#curriculum - ICTEvangelist

May 01 2018

Edval to add value to your curriculum

By Mark Anderson Curriculum, Education, ICT, Leadership, Learning No Comments

It’s that time of year again where school timetablers are starting to get themselves ready for the forthcoming year. Coupling that with the balancing act of colleagues leaving for pastures new and trying to ensure teacher coverage for all of the courses you will be running next academic year can…

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…

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…

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,…