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Aug 21 2017

Teachers new (academic) year resolutions…

By Mark Anderson Education, educators No Comments

We all do it. The start of a new academic year, particularly if you're starting a role in a new school, is a chance for everyone to wipe the slate clean. Get their house in order. Plan for things to go better this year. Prepare ourselves for new curricula or…

Aug 20 2017

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The best sites for finding high-quality, free images

By Mark Anderson Chrome, Education, educators, Learning, Resources No Comments

So often we want to find images to use in our everyday work. Google images doesn't really provide the answers when it comes to high quality CC free images. Digital citizenship is high on the agenda for pupils and students but equally so for teachers too. In this post I'll…

Aug 18 2017

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Some things you should know about school trips…

By Mark Anderson Education, educators, Food for thought, NQT, Positivity No Comments

You may have seen in the news recently that Ofsted's Amanda Spielman commented that an "“over-cautious culture has developed in our schools”. She went on to say that this “deprives children of rewarding experiences, of the opportunity to develop resilience and grit and which makes it hard for them to cope…

Apr 23 2017

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Long live the (exercise) book!

By Mark Anderson Education No Comments

I love a good book. I like Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Dan Brown and more. I'm not talking here though about crime novels. I'm talking about a good exercise book. I was lucky enough to do a few 'book looks' recently and I wanted to write about them here. As the…

Apr 17 2017

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Influencing a positive work environment

By Mark Anderson Education No Comments

There are lots of ways in which you can influence a positive environment in your school. Whether you are teacher, middle leader or SLT; there are common things that you can do to make your workplace more positive for you and for those you work with whether it's colleagues or…

Apr 08 2017

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5 ways to use Apple Clips in the classroom

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Education, iPad, iPad apps No Comments

Apple Clips has landed and it does what all successful edtech does, it makes showing learning simple. It has a low entry point in terms of technical ability required to use it but is hugely scalable in terms of the depth of knowledge being shown as I'll demonstrate later. I can see…

Apr 07 2017

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The Divergent Teacher

By Mark Anderson Education No Comments

I've been watching the Divergent film series again recently. If you haven't seen them, they're pretty good! They are based upon a series of books by Veronica Roth. The books are set in and around a futuristic post-apocalyptic Chicago where the citizens have been divided into 5 different social and personality-related…

Oct 25 2015

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How to make an impact with edtech in your school or classroom

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Education 7 Comments

This post examines how to make an impact with edtech in your school or classroom. I've been playing with Adobe Slate again... I can't help myself... it is such a lovely tool to use. And so, in this post I explore more deeply the ideas originally used in this post on…