Mark Anderson - ICTEvangelist

Oct 21 2013

Moving up from the middle or my #TLT13 session that wasn’t

By Mark Anderson Leadership 4 Comments

Promotion… I guess it's a bit like one of those things you see in football. You can try for years but really, until you can do something to ‘up your game’, you’re not going to be able or ready to move up into the next league. I don't profess to…

Oct 10 2013

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V-blogging in your classroom

By Mark Anderson iPad 2 Comments

You might have got a handle on the advantages of blogging in your classroom, and the many pros of giving your students a public audience for their work, however have you considered adding V-blogging to your armoury of tools to engage your class? A relatively new Video-blogging (V-blog) app that…

Oct 05 2013

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Apple launch new iPad ‘Apps for Teachers’ section

By Mark Anderson iPad, iPad apps

Further recognition of the massive adoption of iPad by so many schools around the world, Apple have just launched two new sections on their iPad App Store. One section is aimed at teachers and parents with apps for the children, broken down in to different age groups and learning activities. …

Oct 04 2013

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Teachers’ Standards

By Mark Anderson CPD 3 Comments

Like Zoë Elder, I'm doing some work around Teachers' Standards at the moment. Following on from seeing her collection of 'Quipio' posters in a post here, I thought I'd make my own to use both electronically in presentations and to print out a bit bigger and use elsewhere, such as…

Sep 29 2013

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My book is out – Perfect ICT Every Lesson

By Mark Anderson ICT One Comment

I suspect that the excitement will die down eventually but the long process that has been the creation of my book 'The Perfect ICT Every Lesson' has reached its ultimate conclusion - it's in print and I have a copy sat next to me as I write this post. I…

Sep 13 2013

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Use of WordPress for parental contact

By Mark Anderson ICT 8 Comments

I've been working today with a colleague who has responsibility for the Senior Academy at my school and we've been talking about how we could better communicate with the parents in our community. We currently have a text messaging service but we discussed different avenues. Parentmail School website and more.....…

Sep 08 2013

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Teacher confidence in using technology

By Mark Anderson CPD, Leadership, Learning 27 Comments

Teacher confidence in using technology is often a problem for schools that are pushing for colleagues to use technology to enhance learning within their educational establishment. Ensuring that teachers are confident when coming to use technology is a big deal. There are lots of ways in which you can help…

Sep 01 2013

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Back to school – top free tools for edtech in your classroom this year

By Mark Anderson ICT 15 Comments

E-learning or using technology to support learning comes in many different shapes and sizes. I’m always being asked to give advice and ideas on different online tools or iPad apps that can help with learning in the classroom. It’s always a challenge to balance the needs of the activity, with…