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Were there Things that you particularly enjoyed? This could be a long list as I have enjoyed most of the course, but two things really stand out: Thing 7: Twitter – the Twitter chat was… More

For this Thing I looked at the Snapchat app. I have used Snapchat before but only a couple of times. It was one of the apps I uninstalled back at Thing 4 because it uses… More

Hour of Code I went to the Hour of Code website expecting it to be a single tutorial to work through, so I was surprised to find there are nearly 200 different games to choose… More

I haven’t used OneNote before so I watched Microsoft’s Getting Started with OneNote Guide for Teachers (nice interactive video!). I was surprised by how many different things can be added to a notebook. Then I… More

I have taken the plunge and joined LinkedIn. I’ve been thinking about it for a while after receiving invitations from a couple of groups I was interested in. I haven’t joined before, partly because I’m… More

I installed the Altmetric bookmarklet in my browser. As I don’t work in research I was a bit stumped as to which paper I should analyse, in the end I decided to look at one… More

I went to one of the 23 Things drop-in sessions to try out virtual reality. I had a go at the InCell game and was impressed with how well it worked, especially considering there was… More

I’ve decided to skip thing 16 (OneNote) for the moment and move on to week 9. I installed the Geocaching app and noticed two geocaches in a local park, so I decided to check them… More

I hadn’t heard of Storify before, but I was very impressed with Charlie’s Storify for the 23 Things Twitter chat so I decided to have a go. I have created a Storify about my experience… More

I wasn’t looking forward to this Thing because I’m just not really interested in listening to things. I love reading, and would always read a book or newspaper in preference to listening to music or… More

I’m pleased to say I’m over half-way through the 23 things now and I haven’t given up! (Although I am still running a week behind…) I have chosen to look at Media Hopper for the… More