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May 30 2018

Data, information and knowing your learners

By Mark Anderson Cognitive Science, Curriculum, Data, EdTech, Education, Food for thought No Comments

Whether you like it or not data and knowing how to understand, interpret and analyse it is an important facet of the modern educator. There are lots of systems that you probably use every day that hold lots of data; you've probably had about 4235242 emails from them recently about GDPR…

Feb 17 2014

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Let’s do school data

By Mark Anderson Leadership 10 Comments

Make it human When thinking about school data I'm always drawn to thinking about the seminal character on Star Trek The Next Generation played by Brent Spiner. The character, an android, is always striving to make himself as human as possible. "I am, perhaps, not nearly so human as I…

Jan 03 2014

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Be happy (in this new year)

By Mark Anderson Articles 6 Comments

Be happy and welcome in the new year with your learners. My timeline is full of teachers who are anxious about returning to work on Monday. There has been a flurry of planning, marking and general knot-tying of stomachs about the demands and responsibilities that may face us in the…

Jun 08 2013

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Infographics made, easier

By Mark Anderson ICT, Infographics 7 Comments

Infographics made, easier? Well - as you know I'm a big fan of representing information beautifully. It makes what you're trying to explain easier to understand rather than looking at a massive bank of numbers. Representing data in this way, truly is turning it in to information - something ICT…

Apr 30 2011

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The Data Confident School Toolkit via 4Matrix

By Mark Anderson CPD, T & L No Comments

Check out this 'data confident school toolkit' I found at 4matrix.org The checklist which forms this toolkit lists some of the characteristics associated with the successful use of electronic data to promote school effectiveness. For each statement you are asked to decide the extent of development of current practice towards…