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Jan 25 2015

#Bett2015 Part One – Learning with technology in 2015

By Mark Anderson Bett 3 Comments

Bett this year has been a lovely, affirming, sharing and fabulous opportunity to connect and re-connect with some of the most innovative and passionate educators in the world. I was humbled to be asked by a number of people to speak and share my thoughts across my visit on Friday.…

Jan 13 2015

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Quick Start Computing – a new helpful CPD offer

By Mark Anderson ICT One Comment

Launched today, supported by the DfE, Computing At School, Microsoft, the Quick Start Computing site is something I was put on to which I think could make somewhat of a difference for those teachers struggling to gain confidence with the new Computing curriculum in the UK. The site has two…

Nov 26 2014

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Game to help you learn binary!

By Mark Anderson Computing One Comment

I was put on to a great resource for practicing binary conversions today which I had to share - it works on a kind of Tetris game basis. See how you get on. It's great fun! Check it out by clicking here. Cheers!

Sep 14 2014

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Sphero, computing and gamifying learning

By Mark Anderson Computing 3 Comments

If you haven't come across the Sphero ball, it's a tidy little thing. Ever since I first saw one I wanted one thinking of its potential for learning. I knew I had to get one. It's about the size of a tennis ball (perhaps slightly bigger) and advertised as waterproof…

Sep 10 2014

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Esafety and student creativity

By Mark Anderson ICT 5 Comments

Given the importance of keeping our young people safe, we've kicked off the year 7 curriculum with a series of lessons looking at digital citizenship and esafety. This gives students an opportunity to come in to the school and familiarise themselves with our learning systems. It tied in nicely with…

Jul 28 2014

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Curated Computing resources for your curriculum

By Mark Anderson Computing 4 Comments

I've been compiling my Computing resources for some time but thought I would add them in to a resource on my blog. Here are my Pinterest Computing related boards broken down in to different topical areas. I will keep adding to these so keep checking back. Thanks! Follow Mark Anderson's board Computing resources…

Jul 21 2014

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Computing curriculum levels poster

By Mark Anderson ICT 8 Comments

Sharing is caring, as they say - thought I'd share a computing curriculum levels poster I made. You can download the big version here.

May 28 2014

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Digital Love – planning a new scheme of learning

By Mark Anderson ICT 10 Comments

I love street art. Really love it. Living in and around Bristol I'm lucky to have such a heritage of it available to me. There is some simply amazing street art around the city; not to mention all of the work by Banksy. A recent piece by Banksy has inspired…

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…

Feb 16 2013

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Process vs Product: Opportunities in the new curriculum

By Mark Anderson ICT 2 Comments

As we move forward towards a new National Curriculum, I for one am excited about the new challenges the new Computing/Computer Science/Computing Science (whatever you want to call it) curriculum will bring. It's an opportunity to help bring some credence back to the subject which, let's be face it,…