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May 20 2018

Five things you can do to make the most of gained time

By Mark Anderson #mytop5, Leadership, Positivity, T & L No Comments

I always remember looking forward to getting some gained time once my Year 11s and 13s had gone. Making the most of that time though is always a difficult thing to do. Something always seemed to get in the way. Whether it was other people asking you of your time…

May 01 2018

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Adobe launch Adobe Spark (FREE) for Education

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Education, iPad, Resources, T & L, Tools No Comments

If you've met me or read anything I've written in the last few years, it will most likely have featured either something I've made using Adobe Spark Post or I've been raving about the three apps that are offered within the Adobe Spark range. If you haven't come across them…

Feb 16 2018

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When were you last inspired and how do you achieve this in your classroom?

By Mark Anderson Business, Computing, Digital Leaders, EdTech, Education, Leadership, Learning, T & L, Twitter No Comments

We all need inspiration. Sometimes it's the pay packet at the end of the month which motivates us, sometimes it's job satisfaction, sometimes it's a tweet we've seen or a blog post or book we've read. Sometimes it's a colleague or a lesson of theirs that you've seen. All of…

Feb 11 2018

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Figment AR for story telling and re-living field trips in iOS

By Mark Anderson ICT, iPad, Learning, Literacy, T & L No Comments

The recent periodic table of iOS apps for AR & VR I created alongside Steve Bambury has been very popular. One of the apps that feature on the table in the 'Story Telling' section is a free app called Figment AR which is free and suitable for ages from 4+ according…

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…

Jun 11 2017

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50 popular hashtags to help develop your professional learning

By Mark Anderson CPD, Social Media, T & L, Twitter No Comments

What is a hashtag? Hashtags for the uninitiated are those words you see sometimes with the # symbol in front of them. Many of my UK readers will have seen the #GE2017 hashtag these past few weeks on Twitter. Most people tweeting or posting on Instagram and other social media about…

May 02 2017

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IT’s about teaching and learning!

By Mark Anderson Pedagogy first, T & L No Comments

Earlier today I was paid a compliment by Amjad Ali who runs the 'trythisteaching' website. He said to both Abdul Chohan and I that he would love the opportunity to work with us both: https://twitter.com/ASTsupportAAli/status/859331922400608256 Whilst it's always nice to receive a compliment like this, one thing was particularly stark in…

Jul 11 2016

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Literacy and numeracy lesson starters

By Mark Anderson Free resource, T & L One Comment

Getting the start of a lesson right is such an important thing. If you don't switch the students on right away then you can lose them pretty quickly. I've written previously about the importance of routines and in that post part of what I was saying was about the importance of…

Apr 26 2016

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Pedagogy first…

By Mark Anderson T & L 8 Comments

Michael Fullan is credited with the phrase, "Pedagogy is the driver, technology is the accelerator". He's right on the money as far as I'm concerned. Following a recent TeachMeet presentation at Tom Sherrington's school in London, I was inspired by a presentation by Oliver Caviglioli in which he talked about a…

Jan 25 2016

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A thank you to my Dad and Mr Eggles and the importance of challenge in education.

By Mark Anderson T & L 2 Comments

Many years ago, I was a member of the Boys' Brigade. It formed an important part of my formative years, given that I was a member from the age of 5 to 18. As you will hear in my podcast with Pivotal Education this week, it was my involvement with…