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Dec 08 2024

Day 8 of #24DaysOfAi – Lead Smarter with SLT Ai

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, AI, Appvent, EdTech, Leadership No Comments

Welcome to Day 8 of the 2024 Appvent Calendar! As we open day 8 of the #24DaysOfAi Appvent Calendar, we are thrilled to showcase a great platform for school leaders: SLT Ai. With over 80 Ai-powered tools tailored to support leadership and management in schools, SLT Ai helps save time,…

Nov 28 2024

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Understanding the Ingredients of Ai Implementation in Schools

By Mark Anderson AI, ChatGPT, Free resource, Infographics, Leadership No Comments

When it comes to Ai implementation in education, we often hear about its potential to transform learning, reduce teacher workload and debunked theories around Bloom's 2 Sigma problem. But behind the buzzwords lies a crucial question: how can schools implement Ai effectively, ethically, and sustainably? To help schools navigate this…

Sep 30 2023

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Free resource: Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education school policy template

By Mark Anderson AI, ChatGPT, Education, Ethics, Free resource, Leadership, Online Safety, Teaching and learning No Comments

I shared on Twitter the other day that “When it comes to learning and teaching in an AI era, strong literacy skills have never been so important.”. The question often arises though when you are unsure about what to do when you’re not quite sure about how to do something,…

Feb 19 2023

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How can school leaders make the best use of their IT infrastructure to be more efficient and effective?

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Leadership, Microsoft, Productivity No Comments

I’ve long shared what I call my Bananarama principle in that ‘It Ain’t What You Do It’s The Way That You Do It, And That’s What Gets Results’ and as such, it’s a great hook to use when thinking about your use of technology for any purpose. It’s fair to…

Jan 24 2023

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Approaches on How to Save Money and Increase Your Return on Your Investment with Edtech

By Mark Anderson Digital Strategy, EdTech, Efficacy, Food for thought, Leadership No Comments

Originally posted and written as a guest blog for now>press>play here. I have always shared that technology in education is too important (and expensive) to leave to chance, and never more so in these cash-strapped times. Budgets have always been a stumbling block for schools wanting to make the most…

Dec 02 2022

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Day Two of #Appvent22 welcomes a fantastic app to promote whole school wellbeing

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Leadership No Comments

Welcome to Day Two of #Appvent22. We are delighted to share another calendar of superb apps, tools, and services. With a great start to the event yesterday, we proceed today with an award-winning platform that is having a huge impact on staff wellbeing. Staff wellbeing has rightly become a hot…

May 14 2022

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Free webinar series and resources designed to help schools with #edtech

By Mark Anderson CPD, Digital Strategy, EdTech, Leadership, Learning, Resources, Uncategorized No Comments

My work with schools most commonly focuses on a number of key areas. Primarily it is based on teaching and learning with technology, purposeful and effective approaches to using technology in the classroom, leadership support around digital strategy and what the evidence says works when it comes to technology in…

Dec 08 2021

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Welcome to day eight of the 2021 #AppventCalendar! Today, as we open the door, we discover the superb @classroomcloud_

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Efficacy, Leadership, Online Safety, Remote Learning No Comments

Welcome to Day Eight of the 2021 Appvent Calendar! Today @RonanMcNichol shares classroom.cloud from NetSupport. classroom.cloud provides a versatile set of tools to safely manage your classroom What is classroom.cloud? classroom.cloud provides a collection of tools to help students learn in a safe and productive way when using devices. Developed by NetSupport…

Jun 17 2021

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So what? So that!

By Mark Anderson CPD, EdTech, Education, Leadership, Learning, Online Learning, Pedagogy first, T & L No Comments

So what? Such a useful question to ask when it comes to thinking about what you can do and then perhaps should do with technology in education. So much technology has a propensity to be gimmicky. It is a fine balancing act to choose between those activities with technology that…

May 22 2021

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Who should lead on digital in your school?

By Mark Anderson Digital Leaders, EdTech, Ethics, Food for thought, Leadership, Online Learning, Online Safety, Pedagogy first, Remote Learning, Resources, T & L, Work with me No Comments

Who should lead on digital in your school? It’s a question I’m often asked. Many think it should fall upon the shoulders of the Head of Computing, as that’s the most logical person to carry forward any digital projects. Some think it should fall to somebody with teaching and learning…