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Jun 11 2017

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…

Sep 12 2016

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An Apple for the teacher?

By Mark Anderson ADE

Are you a school or educator using Apple technologies? Chances are that if you are a school or educator with iPads or other Apple technology, you'll want some decent opportunities for CPD. If you're in this position then Apple have come up with something I'm confident you'll be interested…

Sep 03 2016

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Growth mindset for teachers

By Mark Anderson CPD

Originally posted on educationevangelist.com; as I move these things together onto ICT Evangelist, and given the popularity of the sketchnote I made about Growth Mindset for Students, I thought I'd migrate this post over today. Reflecting back on the ideas here, perhaps these are some things that you could think…

May 15 2016

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Get a rocket up your CPD

By Mark Anderson ICT 2 Comments

Continuing Professional Development (or Continuing Professional Self Development as Ian Gilbert discusses in his 'Why Do I Need a Teacher When I've got Google?' book... CPD has changed its appearance. Not a sheep in wolf's clothing. Not at all. But no longer is it about one of the senior leadership team…

Apr 01 2016

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The secret to successful use of technology in the classroom

By Mark Anderson CPD, ICT 11 Comments

There's so much talk of how to make successful use of technology in the classroom. Even just yesterday afternoon, friend and Assistant Principal of Surbiton High School José Picardo was asking what to me seems (sorry) a blindingly obvious (to me) question on Twitter: https://twitter.com/josepicardoSHS/status/715545811883593728 Of course we do is the obvious…

Feb 15 2016

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Beginner’s Guide to Twitter (the crib sheet)

By Mark Anderson Twitter 6 Comments

I wrote quite a long, detailed guide to Twitter for teachers back in April last year. It proved really popular, but it wasn't really staffroom fodder and didn't really fit onto a presentation slide either. With that in mind, I created a crib sheet version. I haven't included one of…

Dec 13 2015

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AppShareLive – a new initiative

By Mark Anderson CPD No Comments

AppShareLive is a new initiative where I hope to get a bunch of educators together each month to share some technology that is working for them in their classroom. I was really pleased with the first edition of #appsharelive yesterday, you can view it again below via YouTube. This is…

Oct 25 2015

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How to make an impact with edtech in your school or classroom

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Education 7 Comments

This post examines how to make an impact with edtech in your school or classroom. I've been playing with Adobe Slate again... I can't help myself... it is such a lovely tool to use. And so, in this post I explore more deeply the ideas originally used in this post on…

Apr 27 2015

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One size does not fit all, CPD in a modern school

By Mark Anderson CPD 2 Comments

One of great things about teaching is that each year the page resets itself. Children come back from their summer holidays that little bit different. A little taller, new experiences, maybe with a tan, a little more street-wise, complaining their wrists hurt because their writing practice has fallen by the…