Mark Anderson - ICTEvangelist

Jun 23 2020

The Global Edtech Academy – Free CPD for you for the next 3 months!

By Mark Anderson Conferences, Distance Learning, EdTech, educators, Featured, Free resource, Home Learning, Learning, Microsoft, Resources, Staffrm, Work with me No Comments

I'll always remember my birthday this year. Things were starting to get closed down everywhere and on that day, the lockdown here in the UK was announced. Since that day, every day I've seen educators working as superheroes, doing their best to help, be supportive, creative, engaging in our own…

Jun 13 2020

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Different ways (and how) to use Twitter’s new scheduling tool

By Mark Anderson CPD, EdTech, Resources, Tutorial, Work with me No Comments

Lots of schools use Twitter to share what they are doing, from sharing the fabric of school life and the day to day activities to professional learning opportunities from the school, its teachers sharing the great work of their learners - there are so many ways that schools use the…

Jun 06 2020

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#LearnLiveUAE – a free weekly debate and professional learning opportunity for all

By Mark Anderson Distance Learning, EdTech, Education, Leadership, Learning, LearnLiveUAE, UAE No Comments

I've been proud to work with lots of schools in the United Arab Emirates. I was the first keynote speaker at the now well-established, annual JESS Digital Summit, I've keynoted at events such as EdExMENA, worked with many schools such as Dubai College, BISAD and Repton Abu Dhabi and spoken…

May 07 2020

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Monthly Calendar Templates for you to use, today

By Mark Anderson Covid, Distance Learning, EdTech, Free resource, Inclusion, Infographics, Posters No Comments

Beautiful calendar templates for home learning and other activities such as those linked to positive mental health activities are all the rage at the moment. I was thrilled to work with GoBubble to create the calendar for their month of activities this month. It also meant I got to work with…

May 07 2020

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Tute’s You! Making #onlinelearning work

By Mark Anderson Distance Learning, EdTech, Education, Home Learning, Online Learning, Remote Learning No Comments

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” One of America’s ‘Founding Fathers’, Benjamin Franklin was recognised as a polymath – someone who is defined as a person of wide knowledge or learning. It is this thinking which, now we are in lockdown,…

Apr 09 2020

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The Periodic Table Of Educational Books To Read Today 2020

By Mark Anderson Books, Cognitive Science, EdTech, educators, Food for thought, Infographics, Posters No Comments

It was back in June last year when I first started preparing for another periodic table of books to read. Of all of the different tables that I make, it is the books one which definitely takes the most time and work. https://twitter.com/ICTEvangelist/status/1143224909675532288?s=20 In making this table I've read more…

Apr 09 2020

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Learning in Quarantine – Part Two

By Mark Anderson Accessibility, Accountability, Computing, Covid, EdTech, Featured, Food for thought, Learning No Comments

With School Closed... Part Two This post was originally posted on the 15/03/2020 on the Independent Thinking blog here. Following on from the previous blog I put out with Independent Thinking last week - not mention this one written for us by Ben Keeling head of Shrewsbury School in Hong Kong - we…

Apr 09 2020

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Learning in Quarantine… Part One

By Mark Anderson Accessibility, Covid, EdTech, Ethics, Food for thought, Leadership, Learning, Pedagogy first No Comments

With School Closed... Part One This post was originally posted on the 2/3/20 on the Independent Thinking blog here. "There are many things to consider at times like these. If you are a school leader you’ll be worried about your community, your students, your colleagues, the school site and keeping…

Feb 27 2020

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LbQ – a game changer for teachers and learners!

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Education, Learning, Product Review, Resources No Comments

If you haven’t heard of Learning by Questions (LbQ) then where have you been? I first heard about LbQ more than a year ago when visiting a school in Northern Ireland. The teacher I was talking to was so enthusiastic about it and its impact on his learners, I had…

Feb 25 2020

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Three ways to promote inclusion and student voice in the classroom

By Mark Anderson Accessibility, ALN / SEN, Education, Inclusion, Microsoft, Morals, Pedagogy first, Positivity, Tools No Comments

Inclusion can take place in lots of ways in a school setting. Technology can really help with this and in this post, I'll share three ways to help ensure children don't feel excluded in your classroom. Wheel of Names! Sometimes inclusion is just that - ensuring everyone not only feels…