T & L - ICTEvangelist

Jan 03 2016

Ten things everyone should know about teachers

By Mark Anderson T & L 63 Comments

Teachers are enthusiastic and dynamic, highly intelligent and share a passion for wanting to make a difference in this world. They can also be quirky however and this is as a result of there being no other job like theirs. They become a breed apart from the rest of the…

Dec 14 2015

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In defence of technicians

By Mark Anderson T & L 11 Comments

So it seems that my post from last week caused a bit of a furore among technicians; no surprise there I guess given the title although some (wrongly) saw the post as a strategic and personal attack upon those in technical roles in schools. Having read through many pages of forum posts…

May 26 2015

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SAMR is not a ladder, a word of warning

By Mark Anderson T & L 28 Comments

I'm as guilty as the next person for singing the praises of Puentedura's SAMR model. I've blogged about it many many times, it's included in my book 'Perfect ICT Every Lesson' too. Quite rightly so I believe. The problem I have with it, and others find this problem too, is…

May 13 2015

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Low access, high challenge

By Mark Anderson T & L 4 Comments

The thing is, in education, for both students and teachers, using technology can be quite a complicated thing. Evangelists (where has that term come from?) can go on about the amazing features of devices and how you can create amazing things with them. Yes, you can... but actually - is…

Jan 22 2015

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Remixing great lessons: Challenge

By Mark Anderson T & L 4 Comments

Great lessons have key characteristics. Many edu-bloggers have discussed the characteristics of great lessons but for me, the one person that nails it is as discussed in my introductory post to this series is Tom Sherrington. In his series he discusses the topic in some detail across ten posts. In my series I will…

Jan 18 2015

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Remixing great lessons: Rigour

By Mark Anderson T & L 9 Comments

Jan 07 2015

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Remixing great lessons: Probing

By Mark Anderson T & L 4 Comments

Great lessons have key characteristics. Many edu-bloggers have discussed this but for me, the one person that nails it is as discussed in my introductory post to this series is Tom Sherrington. In his series he discusses the topic in some detail across ten posts. In my series I will be looking at…

Jan 02 2015

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Remixing great lessons – an introduction

By Mark Anderson T & L 7 Comments

Great lessons have key characteristics. Many edu-bloggers have discussed this but for me, the one that nails it is Tom Sherrington where he discusses the topic in some detail in his 'Great Lessons' series on his brilliant blog. He breaks these down in to ten key areas: Probing (questioning) Rigour (pitch and tone of…

Nov 15 2014

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On purposeful use of technology

By Mark Anderson T & L 29 Comments

If you haven't noticed, whilst I love technology and its propensity to enhance learning, for me it always has to be purposeful. I've written at some length about it previously but I thought a handy checklist might be, well... handy. So I made this. Please forgive the brevity of the…