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Dec 27 2013

My #Nurture1314

By Mark Anderson T & L One Comment

#Nurture1314 Reflection: I guess it's somewhat fitting that in what may have been one of my most successful (professionally) to date, this is my 251st post on my blog and that since starting counting in April my blog has had more than 126,000 unique visitors. Reflecting upon what I've managed…

Dec 15 2013

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5 techniques for questioning in your classroom

By Mark Anderson T & L 8 Comments

I'm a big fan of Twitter - short messages, getting your point across succinctly... with that in mind, I'm going to keep this post short and sweet. Just five tried and tested techniques to assist with questioning in your classroom. One of the features of an outstanding classroom is one where…

Nov 10 2013

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Ways to use technology to support questioning in the classroom

By Mark Anderson T & L 10 Comments

We don’t use technology in our lessons because we have to,. We don’t use technology because OFSTED says so. We use technology in our lessons because it helps students to maximise their learning potential, to allow creative opportunities for learning, which integrates differentiation and facilitates learning in the most meaningful…

Aug 17 2013

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What I wish I knew then…

By Mark Anderson CPD, T & L 4 Comments

With there being lots of discussion about NQT’s and students starting their PGCE courses, I thought I’d share a few things that I know now that I wish I had known when I first started teaching – hopefully they will be of some help. This certainly isn’t an exhaustive list…

May 29 2013

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A free app with wins for the teacher & wins for the student

By Mark Anderson ICT, iPad, iPad apps, T & L 12 Comments

Moldiv - a free app with wins for the teacher & wins for the student I don't write about or recommend many apps but this is a free app with wins for the teacher & wins for the student. It's really simple to use and has got some great features.…

May 29 2013

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Pinterest for teachers

By Mark Anderson EdTech, iPad, T & L 24 Comments

Pinterest for education Pinterest of interest? As a topic, Pinterest for teachers in education has been giving me some thought for some time. Having been lured to Pinterest a while ago, the more I use it the more I can see Pinterest for teachers being of use, but also…

May 28 2013

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Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge

By Mark Anderson T & L 73 Comments

Technology, Pedagogy, & Content Knowledge model Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge The Technology, Pedagogy and Content Knowledge model or TPACK for short has been around for some time. It builds upon the work of Lee Shulman and extends his idea of Pedagogical Content Knowledge. Matthew Koehler and Punya Mishra expand…

May 25 2013

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Reflecting on the Teachmeet landscape & #SLTeachMeet

By Mark Anderson CPD, Home, T & L 11 Comments

As we approach another Teachmeet at #TMClevedon I've been reflecting about the Teachmeet landscape around the globe now and it is great to see how they're developing more and more. Internal teachmeets which I first heard @jamieportman talk about a few years ago now are happening at lots of schools. Specialist…

Apr 30 2013

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I ♥ SAMR

By Mark Anderson EdTech, T & L 4 Comments

There's been a fair bit of mention of the SAMR framework recently so I thought I'd share another rendition of the framework. I've always preferred looking at it in a vertical sense, moving upwards rather than a top down looking model. It makes more sense to me. What do…

Apr 02 2013

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Progress in my classroom with Socrative

By Mark Anderson T & L 10 Comments

This is a blogpost in line with the April BlogSync project here How many people in this month's blogsync are going to use this image in their post? Quite a few I imagine, because like in many classrooms around the country, I suspect progress looks and sounds the same. "They…