for Sourcing free-to-use Images
Finding quality images that are also free-to-use for that all important presentation can be a time consuming process, so here are my top six sites for saving time on finding that perfect image. (Image...
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Tools to Promote Learning (#1 Mentimeter)
Focus on the learning, not the tool. This is an all-too familiar mantra for those working in elearning circles and one that’s difficult to argue against. Quite right too. However, it’s fair to say that...
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Tools to Promote Learning (#2 Zaption)
Continuing in a similar vein to my previous post on this subject, I thought I’d write a quick post on another tool that I’ve found incredibly useful for engaging learners with video – Zaption. Here’s a...
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Tools to Promote Learning (#3 Screencast-O-Matic)
As free screencasting tools go, Screencast-O-Matic is my favourite. It features as number 27 in the Top 100 Tools for Learning poll of 2015 and is an easy way to create fairly short screencasts (15...
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Tools to Promote Learning (#4 the iMovie app)
“I do enjoy making videos, even though they are long days and very hard work.” Tanya Tucker, American country and music artist. Without doubt, making quality video is a painstaking process, and I...
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Gaming on the Go with Pokemon Go
So, people are going bonkers for Pokemon Go, according to a quote from a recent article on the BBC website “Even pornography, an enduring internet fascination, has been overtaken by interest in the...
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Activities to Promote E-safety
Promoting e-safety in the Further Education and Skills sector can be a bit of a tightrope walk – you’re caught between ensuring the wellbeing of your learners and allowing them the freedom of...
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Tools to promote learning (#5 Socrative)
I’ve often heard the phrase “We don’t have time!” during staff development sessions where staff are encouraged to embed technology into their practice. Without wanting to get into the argument of...
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What’s in a name?
What’s in a name? As the Bard once said. Well, quite a lot really, and the way we name and describe ourselves online can be a soul searching exercise. What to say? What not to say? How to condense it...
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Safeguarding Learners Online (workshop resources)
This post is dedicated to the resources used to complement the face to face training session I deliver called Safeguarding Learners Online. The main focus of the workshop is to empower teachers to...
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Ten Top Tips for maintaining a positive digital footprint
Recently I was asked if I had anything to use with academic staff and/or students to give them some basic pointers on how to be a little more savvy with their social media use. Image by geralt,...
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How can we make better use of social media?
How can we make better use of social media? And, more importantly, how can we cascade that good practice down to learners to encourage the safe and responsible use of social media? Image available on...
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What does access to the internet mean to millennials?
53%. What does that statistic mean to you? Anything? Then watch this: by
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Amplifying Events through Social Media
How can social media be put to good effect to amplify events? This week Jisc held its annual Digifest in Birmingham (#Digifest17) and the Subject Specialist team were working hard behind the scenes to...
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Tools to Promote Learning (#6 Adobe Spark)
If you haven’t come across Adobe Spark yet (or have, but haven’t had the time to really play around with it) it’s a great tool for creating short videos or infographics to get across an idea in an...
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