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Sep 09 2017

GDPR compliance and schools

By Mark Anderson Accountability, Data, Leadership No Comments

There's no two ways about it - ensuring we as teachers comply with the regulations of the Data Protection Act is a serious matter. Surprisingly only a fifth of schools know that there has been reform on the Data Protection Act 1998 and schools have just until May 2018 to…

Aug 31 2017

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Making waves with Apple technologies in Hackney

By Mark Anderson EdTech, educators, iPad, Leadership, Learning, Pedagogy first, Work with me No Comments

It has been my distinct privilege to work over the course of the past year with the New Wave Federation in London. Already an established centre of excellence around teaching, learning and standards under the leadership of their Executive Headteacher, Michelle Thomas. I have been working with them on a…

Aug 31 2017

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#threequestionsEDU with Mary Myatt @MaryMyatt

By Mark Anderson #threequestionsEDU, Education, Educator Spotlight, educators, Leadership No Comments

Thanks to everyone who has checked out the responses to the #threequestionsEDU series so far. I always enjoy reading the writing and thoughts of other teachers and I hope you find the responses interesting. Please respond in the comments and share what you think. If you'd like to respond to…

Aug 29 2017

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#threequestionsEDU with Abdul Chohan @abdulchohan

By Mark Anderson #threequestionsEDU, Education, Educator Spotlight, educators, Leadership No Comments

Aug 27 2017

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#threequestionsEDU with Andy Buck

By Mark Anderson #threequestionsEDU, Education, Educator Spotlight, educators, Leadership No Comments

I'm looking forward to the #threequestionsEDU series of posts. I always enjoy reading the writing of others and I hope you find the responses interesting. Please respond in the comments and share what you think. If you'd like to respond to the questions, please read this post first. Kicking off…

Aug 25 2017

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Take your ‘book looks’ online for free

By Mark Anderson Education, Google, Leadership, T & L No Comments

A part of the work a good school does is check that the processes and systems are being consistently applied. One way that many schools do this is via a trawl through student / pupil books. Collating all that information into one space using paper based methods is laborious and…

Jul 07 2017

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Get your Pobble on!

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Leadership, Literacy No Comments

I've been a fan of Pobble for a long time now. I'm very much of the mindset that asking pupils to create meaningful writing that will be shared is a great way to engage young people in authentic and engaging writing. There are few things that given young people such…

Mar 27 2017

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Advice on team meetings for new leaders

By Mark Anderson Leadership No Comments

Team meetings can be a daunting thing as a new leader either to a senior or middle leader role. If you're new to the senior leadership team you may be worrying about; how you'll fit in, how and when to speak up, if your Head will respond positively to interjections,…

Mar 24 2017

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Building teams in a new leadership role

By Mark Anderson Leadership No Comments

It is the season for job interviews ready for the new academic year. It might be that you've just landed your first senior leadership or middle leadership role and it can be a daunting task. One thing new leaders often worry about is whether or not they are going to…

Feb 01 2017

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#ATI2017 – Advanced Teacher Institute

By Mark Anderson ADE, CPD, EdTech, ICT, iPad, Leadership No Comments

One of the most difficult things I found as a leader with responsibility for the use of iPads in the school was finding quality CPD for myself as I was more often than not the person organising or delivering that training. People often ask me where I find out about…