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james-kieft.bsky.social
Worked in Further Education for over 28 years, passionate about Teaching & Learning & how technology can be used to enhance it #Blogger #Speaker #Edtech #YouTuber #Edtech50
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In my new #Edtech video, I explain how to create drone-style animation of anywhere in the world using Google Earth Studio. #Digitalskills #AnimationSchool #edusky youtu.be/DzwKQvYqS2w

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

I had a fantastic time sharing insights on the "Developing fluency with digital tools and resources" part of the Future Teacher Reborn webinar series. Check out their upcoming webinars. #TeacherDevelopment #EducationTechnology #digitalskills #edusky xot.futureteacher.eu/play.php?tem...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

In this video the latest in my series of #MSoffice #shorts, I go through how to quickly arrange your application windows using the snap layout feature in #Windows11 #Edusky #amplifyFE youtube.com/shorts/wJQSm...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

In this #edtech video, I go through my favourite inbuilt features of #MicrosoftEdge, including, the #CoPilot sidebar, split screen, bookmark favourites, screenshots, and inbuilt #immersivereader #MicrosoftEDU #Office365 #edusky youtu.be/elStaUg4NIU?...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

New #edtech video, I go through how to create a #Blooket quiz, I also show how students join and play a quiz, and provide a look at the student experience of playing. #gamification #Formativeassessment #digitalskills #edusky youtu.be/8L0SB45qKCM

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

In February's Future Teacher Session (Thursday 27ᵗʰ February, 13:00 to 14:00 GMT) our guest speakers from MMU and @james-kieft.bsky.social from Activate Learning talk about the steps they're taken to maximise staff confidence, fluency & effectiveness with digital tools & resources. bit.ly/ft30ukpage

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

In this video, I go through how to switch on #livecaptions in #MSTeams to make it easier to understand what is being said by the people on the call if they have a poor internet signal #msoffice #edtech #digitalskills #edusky youtube.com/shorts/WAWqw...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

In this latest series of #MSoffice #shorts I go through how to set a time window and time limit in #MSForms a great way to manage lesson or homework submissions #edtech #Office365 #digitalskills #edusky youtube.com/shorts/VsNJ1...

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

New #edtech video, managing email can take up a lot of time, here are my tips for using Outlook for the web #office365 #MicrosoftEDU #Digitalskills #edusky #amplifyFE youtu.be/5QGOH3kUlqc?...

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Many thanks to all who supported my #edtech #YouTube Channel in 2024, it was very much appreciated, I am looking forward to continuing to create and share more content, wishing you all a very happy and healthy 2025! www.youtube.com/user/kieftj

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

In this latest in my series of #MSOffice #shorts, I go through how to use the video message feature available in Outlook for the web. Save time by sending a video in place of a long typed message. #Timesaver #Digitalskills #videomessage youtube.com/shorts/ubczm...

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

New #edtech video, this time I go through how to create an #adventcalendar in #PowerPoint using the zoom and hide slide feature to reveal a slide a day #edusky #microsoftedu #amplifyFE youtu.be/0h8Tv8XfyQI

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

New, #Edtech video, this time I have a look at #Bluesky a relatively new social media platform, Here is my beginner guide #Socialmedia #networking youtu.be/V-866DtH0P4?...

submitted 107 days ago • 2 comments

It's been a bumper month on my #Edtech #YouTube channel. I can't quite believe that 42,000 minutes were watched this month, which equates to 700 hours. Thanks to all who have supported the channel! www.youtube.com/user/kieftj

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

New #edtech video. This time I look at #NotebookLM, one of the many #AI tools #Google has in development. It enables you to curate various resources, it can even create an Audio overview in the form of a conversational #Edusky #AmplifyFE youtu.be/nQYcPWhwIQo?...

submitted 115 days ago • 1 comment