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Mar 08 2016

Every day is a writing day…

By Mark Anderson ICT One Comment

My blog has taken a bit of a back-burner recently as I've been writing so much on Staffrm. I managed to write more than 29 blogs during the #29daysofwriting challenge. Whilst not my original idea, I brought it back up again on Staffrm and I was so pleased to see…

Jan 26 2016

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My interview for the @pivotalpodcast

By Mark Anderson ICT No Comments

I was very pleased when Pivotal got in touch to enquire if I'd like to be interviewed for the Pivotal Podcast. A podcast that has been running for some time now with more than 100 interviews with many people who inspire me in education, it was a real privilege and…

Jan 21 2016

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CV Plus – a new record of achievement

By Mark Anderson ICT One Comment

First up, this isn't a paid endorsement or anything like that. I don't do those kind of things and if I did I'd tell you up front, a bit like I am now. I first met CV Plus creator, Harriet Churchward back in 2015 at a TES Labs event in…

Jan 11 2016

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My itinerary at #BETT16

By Mark Anderson Bett One Comment

I'm pleased to share my itinerary at #BETT16 with you. I'm involved in a number of different areas and am pleased to be involved in some ground-breaking activities too. BETT is always a tiring few days. Ian Addison wrote some great advice a few years ago and his advice still stands…

Dec 17 2015

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My predictions for #edtech in 2016

By Mark Anderson ICT One Comment

Lots of emails and tweets are flying around at the moment with their predictions for a number of things such as edtech in 2016, and there certainly seem to be some fantastic developments in the pipeline for technology in education. One such email came in this morning from Nesta with…

Dec 14 2015

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CTRL + A – the Sauron of keyboard shortcuts

By Mark Anderson ICT 18 Comments

Some might say that focusing an entire post on one keyboard shortcut might be a bit bonkers, but oh no... not with Ctrl + A. Combine these two powerful little keys together and you'll be going all 'select all' with everything in no time at all! Why do I rate this shortcut…

Oct 21 2015

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Promoting deeper learning using Explain Everything

By Mark Anderson ICT 2 Comments

Explain Everything - probably one of the most written about Apps on my blog. It works on pretty much every device bar an Apple Watch and has the propensity to support and enhance learning in multitudes of different ways. I really love how the guys work too. They really listen…

Oct 19 2015

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Top six Apps for creating word clouds

By Mark Anderson ICT 47 Comments

I wrote in my book about the power of using word clouds in the classroom. They are such a good tool for activities linked to literacy, problem solving and much more. The classic Wordle and Tagxedo still rank highly in my estimation but as more and more use of technology…

Oct 14 2015

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Get your font on!

By Mark Anderson ICT 2 Comments

I wrote recently about adding fonts to your iOS devices and so I thought I would also share how you can add custom fonts to your Mac or PC too. It's a really simple process. Before that though I thought I would share more about the brilliant dafont site. Dafont…