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Dec 04 2020

#AppventCalendar Day Four – @AdobeSpark Page, by @eLearnMissKelly

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Computing, EdTech, Education, Guest posts, ICT, Literacy, Online Learning, Product Review, Remote Learning No Comments

Welcome to Day Four of the Appvent Calendar 2020! It’s been fantastic to open our apps so far, and today I am bringing you Adobe Spark Page as my offering for the festive season. As an English teacher, I believe that authentic audience has a huge impact on pupil work.…

Dec 03 2020

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#AppventCalendar Day Three – WriQ from @texthelp

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Chrome, EdTech, Education, Google, Literacy, Microsoft, Online Learning, Remote Learning, Workload No Comments

Welcome to Day Three of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! We are so pleased with the amazing engagement from educators around the world in this year’s Appvent Calendar. Described by Carmel Bones as ‘an annual tradition’, we are very proud to bring you some of the amazing tools, apps and services…

Dec 02 2020

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#AppventCalendar – Day Two – @classroomcloud_

By Mark Anderson Accessibility, Appvent, Distance Learning, EdTech, Online Learning, Remote Learning No Comments

Welcome to Day Two of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! We are so pleased and proud to be bringing you another calendar of amazing tools, apps and services that can help support teaching, learning, productivity and being safe online. With a great start to the event with our first app yesterday,…

Dec 01 2020

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Welcome to the 2020 #AppventCalendar – Day One – @NatOnlineSafety

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, esafety, ICT, Online Learning, Online Safety No Comments

Welcome to Day One of the 2020 #AppventCalendar! We are so pleased and proud to be bringing you another calendar of amazing tools, apps and services that can help and support teaching, learning, productivity and being safe online. What better way to start the calendar with an amazing tool for…

Nov 18 2020

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What needs to go on your school website?

By Mark Anderson Accountability, Business, Food for thought, Leadership, Ofsted, Social Media, Thought Leadership No Comments

Goodness knows, school leaders have had it tough for the last 10 months. As is regularly lamented and discussed on social media, the late and often last-minute updates from the Department for Education are reminiscent of the times when I would catch the public bus to school. They would never…

Nov 12 2020

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Catch-up funding and how to make the most of it

By Mark Anderson Distance Learning, Food for thought, ICT, Leadership, Online Learning, Remote Learning, Resources No Comments

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 8 months, COVID has had a huge impact on education and the progress and lives of all of our learners in our schools. It has proven to be difficult for school leaders to stay ahead of the curve in terms…

Sep 22 2020

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How can Twitter support professional learning?

By Mark Anderson CPD, Education, esafety, thinkings, Thought Leadership, Twitter No Comments

Twitter as a source of professional learning is an interesting premise. As someone who has been heavily involved in using Twitter as a source for my own professional development for more than a decade, taking control of my own professional learning before I even realised that was what I was…

Aug 04 2020

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The importance of sharing school stories

By Mark Anderson Conferences, CPD, EdTech, Education, Learning, Remote Learning, Thought Leadership No Comments

It has been a funny old world these last few months, who would have thought we would see ourselves shut away in our homes hiding from a global pandemic? As we tried to support all of our many learners in our schools, whilst taking care of and worrying about loved…

Jun 25 2020

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FREE CPD >> Five Evidence-Informed Uses of #Edtech To Help Get Online Learning Right

By Mark Anderson AFL, CPD, Distance Learning, EdTech, Featured, Free resource, Home Learning, Learning, My Screencasts, Remote Learning, TeachMeets, Tutorial, Work with me No Comments

A few months ago I was approached by Seneca to deliver a Teachmeet (as a webinar) as part of their TeachMeet series. When I agreed and was asked what I would like to share about I thought what better way than to share some evidence-informed approaches to using technology. I…