A place for posts about technology in general, not just those ed-tech focussed musings.
So you’ve decided it’s time to get started with Mastodon but don’t know where to begin? Whether you’re dipping your toe into the ‘fediverse’ or leaving Twitter behind forever, this is a quick guide from my experience of leaving edutwitter and re-finding some joy in social media.
My blog is resurrected! I’ve not posted for years and have lost the last few posts in various moves. I don’t stand by much of what was written here anymore, but it stands as a relic from the past that’s important to me and my learning. Someone wise once said to me you should have…
I’ve been using the excellent Editorial app on my iPad increasingly for all my writing and note taking needs. Editorial is a geeky combination of text editor and Python programming playground. You can create or install workflows that do everything from basic text formatting to highlighting verbs to sharing the text with other services like…
Computing Reading List Check out my Flipboard magazine, Computing Reading List http://flip.it/zrlnE
5 Minute Lesson Plan – iPad Edition I love the 5 Minute Lesson Plan, the wonderful TeacherToolkit should be very proud of it. It’s all but superseded our school lesson plan proforma for most staff and I can understand why. The best medium I’ve found to date for using it is the good old fashioned…
Inbox Hero Finding a system to get things done Lists I have spent an awful lot of time over the years looking for ways to be more organised and to Get Things Done. My two nemeses are my email inbox and my to-do list. I’ve always loved a list, for many years I thought it was…
Medium as a platform for writing in schools How original. A first post on Medium, all about Medium. I think every time I use a new platform I end up discussing the platform itself. Nevermind, why break the habit of a lifetime! As so often when exploring a new tool online my thoughts drift to if/how…