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Dec 12 2019

Appvent Calendar Day Twelve – Guest Teacher @MrTullock

By Mark Anderson AFL, Appvent, EdTech, Learning No Comments

Welcome to day twelve of the Appvent calendar. I have honestly been loving sharing all of these fantastic tools these last twelve days. It's been a great opportunity to catch up with some really valued members of my PLN too. Today's guest teacher to share an app on the calendar…

Sep 24 2019

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Professional development days I can run for your school

By Mark Anderson Conferences, iPad, Leadership, Learning, Work with me No Comments

Since I started working freelance, a significant part of my work has been working with schools supporting them with teaching and learning and providing consultancy and training. At a glance, you can see I've been pretty busy... The feedback I get for my work is exemplary too: https://twitter.com/antonrob_mc2/status/1098971741475561473?s=20 https://twitter.com/aj3fletcher/status/1111928057999343616?s=20 https://twitter.com/OLewis_coaching/status/1060568797193691137?s=20…

Jul 11 2019

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How to get your colours right when creating dual coding influenced resources

By Mark Anderson Accessibility, Cognitive Science, Learning, Resources, Tools No Comments

Making our resources clear and well presented is a key thing to help us when it comes to reducing cognitive load and supporting the ideas around dual coding when creating resources. In this post, I'm going to be sharing some of the tools I use to make some of the…

Jun 26 2019

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Book Creator bring AI into its popular app with AutoDraw

By Mark Anderson Chrome, EdTech, ICT, Learning, Literacy No Comments

I've always loved Book Creator. For me, it embodies the very best of edtech in that it is versatile enough to be used with learners of all ages, has uses across all ages, is simple to use and can be used in lots of different ways to support teaching and…

Feb 28 2019

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Support Retrieval Practice simply using this free quizzing tool

By Mark Anderson AFL, Cognitive Science, Education, Exams, ICT, Learning, Pedagogy first, Resources, T & L No Comments

If you haven’t read about using retrieval and spaced practice in recent years, that’s fine. Retrieval Practice is linked to the idea that by regularly revisiting learning content, you will help flatten out your ‘forgetting curve’ a la Ebbinghaus’ Forgetting Curve. Along with Spaced Practice, these key pieces of information…

Nov 14 2018

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Catch up with day two of the #Edtech50 schools tour

By Mark Anderson EdTech, edtech50, Education, educators, ICT, Leadership, Learning No Comments

So we've been on tour now for three days. Day two was the Welsh leg and we had some fantastic visits to schools. The first of which was to Bro Edern near Cardiff. An iPad 1:1 school, we met with Ceri Anwen James who gave us a tour of the school…

Sep 18 2018

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What I learned about edtech in Finland at #SETTFIN

By Mark Anderson Cognitive Science, Food for thought, Learning, Pedagogy first, Positivity, Quotes, research, T & L No Comments

I am very lucky to do what I do. People often say the loveliest things about the work that I do and it’s always very intrinsically rewarding to know that the work I’ve done has had an impact on a teacher, a school or an individual. As I have shared…

Jun 19 2018

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Practical ways on where to get advice, support and ideas for your school

By Mark Anderson CPD, Curriculum, Education, Leadership, Learning No Comments

Getting support, advice and inspiration for the myriad of different aspects of school life can be a difficult task. Breaking away from your local authority as part of academisation or forming a MAT can make things more difficult as those services you once had easily available can make decision making…

May 09 2018

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Educator collaboration made this free book possible

By Mark Anderson Books, Chrome, EdTech, Education, Free resource, Learning, Literacy No Comments

A few months ago I wrote about Book Creator and how they have opened up collaboration on their online Chrome based platform for Book Creator. My immediate thoughts were (in this order): Awesome When will this come to iPad (the answer is 'soon') How can we as educators model some…

May 01 2018

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Edval to add value to your curriculum

By Mark Anderson Curriculum, Education, ICT, Leadership, Learning No Comments

It’s that time of year again where school timetablers are starting to get themselves ready for the forthcoming year. Coupling that with the balancing act of colleagues leaving for pastures new and trying to ensure teacher coverage for all of the courses you will be running next academic year can…