Leadership

Jun 08 2014

Senior leader’s iPad toolkit

By Mark Anderson Leadership 7 Comments

Working as a member of a senior leadership team brings a number of interesting prospects. I’ve certainly had an interesting year so far with a number of challenges that have come my way. What is has done for me however is give me a fresh perspective in how technology can…

Apr 14 2014

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6 Myths of Digital Technology – read this

By Mark Anderson research 16 Comments

I cannot take credit for these 6 myths of digital technology - I'm lifting them straight from what I thought was a well known and received investigation in to the impact of digital technology on education. It would appear that a lot of the research however is not well known…

Feb 17 2014

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Let’s do school data

By Mark Anderson Leadership 10 Comments

Make it human When thinking about school data I'm always drawn to thinking about the seminal character on Star Trek The Next Generation played by Brent Spiner. The character, an android, is always striving to make himself as human as possible. "I am, perhaps, not nearly so human as I…

Oct 21 2013

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Moving up from the middle or my #TLT13 session that wasn’t

By Mark Anderson Leadership 4 Comments

Promotion… I guess it's a bit like one of those things you see in football. You can try for years but really, until you can do something to ‘up your game’, you’re not going to be able or ready to move up into the next league. I don't profess to…

Sep 08 2013

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Teacher confidence in using technology

By Mark Anderson CPD, Leadership, Learning 27 Comments

Teacher confidence in using technology is often a problem for schools that are pushing for colleagues to use technology to enhance learning within their educational establishment. Ensuring that teachers are confident when coming to use technology is a big deal. There are lots of ways in which you can help…