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Feb 19 2024

Ten takeaways from the DfE’s Mobile phones in schools guidance

By Mark Anderson Accountability, Digital Leaders, Digital Strategy, EdTech, esafety, Online Safety No Comments

The Department for Education has today released guidance on the use of mobile phones in schools. It is something which has been a hot topic for as long as mobile phones have been available to young people. The DfE have shared four key documents: Mobile phones in school: guidance Creating…

Apr 29 2022

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What are the pillars of your #DigitalStrategy?

By Mark Anderson Accountability, Digital Strategy, EdTech, Efficacy, Food for thought, Pedagogy first, Thought Leadership, Work with me No Comments

In historical and religious terms, pillars have often represented the bridge between heaven and earth. If you visit some of the great Cathedrals across Europe, many of their architects used huge pillars inside with religious the symbolism Columns or pillars are familiar features of Church architecture that serve the purpose…

Apr 07 2022

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Questions to consider when seeking to purchase #EdTech

By Mark Anderson Accountability, EdTech, Education, Efficacy, Food for thought, Learning No Comments

An adaptation of an article I wrote for the NetSupport guide to Bett 2022, this post seeks to share advice about the conversations you have with technology vendors when considering purchasing them for your establishment. Buying technology can be a bit of a minefield so how can you distinguish between…

Nov 18 2020

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What needs to go on your school website?

By Mark Anderson Accountability, Business, Food for thought, Leadership, Ofsted, Social Media, Thought Leadership No Comments

Goodness knows, school leaders have had it tough for the last 10 months. As is regularly lamented and discussed on social media, the late and often last-minute updates from the Department for Education are reminiscent of the times when I would catch the public bus to school. They would never…

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…

Jan 20 2020

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Top five things to ask #edtech vendors at #BETT2020

By Mark Anderson Accountability, Computing, Conferences, CPD, EdTech, Education, Featured, ICT No Comments

With Bett upon us, it’s a great time to be thinking about what next for education technology. As you would expect, there has been a plethora of different articles and posts highlighting the best way to make the most of Bett. I should know as I’ve written enough of them…

Sep 09 2017

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GDPR compliance and schools

By Mark Anderson Accountability, Data, Leadership No Comments

There's no two ways about it - ensuring we as teachers comply with the regulations of the Data Protection Act is a serious matter. Surprisingly only a fifth of schools know that there has been reform on the Data Protection Act 1998 and schools have just until May 2018 to…