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Oct 09 2014

Naace Impact Awards

By Mark Anderson ICT 3 Comments

Naace, if you haven't heard of them, are a bit like Bafta for ICT education professionals and every year hold the Naace Impact Awards. Standing for the "National Association of Advisors for Computers in Education", every year they have awards to celebrate excellence and impact in the use of technology in education.…

Oct 05 2014

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I’m starting my own business

By Mark Anderson ICT 7 Comments

As Debra Kidd wrote in her blog post 'When you know it’s time to go', I've reached a similar point in my career too and am leaving the classroom. It's not because of Ofsted... There are some considerable pressures in our education community today. In the case of Ofsted, I…

Sep 30 2014

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#threequestions on technology with @terryfreedman

By Mark Anderson ICT One Comment

I still have a few entries to put in so thought I should add them in. This considered response is from @terryfreedman. A bit about yourself: I've been involved in education since 1974. Now an independent consultant, I'm a Fellow of Naace (of which I was Chair once), Mirandanet and…

Sep 15 2014

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Why I love doing break and lunch duty

By Mark Anderson ICT 12 Comments

I love doing break and lunch duty. I was given some advice early on in my career about using lunch queues to get to know your students. Don't get me wrong, please don't give me more, but I do love it (and not just for the free lunch - there's…

Sep 10 2014

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Esafety and student creativity

By Mark Anderson ICT 5 Comments

Given the importance of keeping our young people safe, we've kicked off the year 7 curriculum with a series of lessons looking at digital citizenship and esafety. This gives students an opportunity to come in to the school and familiarise themselves with our learning systems. It tied in nicely with…

Aug 27 2014

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The power of YouTube in the classroom

By Mark Anderson ICT 2 Comments

What's that? Your school bans YouTube? It shouldn't really, should it? Not when there are so many potential uses. YouTube brings the power of video and audio to your classroom and for those of you worried about the videos and comments, there are lots of ways to make the videos…

Jul 29 2014

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#Threequestions on technology…

By Mark Anderson Guest posts, ICT 14 Comments

Over the course of the next few weeks, I will be hosting a series of guest posts by teachers from all over the world answering three simple questions. 1. What place, if any, has technology got in education? 2. What's your favourite edtech tool for learning and why? 3. What…

Jul 21 2014

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Computing curriculum levels poster

By Mark Anderson ICT 8 Comments

Sharing is caring, as they say - thought I'd share a computing curriculum levels poster I made. You can download the big version here.

Jul 10 2014

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Digital Literacy resources for your classroom

By Mark Anderson ICT 4 Comments

I've been compiling my digital literacy resources for some time but thought I would add them in to a resource on my blog. Here are my Pinterest Digital Literacy resources. I will keep adding to these so keep checking back. Thanks! Follow Mark's board Digital Literacy on Pinterest.

May 28 2014

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Digital Love – planning a new scheme of learning

By Mark Anderson ICT 10 Comments

I love street art. Really love it. Living in and around Bristol I'm lucky to have such a heritage of it available to me. There is some simply amazing street art around the city; not to mention all of the work by Banksy. A recent piece by Banksy has inspired…