Mark Anderson - ICTEvangelist

Jan 31 2023

Online Safety Guide 2023, your perfect support for #SID23

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Online Safety No Comments

I'm proud that I am able to share with you a recent project I have worked on with colleagues in my part-time role at NetSupport. A significant part of my role as the Head of Education sees me support the business in its wider endeavours to help teachers, leaders and…

Jan 24 2023

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Approaches on How to Save Money and Increase Your Return on Your Investment with Edtech

By Mark Anderson Digital Strategy, EdTech, Efficacy, Food for thought, Leadership No Comments

Originally posted and written as a guest blog for now>press>play here. I have always shared that technology in education is too important (and expensive) to leave to chance, and never more so in these cash-strapped times. Budgets have always been a stumbling block for schools wanting to make the most…

Jan 19 2023

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Five ways to use Microsoft Office to help you reduce your workload

By Mark Anderson EdTech, FiveWaysEdu, Microsoft, Workload No Comments

In a world where many (me included) talk about "pedagogy first" approaches to technology in the classroom (one of the reasons why 'PedTech' misses the point) it's sometimes easy to forget one of the best ways that edtech can help you as a teacher is that of saving you time…

Jan 18 2023

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Five things to consider when purchasing devices for learning

By Mark Anderson EdTech, FiveWaysEdu No Comments

For today's post, I thought I'd share something a bit different than just five ways to do something. It's still something I'm hugely passionate about and something I know that lots of schools seek advice upon, albeit not necessarily something for the classroom, per se. That said, devices in the…

Jan 17 2023

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Five ways to promote online safety with your parent community

By Mark Anderson EdTech, esafety, FiveWaysEdu, Online Safety No Comments

One of the great things about having your own blog upon which to write is that you are in complete control of what you can share there. Bleurgh, see? Love Mick Lynch! There's another. Solidarity with teachers! There's another! I've really been enjoying the #FiveWaysEdu series and I've been really…

Jan 16 2023

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Five #ChatGPT prompts to help Primary school teachers

By Mark Anderson AI, ChatGPT, EdTech, FiveWaysEdu No Comments

If you haven't come across #ChatGPT yet, then what rock have you been hiding under? Every social media platform, news outlet, magazine, blog, podcast and vlog is talking about it. The opportunities provided by #ChatGPT are huge. I talked about it here in this recent post: Will AI Make Us…

Jan 13 2023

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Five ways to use Flippity in the classroom

By Mark Anderson EdTech, FiveWaysEdu No Comments

Popular tool Flippity has lots of useful features to help with a wide variety of teaching and learning tasks. With such a wide range of helpful tools, it's well worth an explore. For today's #FiveWaysEdu post I'm sharing five of my favourite ways it can be used in the classroom:

Jan 12 2023

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Five ways to use NetSupport DNA to help Network Managers

By Mark Anderson EdTech, FiveWaysEdu, NetSupport No Comments

Technology in education isn't just about teachers, without the technical infrastructure to back everything up, it's a bit like the old adage of building your house on sandy land - things just aren't going to work. The job of the Network Manager and their technicians is, by the nature of…

Jan 11 2023

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Five ways to use @nowpressplay in the Primary classroom

By Mark Anderson EdTech, FiveWaysEdu No Comments

I'm a big fan of now>press>play and have been for some time - in fact, they've just been shortlisted as finalists at the BETT awards: https://twitter.com/nowpressplay/status/1612780393547157505?s=20&t=XKRXH29aPGCU8a0Yfk_zsg With that in mind, I thought I'd share as one of my #FiveWaysEdu posts, some ways that you can use now>press>play in the…

Jan 10 2023

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Five ways to celebrate #SaferInternetDay 2023 #SID23

By Mark Anderson EdTech, esafety, FiveWaysEdu, Online Safety No Comments

With Safer Internet Day being just around the corner, for today's #FiveWaysEdu post, I thought it'd be a good idea to share a few ideas for activities you could undertake to help promote the event in your setting. I've been working at NetSupport in recent weeks on a new Online…