Mark Anderson - ICTEvangelist

Dec 09 2015

The problem with technicians

By Mark Anderson Leadership 38 Comments

The problem with technicians, you know who I mean - technical support... And this isn't to say that this is a global issue and a problem everywhere. Some schools, in fact in many schools, it is the job of a teacher to be network manager or the person who manages…

Dec 04 2015

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Learning with loops

By Mark Anderson Computing 4 Comments

I loved catching up with the brilliant Steve Bunce at the Apple RTC Winter Conference last week at the Belfry. In his simply fab presentation about coding, he spent some time looking at a variety of ways in which you can use music to teach children about loops. In this…

Nov 30 2015

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Travel the world from your classroom with this amazing free site

By Mark Anderson iPad 6 Comments

Ever wanted to travel the world from your classroom? Perhaps to showcase a city or mountain range or historical monument or a location from the ancient world? The free website airpano.com contains hundreds of beautiful 3 dimensional virtual tours of beautiful locations all over the world which can make this…

Nov 30 2015

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Ways to engage learning – my presentation from TMRochdale with @abbiemann1982

By Mark Anderson TeachMeets 2 Comments

I was asked to present at TMRochdale earlier this year but was unable to attend but agreed to do a virtual presentation. I was discussing the presentation with Abbie Mann and we decided to do the presentation together. The focus of the presentation was 'ways to engage learning in the classroom'.…

Nov 26 2015

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On the topic of magic @harstholmeacad

By Mark Anderson Learning No Comments

There’s a problem I’ve noticed over the years between the curriculum at primary and that of secondary. It’s almost like as the kids get older so their sense of curiosity awe and wonder gets beaten out of them at every single step. The recent changes to the National Curriculum at…

Nov 15 2015

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It’s not the kids, it’s the adults – working with technology in the classroom

By Mark Anderson Digital Leaders 3 Comments

I've been working with RM Education at their Seminars this past week. My brief was to share with delegates ideas that would bring about memorable lessons for pupils. In the planning phases I was thinking about what I could do. How I could stand in front of 100 or so…

Nov 06 2015

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More Ed, Less Tech: my free book

By Mark Anderson iPad 2 Comments

More Ed, Less Tech is the title of my new 'One Best Thing' book made following the ADE institute in Amsterdam earlier this year. It is an ongoing project that Apple asks its ADEs to complete at their institute for educators that takes place each year and I am so…

Oct 29 2015

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Adobe’s Slate App comes to the web

By Mark Anderson EdTech 3 Comments

Adobe Slate, the popular iPad App is now available to use for free in browser. The fact that you can now access this from your laptop, Chromebook, Macbook is very powerful. I've been a fan of Adobe Slate for some time. The number of Apps provided by Adobe on the…