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Dec 22 2025

Day 22 of the 2025 Appvent Calendar

By Mark Anderson 24DaysOfAI, AI, Appvent, Appvent25, Uncategorized No Comments

As we move into the final stretch of this year’s Appvent Calendar, I wanted to do something slightly different. Today’s tool has been chosen by Dougie, my son, and his reasoning for picking it is refreshingly simple and deeply telling. It helps make lessons more engaging. Writing lyrics helps others,…

Sep 12 2024

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Generative AI Can Harm Learning

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There’s no shortage of excitement around AI in education. Generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, have made their way into classrooms and seem to offer endless possibilities for helping students (and teachers) with everything from research to problem-solving. But we need to be careful, AI can either support or hinder learning,…

Dec 24 2022

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Welcome to our final reveal on #Appvent22 – today’s final app shared comes from @Olewis_coaching and is…

By Mark Anderson Uncategorized No Comments

Thank you so much to everyone who's engaged with #Appvent22 this year. Particular thanks from me go to my partner in edtech over at Global Edtech, Ronan Mc Nicholl and of course our fantastic guest contributors: Gary Henderson - who shared about Power Automate on day five Jerome Nogues -…

Dec 05 2022

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Welcome to Day Five of #Appvent22 with today’s reveal coming from @garyhenderson18

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Uncategorized No Comments

Welcome to Day Five of #Appvent22! Today's offering is shared by the Director of IT and MIEExpert from Millfield School, Gary Henderson. A big supporter of all things Edtech, and a regular blogger on his own blog - here's Gary's choice for today's Appvent22 entry - over to you, Gary...…

May 14 2022

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Free webinar series and resources designed to help schools with #edtech

By Mark Anderson CPD, Digital Strategy, EdTech, Leadership, Learning, Resources, Uncategorized No Comments

My work with schools most commonly focuses on a number of key areas. Primarily it is based on teaching and learning with technology, purposeful and effective approaches to using technology in the classroom, leadership support around digital strategy and what the evidence says works when it comes to technology in…

Dec 01 2021

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Welcome to Day One of the 2021 #AppventCalendar!

By Mark Anderson Appvent, Uncategorized No Comments

As we enter the month of December, we are so excited to launch the annual #AppventCalendar event. Sharing a daily dose of edtech inspiration and ideas throughout the month of December, the calendar is an event that has grown immeasurably since it was first started in 2018. Originally something which…

Nov 13 2018

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Catch up with day one of the #Edtech50 schools tour

By Mark Anderson Uncategorized No Comments

So we've been on tour now for two days so playing catch up a little bit. We had a fantastic first day on the tour yesterday. I'm currently writing this in the camper van in Fishguard having just visited the lovely Holy Name School in Fishguard. We are shortly off…

Nov 07 2018

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OMG it’s the #Edtech50 Schools Tour!

By Mark Anderson Uncategorized No Comments

I am very proud to be British and next week I am fortunate enough to be undertaking a huge tour of the UK with Ty Goddard of the Education Foundation and EdtechUK. We will be visiting schools across the country shining a light on some of the amazing work being…

Oct 25 2018

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How to write a good #edtech blog post

By Mark Anderson Uncategorized No Comments

I've had a few conversations recently where people have complimented me on the quality of my blog posts about edtech tools when comparing them to others. The feedback I received was lovely and so I thought I'd share some of the things that I always try to do and include…

Feb 05 2017

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How to get IT right, with iPad

By Mark Anderson Uncategorized No Comments

So BETT is over and done with now. It was a pretty tough week for me. I was starting to come down with the flu and it actually meant I missed one of the days. Thank you to Greg Hughes who covered my presentations on the second day. To give…