I love the potential that exists in education - for teachers and children. #ZAedu🇿🇦

Pretoria, South Africa
Joined May 2012
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Have you tried out the new AI-powered Reading Coach yet?
Empower your students with @MicrosoftEDU's Reading Coach app! It's free and lets them personalize learning, co-create stories with #AI, and practice with leveled passages for instant feedback. Spark the joy of reading today! #ReadingCoach #studentagency #MIEExpert @mtholfsen
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“Futures literacy” isn't just about predicting—it's also about creating. Here's how to guide your students to envision and work toward a brighter future for themselves. ⭐ 👇 edut.to/47gaMZi
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For my presentation on ChatGPT today at #languagesconnect I took the 'On Holiday' exemplar from the Junior Cycle MFL Specification which consists of 6 tasks and showed live how to use ChatGPT to create resources for these tasks in a range of languages :-) docs.google.com/presentation…
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Makerspace or STEM projects don’t have to be complicated or expensive. Here are 25 projects you can make using everyday items. makerspaces.com/25-makerspac…
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A tutorial video showing 5 new features in Microsoft Forms 🚀 Updates include: 🧑‍🏫 Present Live (including in PPT) 🔖 Save response 📝 Edit response 🎓 Improved Quiz layout in Teams for EDU YouTube 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=Z-nMeJVa… #edtech #edchat #MIEExpert #MicrosoftEDU
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Y10 @AldermanHigh learned about Metals & Alloys this week: predicting conductivity of materials & testing with @microbit_edu; predicting & testing metals using 🧲; pewter casting star badges using kinetic sand; bending steel wire to make bookmarks & sea glass pendants!🤩⭐ – at Wells-next-the-Sea, England
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📣 Introducing AI Educator Tools Say goodbye to #AIFOMO! Our teacher tool repository for the AI revolution is here. Transformational AI tools curated by teachers. Let's navigate the #AIRevolution together. Retweet & I'll DM you the early access code aieducator.tools
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Have you tried out Search Coach for your class yet? One of our new Learning Accelerators - it's free & available in #MicrosoftTeams for EDU. A great tool to teach information literacy. Here is a PDF guide to learn more 👇 Search Coach PDF: aka.ms/SearchCoachPDF #MIEExpert #edtech
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NEW! A handy 1 page PDF guide on Reading Coach, our free tool to improve reading fluency with independent practice. Great for your district, conferences, or sharing with other educators 📖 PDF 👉 edudownloads.azureedge.net/m… #MIEExpert #cpchat #suptchat
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"Exploring new opportunities with AI in education" - a new blog from #MicrosoftEDU on our early thoughts on AI. This also includes an early example of targeted passage generation using AI in Reading Progress in #MicrosoftTeams 📖 Blog: educationblog.microsoft.com/… #MIEExpert
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Yes, #chatGPT can grade and give feedback on student writing in seconds. First, start a new chat and tell it to "Read this rubric. I am about to have you grade some student work using it. Explain to me why you grade each piece as you do. Do you understand?" #AIinEDU
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A tutorial video showing 9 new features in Microsoft Forms 📝 Updates include: 🖼️ Images in Multiple Choice questions 🤝 Sharing improvements 🎶 Background music ✅ Poll in #MicrosoftTeams updates YouTube 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=0r0Hzucm… #edtech #edchat #MIEExpert #MicrosoftEDU
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To facilitate our Digital Citizenship program, I have collated @CommonSenseEd's curriculum alongside relevant @Seesaw activities, here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets… Feel free to use/edit/share... #DigitalCitizenship #EdTech
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A video showing 12 NEW features in #MicrosoftTeams 🚀 Includes: ❌ Delete Chat 🔐 Breakout Room co-organizers 🧏 Sign Language view in Meetings 😍 Expanded reactions ✅ Poll updates ➕ More YouTube 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=Of6xPfUK… #edtech #accessibility #MIEExpert #MicrosoftEDU
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Coming in early 2023! #edtech #OneNote #MicrosoftEDU
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Whole class feedback is a game changer for minimising workload whilst improving student outcomes. The method developed by @__codexterous is particularly great. Check out Andy’s approach in this one page summary. Get a PDF copy here: jamieleeclark.com/graphics
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A short tutorial on how to use the new Timed Quiz features in Microsoft Forms ⏱️ This feature is now fully rolled out globally 🚀 YouTube 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=MeqBc6T4… #edtech #edchat #MIEExpert #MicrosoftEDU
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We love our image placeholders in keynote. Such a great way to scaffold learning. BUT have you ever wanted to use your pencil drawings as placeholders? Student ‘get to know’ task? Bingo? So many applications. Here’s how 👇 @AppleEDU @Usingtechbetter