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50 Ways to Engage Students with Google Apps If you school uses Google Workspace, @lyonsletters and I have some templates and tips for how to use these tools to increase student engagement. Learn more at alicekeeler.com/engage

Yeah, so this happened.

So it turns out saying and doing what you want DOES in fact come with consequences.

MySpace/Friendster Zuck: copies homework but changes the writing TikTok Zuck: copies homework but changes the writing X Zuck: copies homework but changes the writing OpenAI Zuck: copies homework but changes the writing CapCut Zuck: copies homework but changes the writing…

In all seriousness: the last 2 weeks of TikTok posturing and Zuck grovelling, combined with the X insanity of the last year, should show you that an app with a feed that you don’t control serves *other people’s interests* - not yours.

Since when in the name of Zeus' butthole did the White Stripes and Pearl Jam become DAD ROCK!!??

Join us on Monday 27th January for #AppleRTC session on Accessibility and the ways in which the built in tools on iPad can support learners. Details and registration can be found using the link below. Educator Webinar: Accessibility https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/glowblogs/digilearn/events/e…

I've jumped on another decentralized system. Follow me on Pixelfed.

@basicappleguy.com love the new fluted gradients wallpaper. quick request - as someone who usually downloads all your wallpapers have you thought about including a download all option linked to a .zip file of all the wallpapers? Look forward to seeing what you produce in ‘25.

I have found myself down a rabbit hole with theresthistory.bsky.social thanks to myke.social and snell.zone. Currently listening to the Road to the Great War after listening to the murder of Franz Ferdinand and The Titanic. Learned a lot and refreshed my memory on others. Amazing podcast!!

Zuckerberg and the other tech oligarchs aren’t bending the knee to Trump and Musk. All these “moderation programs” and “statements of principles” were just PR campaigns meant to hide their antidemocratic actions. They’re not scared, they’re overjoyed. jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/what-they-...

Point well made Mr Cuban. Point very well made.

Damn you @myke.social and @snell.zone - I'm now obsessed with the Rest is History podcast.

Safe to say 2024 was a bit of a mixed bag. Highs and lows. Challenges and more. Happy to see it go and look forward to a less eventful 2025.

The amount of customisation options in @shareshot.app is just unreal. Definitely my app of the year 2024!

Ok, @jamesgunn.bsky.social I can't tell you how many times I've listened to this in the last 12h. #supermantheme

My two favourite things from the #superman trailer.

Well, @jamesgunn.bsky.social you've knocked it out of the park with this.

Listening to @ismh86.net and hearing @viticci.macstories.net talk about the amount of time he's used the iPad as his main computing device for a third of his life. 12y. I've used it for a quarter of mine. 11y.

Thanks to @basicappleguy here's how to get the Grinch #genmoji

Looking for some creative ways to engage your learners this month? We have a page of activities that you can try all year round. We have added a new one that expands on the comic activity from Everyone Can Create. Check them out here:

I asked Image Playgrounds to create: 1. A blue all in one computer from 1997 2. A white music player from 2001 3. A black smartphone from 2007 4. A tablet from 2010 Here are the results… #AppleIntelligence

So updating my Bluesky username to my own custom domain was pretty easy tbh. Now I’m wondering if I should create my own Mastodon server? 🤔

Don’t miss the Apple Education Community Teacher Resource share out TONIGHT👇🏼 3:30pmPT/ 6:30pm ET education.apple.com/story/250013... #education #Edusky #edtech

Join @mcoutts81.bsky.social at 4pm for an #AppleRTC session on using the Accessibility tools in iPadOS to support ALL learners using iPad for teaching & learning. #AppleEDUSky #EDUSky #EDUSkyChat buff.ly/4fihthF

Work has now begun on the Curriculum Improvement Cycle. As part of our commitment to keeping you updated on the progress being made last week we published a discussion paper with findings from the pilot curriculum reviews work in 23/24. 👉ow.ly/zAtv50U6QMO

Always look forward to delivering these types of sessions. I’m finding myself struggling a lot more as time goes on and rely on these tools on a daily basis. I’ve had to rethink my workflow a little and it has opened my eyes in a big big way. #EDUSky #AppleEDUsky

Modified some code from @albertmoral on Threads to see if it would work on #SwiftPlaygrounds on iPad - fun little project to explore Creativity using Code. #AppleEDUSky

Nothing like a cold winter morning in Scotland with fresh ❄️ and the moon in full view. Also, the 5x zoom on the 16 Pro Max is a beast. #iPhonePhotography

We know that @bsky.app has really taken off when the Tapbots team make a tweetbot/ivory style app. Skeetbot??