Mark Anderson - ICTEvangelist

Sep 21 2015

The Staff All email

By Mark Anderson ICT 2 Comments

On what occasion do you actually need to send an email to every member of your staff body? For me, there is nothing worse than being asked, “Haven’t you checked your emails yet today?” The fear of foreboding from what might be waiting there for you that the person who…

Sep 18 2015

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Developing Computing in a Primary values based school

By Mark Anderson Computing 5 Comments

I was delighted to spend two days at the successful values based, Ledbury Primary School this week. My work there covered a number of areas including a digital parenting session for parents after school and some e-safety sessions, for Y1-5 but more on that in another post. Another part of…

Sep 14 2015

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Developing a whole school culture

By Mark Anderson Leadership 3 Comments

Culture is really important. Get it wrong, things fall down around your ears. Get it right and you can be on to a winner! The term 'branding' as you'll most likely know, comes from the age-old practice of charring the skin of your cattle with a mark. Sometimes this is done…

Sep 10 2015

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Paper by 53 gets a facelift and now on iPhone

By Mark Anderson iPad apps 2 Comments

I've been a fan of Paper by 53 for years. When I first got it, you had to pay for the extra tools, so I got them. Then they added in colour mix, so I bought that too. The design was simply so beautiful and it was so intuitive…

Sep 08 2015

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Humanitise – a verb or very sound thinking – a guest post by @Humanitise

By Mark Anderson Guest posts One Comment

It has been my distinct pleasure to meet and work with Kevin Matthews of the Thomas Hardye School, Dorchester, whilst taking part on the #ThinkGlobal15 conference tour in Japan. Kevin’s focus in the different events has been his specialist area of expertise surrounding Human Rights education. His school is recognised…

Sep 02 2015

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Starting a new term, why not look at @ClassDojo?

By Mark Anderson iPad apps, Positivity One Comment

If you know me you'll probably know I am a big fan of ClassDojo and have been for many years now. It is a fantastic tool for home / school communication and for developing positive engagement within your classroom. I am not going to spend time in this post extolling…

Aug 26 2015

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If you teach Computing or STEM with iPad, you probably need an Everything Machine

By Mark Anderson Computing, iPad 7 Comments

The iPad is one hell of a device. I'm not the first person to say it or think it but there you have it. It really is. Yes, competitors and Android fans will tell you that their devices have done it for years, but it's never been quite as good…

Aug 26 2015

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Do not touch life, do touch life…

By Mark Anderson thinkglobal 2 Comments

As I sit here in a Starbucks just outside Yasaka shrine in Kyoto, Japanese capital of peace and bliss (envisioned by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the late 16th century) walking around and seeing the mix of old and new, I realise not only how fortunate that I am, but also think about the trip I’ve…

Aug 23 2015

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A conversation on EducationUX

By Mark Anderson thinkings One Comment

Gapingvoid are a consultancy and visual communications agency in Miami Beach, Florida. Their blog is worth checking. The brain child of Jason Korman (co-founder and CEO) and Hugh MacLeod (co-founder and Creative Director), you'll more than often see their work on Twitter talking about management and any number of education…