Education - ICTEvangelist

Jan 10 2021

Values, vision and learning in the remote classroom

By Mark Anderson Covid, CPD, EdTech, Education, Home Learning, Leadership, Learning, Remote Learning No Comments

Well, here we are again, back in lockdown and remote learning in full swing. As I look around the Twittersphere there are many strands to learning and teaching. On the one hand, you have Gavin Williamson and cronies asking for parents to tattle on schools not doing well. You have…

Dec 31 2020

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Workload Matters!

By Mark Anderson Education, educators, Ethics, Food for thought, Leadership, thinkings, Workload No Comments

"The key is in not spending time, but in investing it." - Stephen R. Covey There are many acronyms and buzzwords in lots of different professions; I would argue none so much as in education. Whether it’s important you know the difference between your SIP and DIP or how to…

Dec 12 2020

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#AppventCalendar Day Twelve – @EdPuzzle!

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Distance Learning, Education, Online Learning, Remote Learning No Comments

Welcome to Day Twelve of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! As with the other entries on the calendar this year, today’s recommended tool is one which has been a staple of my teaching and learning toolkit for many years. As a tool which at its heart, supports flipped learning and is…

Dec 09 2020

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How has #Education and #EdTech evolved during the Covid-19 crisis?

By Mark Anderson Distance Learning, EdTech, Education, Ethics, Food for thought, Inclusion, Leadership, Learning, Online Learning, Remote Learning, Thought Leadership No Comments

There’s no getting away from what a difficult year it has been for everyone the world over. With Collins Dictionary making their word of the year ‘lockdown’ it is a clear sign of the times. Whilst other words such as ‘’Rona’ or ‘unprecedented’ or ‘the Vid’ might have also been…

Dec 06 2020

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#AppventCalendar Day Six – @TuteEducation

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Education, Inclusion, Online Learning, Remote Learning, Resources No Comments

Welcome to Day Six of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! As you may have noticed on the Appvent Calendar this year, many of the tools we have selected have really come into their own during COVID-19. Continuity of learning and teaching has been a central part to the concerns of students,…

Dec 04 2020

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#AppventCalendar Day Four – @AdobeSpark Page, by @eLearnMissKelly

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Computing, EdTech, Education, Guest posts, ICT, Literacy, Online Learning, Product Review, Remote Learning No Comments

Welcome to Day Four of the Appvent Calendar 2020! It’s been fantastic to open our apps so far, and today I am bringing you Adobe Spark Page as my offering for the festive season. As an English teacher, I believe that authentic audience has a huge impact on pupil work.…

Dec 03 2020

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#AppventCalendar Day Three – WriQ from @texthelp

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Chrome, EdTech, Education, Google, Literacy, Microsoft, Online Learning, Remote Learning, Workload No Comments

Welcome to Day Three of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! We are so pleased with the amazing engagement from educators around the world in this year’s Appvent Calendar. Described by Carmel Bones as ‘an annual tradition’, we are very proud to bring you some of the amazing tools, apps and services…

Sep 22 2020

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How can Twitter support professional learning?

By Mark Anderson CPD, Education, esafety, thinkings, Thought Leadership, Twitter No Comments

Twitter as a source of professional learning is an interesting premise. As someone who has been heavily involved in using Twitter as a source for my own professional development for more than a decade, taking control of my own professional learning before I even realised that was what I was…

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…

Jun 06 2020

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#LearnLiveUAE – a free weekly debate and professional learning opportunity for all

By Mark Anderson Distance Learning, EdTech, Education, Leadership, Learning, LearnLiveUAE, UAE No Comments

I've been proud to work with lots of schools in the United Arab Emirates. I was the first keynote speaker at the now well-established, annual JESS Digital Summit, I've keynoted at events such as EdExMENA, worked with many schools such as Dubai College, BISAD and Repton Abu Dhabi and spoken…