Mark Anderson - ICTEvangelist

Apr 30 2017

My favourite thing ON my iPad

By Mark Anderson EdTech, iPad No Comments

In my series of secret #edtech weapons, for my third post I thought I would share the amazing G-Hold that I have on my iPad. I was approached some time in 2016 by Alison Grieve on Twitter. She had developed a product to go onto your tablet which she called…

Apr 27 2017

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Secret #edtech weapons #2 – @Quik_App

By Mark Anderson iPad No Comments

As a teacher, making effective use of edtech can be difficult because in order to get a great looking product to share with children to support their learning can take time. Not with Quik by GoPro though. Don't get me wrong, I love iMovie and Adobe's Premiere Clip but whilst they…

Apr 23 2017

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Long live the (exercise) book!

By Mark Anderson Education No Comments

I love a good book. I like Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Dan Brown and more. I'm not talking here though about crime novels. I'm talking about a good exercise book. I was lucky enough to do a few 'book looks' recently and I wanted to write about them here. As the…

Apr 19 2017

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My secret #edtech weapons

By Mark Anderson EdTech No Comments

Many years ago now I used to DJ in clubs and bars. When going to gigs I would always have certain bits of kit with me; spare audio leads, headphones and of course the vinyl and CDs. Every DJ wants to be unique and to put their own spin (pun intended)…

Apr 17 2017

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Influencing a positive work environment

By Mark Anderson Education No Comments

There are lots of ways in which you can influence a positive environment in your school. Whether you are teacher, middle leader or SLT; there are common things that you can do to make your workplace more positive for you and for those you work with whether it's colleagues or…

Apr 08 2017

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5 ways to use Apple Clips in the classroom

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Education, iPad, iPad apps No Comments

Apple Clips has landed and it does what all successful edtech does, it makes showing learning simple. It has a low entry point in terms of technical ability required to use it but is hugely scalable in terms of the depth of knowledge being shown as I'll demonstrate later. I can see…

Apr 07 2017

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The Divergent Teacher

By Mark Anderson Education No Comments

I've been watching the Divergent film series again recently. If you haven't seen them, they're pretty good! They are based upon a series of books by Veronica Roth. The books are set in and around a futuristic post-apocalyptic Chicago where the citizens have been divided into 5 different social and personality-related…

Mar 27 2017

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Advice on team meetings for new leaders

By Mark Anderson Leadership No Comments

Team meetings can be a daunting thing as a new leader either to a senior or middle leader role. If you're new to the senior leadership team you may be worrying about; how you'll fit in, how and when to speak up, if your Head will respond positively to interjections,…

Mar 24 2017

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Building teams in a new leadership role

By Mark Anderson Leadership No Comments

It is the season for job interviews ready for the new academic year. It might be that you've just landed your first senior leadership or middle leadership role and it can be a daunting task. One thing new leaders often worry about is whether or not they are going to…

Mar 03 2017

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App Top Trumps cards for educators

By Mark Anderson iPad, iPad apps No Comments

Ok, so I'm not really talking about App Top Trumps, although thank you to Joe Baldwin for sending me an actual Apps Top Trumps game following some work at his college. His lovely gift contained classics such as Angry Birds, Crossy Road, etc. It got me thinking about something a…