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Oct 04 2013

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 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…

Aug 17 2013

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What I wish I knew then…

By Mark Anderson CPD, T & L 4 Comments

With there being lots of discussion about NQT’s and students starting their PGCE courses, I thought I’d share a few things that I know now that I wish I had known when I first started teaching – hopefully they will be of some help. This certainly isn’t an exhaustive list…

Jun 30 2013

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Reflecting upon TeachMeets

By Mark Anderson CPD, TeachMeets One Comment

“TeachMeet at Clevedon works because people believe in it” That was the recent reflection on TeachMeet Clevedon by Jen Ludd on her blog here which in many ways has prompted me to write this post. Not a rebuttal, but a celebration of TeachMeets, TeachMeet culture, where it has come from,…

May 25 2013

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Reflecting on the Teachmeet landscape & #SLTeachMeet

By Mark Anderson CPD, Home, T & L 11 Comments

As we approach another Teachmeet at #TMClevedon I've been reflecting about the Teachmeet landscape around the globe now and it is great to see how they're developing more and more. Internal teachmeets which I first heard @jamieportman talk about a few years ago now are happening at lots of schools. Specialist…

Mar 17 2013

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#TLAB13 – Transforming learning

By Mark Anderson Conferences, CPD, EdTech, T & L 11 Comments

Whilst I'll write a longer post soon about the inspiration from the day today at Berkhamsted's "Teaching, Learning & Assessment" conference yesterday, I did say that I would put up my presentation and resources from the session. So here they are: My presentation: TLAB '13 I also spoke about a…

Jan 04 2013

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Use Google Search like a rock star

By Mark Anderson CPD, ICT 9 Comments

Google is the greatest search engine going - we know this, but are you making the best use of it? Check out the tips below to start using it like a rock star! Specific phrases Rather than searching for themes of love, which would bring results of sites that…

Dec 12 2012

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TeachMeet London | AR in Education Showcase #TMLondon

By Mark Anderson CPD, TeachMeets No Comments

Here's my video to support my presentation via Skype to the #TMLondon crew: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnc0k5mXfAo The full list of apps featured in the video and the presentation can be found here: http://bit.ly/teachmeetlondon If you're using AR in schools in any way shape or form, I'd love to hear what…

Dec 09 2012

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Pedagoo Newcastle

By Mark Anderson Conferences, CPD One Comment

After a pretty long trek up to Newcastle Uni for the event, I arrived with the usual nervous excitement that always comes before an event of this nature. What I was presented with was yet another fantastic group of teachers giving up their time and weekend to share their experiences,…