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Feb 19 2023

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 19 2023

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Five ways to use Microsoft Office to help you reduce your workload

By Mark Anderson EdTech, FiveWaysEdu, Microsoft, Workload No Comments

In a world where many (me included) talk about "pedagogy first" approaches to technology in the classroom (one of the reasons why 'PedTech' misses the point) it's sometimes easy to forget one of the best ways that edtech can help you as a teacher is that of saving you time…

Dec 20 2022

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Day 20 on #Appvent22 sees the great app for #Windows, @Clipchamp from #MicrosoftEDU

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Microsoft, Video No Comments

Welcome to Day 20 of #Appvent22. Today's offering comes from Ronan McNicholl again and today he is sharing the newly acquired tool by Microsoft, Clipchamp. Clipchamp is a free video editing platform that was recently acquired by Microsoft. It provides a great set of free tools that teachers can use…

Dec 18 2022

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Day 18 – Microsoft Designer with free access link inside this post!

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Microsoft No Comments

One of the many things that I love about teaching with and about technology is the fact that it is a subject which is always evolving. Computing and ICT aren’t like many other subjects in that regard. Shakespeare will most likely always be taught in English lessons, just as Photosynthesis…

Dec 15 2022

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Day 15 of #Appvent22 sees @KristinCHarr sharing the new Live Captions feature from #MicrosoftEDU

By Mark Anderson Accessibility, Appvent, Microsoft No Comments

Welcome to day fifteen of #Appvent22, and what a great two weeks we have had. We would like to say a big thank you to everyone that has contributed to making this a success so far. With yesterday’s superb tool for reducing anxiety levels, Molehill Mountain, and our very first…

Dec 10 2022

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Day 10 of #Appvent22 sees us reveal the fantastic Reading Progress from @MicrosoftEDU

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Education, Free resource, Microsoft, Oracy, Tools No Comments

On this, day 10 of the #AppventCalendar I share a tool that has been a delight to showcase with many of the schools with which I work, and has been well received the world over, from teachers to parents. Today, it gives me great pleasure today to share the great…

Dec 05 2022

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Get powerFULL with Microsoft’s Power Toys – your must-have tool for Windows

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Microsoft, Productivity No Comments

Often with technology, it isn't the most amazing things that technology can do with things such as AR and VR that make it an effective tool. Often, it's the more mundane end of the spectrum that makes your life simpler and easier that helps you to reduce workload or speed…

Dec 16 2020

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#AppventCalendar Day Sixteen with @flipgrid, recommended by @RonanMcNicholl

By Mark Anderson Appvent, iPad, Microsoft, Video No Comments

Welcome to Day Sixteen of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! Today’s entry will certainly be a popular choice with many educators. This app has experienced an almost meteoric rise to fame since its acquisition by Microsoft back in 2016. The app we are talking about of course is Flipgrid! A quick…

Dec 03 2020

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#AppventCalendar Day Three – WriQ from @texthelp

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Chrome, EdTech, Education, Google, Literacy, Microsoft, Online Learning, Remote Learning, Workload No Comments

Welcome to Day Three of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! We are so pleased with the amazing engagement from educators around the world in this year’s Appvent Calendar. Described by Carmel Bones as ‘an annual tradition’, we are very proud to bring you some of the amazing tools, apps and services…

Jun 23 2020

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The Global Edtech Academy – Free CPD for you for the next 3 months!

By Mark Anderson Conferences, Distance Learning, EdTech, educators, Featured, Free resource, Home Learning, Learning, Microsoft, Resources, Staffrm, Work with me No Comments

I'll always remember my birthday this year. Things were starting to get closed down everywhere and on that day, the lockdown here in the UK was announced. Since that day, every day I've seen educators working as superheroes, doing their best to help, be supportive, creative, engaging in our own…