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May 14 2022

Free webinar series and resources designed to help schools with #edtech

By Mark Anderson CPD, Digital Strategy, EdTech, Leadership, Learning, Resources, Uncategorized No Comments

My work with schools most commonly focuses on a number of key areas. Primarily it is based on teaching and learning with technology, purposeful and effective approaches to using technology in the classroom, leadership support around digital strategy and what the evidence says works when it comes to technology in…

Jun 17 2021

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So what? So that!

By Mark Anderson CPD, EdTech, Education, Leadership, Learning, Online Learning, Pedagogy first, T & L No Comments

So what? Such a useful question to ask when it comes to thinking about what you can do and then perhaps should do with technology in education. So much technology has a propensity to be gimmicky. It is a fine balancing act to choose between those activities with technology that…

Apr 11 2021

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Lots going on to share at ICT Evangelist

By Mark Anderson CPD, Distance Learning, Food for thought, Learning, Learning, Positivity, Remote Learning, Social Media, Twitter 3 Comments

Sometimes, just changing how you do things can really help you move forward. You’ll have no doubt noticed that I haven’t posted a blog for ages. And you know what? It wasn’t just me being lazy, honest! I’ve actually been working on writing my new book, which I’m already excited…

Jan 01 2021

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Five ideas, approaches and attitudes to help you with #edtech in 2021

By Mark Anderson CPD, EdTech, Leadership, Learning, Learning, Online Learning, Remote Learning, Work with me No Comments

It’s that time of the year to be reflective and to think ahead and make plans. Reflecting back on 2020, one of the few silver linings, as noted by many, was the huge inroads into the progress made by the teaching profession in improving both their confidence and competence in…

Aug 04 2020

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The importance of sharing school stories

By Mark Anderson Conferences, CPD, EdTech, Education, Learning, Remote Learning, Thought Leadership No Comments

It has been a funny old world these last few months, who would have thought we would see ourselves shut away in our homes hiding from a global pandemic? As we tried to support all of our many learners in our schools, whilst taking care of and worrying about loved…

Nov 23 2018

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What a good one looks like #edtech50

By Mark Anderson Blogs, Computing, Curriculum, edtech50, Education, ICT, Learning No Comments

I'll pre-empt this post by saying, every school that I visit is special. I am very fortunate to have the job I have. Last week was one of the most amazing weeks of my career when I got to travel across the UK to visit schools on the Edtech 50…

Sep 16 2018

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The Periodic Table of Educational Books to read today

By Mark Anderson Books, CPD, educators, Free resource, Learning No Comments

It is true to say that one of the best things (for me) about the education profession is that it is ever changing; always developing. As we learn more about how learning takes place and seek to do better by our learners in the classroom, we seek out new ideas,…

Sep 03 2017

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Three things to try this year in Office 365 infographic

By Mark Anderson CPD, EdTech, Education, educators, Infographics, Learning, Microsoft No Comments

As we start at the beginning of the new school year we are likely to be thinking about the ways in which we can improve ourselves and make learning better in the classroom. We're probably hoping that things might get a little easier too. Certainly the pressures on teachers aren't…

Dec 31 2016

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Is that #EdTech tool pedagogically valid

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Free resource, Learning, Pedagogy first, Resources No Comments

I read a blog post the other day it resonated because so much of its content was on a level with my thinking around technology use in the classroom too. The post written by Paul Moss (@EDmerger) was called ‘Is that edtech tool pedagogically valid?’ and at the end of…

Jun 01 2016

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The Modern Educator – part one

By Mark Anderson Learning 9 Comments

As noted in some of my tweets recently I am undertaking some work with Independent Thinking on the Isle of Man this week. It's a really exciting project. My part of it is looking at what it takes to be a modern educator. I obviously have my points of view…