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A blog by @mircwalsh

The Colour Factory NY Experience

It isn’t news to many that I travel a lot mostly for work but sometimes I get a few days to do my own thing. An annual trip to New York has become part of my summer routine. I have done all the typical tourist experiences and just like to escape the craziness of Times…
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Field trip adventures with ActionBound App

During a recent trip to Spain with the RED Project  I was introduced to Action Bound App. The idea is that you use your device to explore a new area. It guides you to various points in a location at which you need to then take a selfie or answer trivia questions. Basically like modern day…
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Creating your own tracks with GarageBand and MIDI files.

GarageBand is an app I used a lot on Mac in the early days but I never engaged much with the iPad version until a couple of months back when I found myself being asked to run workshops and CPD for teachers. One thing that really helped was when I discovered MIDI tracks can be…
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Re-Evaluating Digital Technology to Enhance Learning

For those of us that use technology a lot in our classrooms we often take it for granted that we have the chance to use this technology. There is also that sense of confidence that we know what we are doing and we can often forget that others are only just starting to use technology.…
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Everyone Can Code 🇿🇦

A couple of weeks ago I was invited by South African reseller Think Ahead to present at their Coding Summit in Johannesburg. Surprised by the invite I was making all kinds of excuses not to go but in the end it was too good not go. The support I received from Think Ahead in the…
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How real world engagement can benefit students

A couple of weeks ago my students asked could I teach them podcasting. I rarely say no so I nodded and smiled and promised ‘next week’. I figured I would google it teach myself how and then show them but didn’t really share their same enthusiasm. Luckily for me I have a good educator friend…
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Creating reading books with Keynote.

It is really easy to create personalised reading books for students using Keynote shapes and slides. First take some time to build up the slides using shapes relevant to the theme of the book. The book can be on any topic you are covering in class whether it is history, geography, languages or even maths…
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Creating student authors.

Each year I teach digital media and that includes the creation of all kinds of digital media by my students ranging from photos to videos, websites and multi-touch books. My one group have four subjects including Work Experience. This is a subject I never chose to teach but one I found myself taking on a…
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Motion Blur Photography

In the past I would have always carried along my DSLR and taken motion blur shots on it but when I recently upgraded to an iPhone XR I was inspired by all the #shotoniphonexr shots and decided that I would focus on using my iPhone more than my DSLR because after all it is a…
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Photoball photography

A few months ago I saw ads pop up on social media for Lensball. At the time I didn’t know how good they would be and my summer adventures had just ended so I didn’t order but was later gifted a ball (unbranded) the ball I got was 30mm so one of the smaller sizes.…
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