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Oct 31 2016

App Autonomy

By Mark Anderson Learning

As you may have noticed via my social media I recently did the opening keynote on the teacher day and the same on the leadership day at the JESS Digital Innovation Summit in Dubai. Whilst there I met one of their teachers, Tom Edge who presented and shared a great…

Oct 30 2016

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Be the (#edtech) change

By Mark Anderson EdTech

Mahatma Ghandi needs no introduction. Something he is famously quoted as having said is; "Be the change you wish to see in the world". As it goes: "there is no reliable documentary evidence for the quotation. The closest verifiable remark we have from Gandhi is this: “If we could change…

Oct 03 2016

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We have a choice when it comes to #edtech

By Mark Anderson EdTech

I love technology, it has to be said - why else would I have a Twitter handle like @ICTEvangelist. However geeky I am about technology though, I'm even more geeky about teaching and learning. We read (or at least it seems) on an all too regular basis about how using…

Sep 24 2016

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My interview on the #EdTech Podcast with Sophie Bailey @PodcastEdtech

By Mark Anderson EdTech

It was a gorgeous summer's day when I met Sophie Bailey by the Guardian offices for my interview for her fledgling podcast. It was at a large edtech event looking at edupreneurs who were seeking venture capital for their organisations. In the interview you'll hear me mention a bunch of people.…

Jul 24 2016

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The best CPD in the world #ADE2016

By Mark Anderson ADE One Comment

The last week in July is always a special one for me. It’s the week that we normally see the Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) Institutes taking place around the globe. Traditionally the Institutes work on a two year rotation. One year there will be a new intake of ADE’s (that…

Jul 11 2016

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Digital Leader Impact book and the #NTLTDigiLeaders

By Mark Anderson Digital Leaders No Comments

It has been my privilege to work with the teachers across the North Tyneside Learning Trust a number of times this year developing student digital leaders in a number of schools across the trust. It was this work which led to the formation of the Digital Leader Academy which you…

Jul 04 2016

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The Best ICT Applications for Learning podcast

By Mark Anderson ICT One Comment

It was my pleasure to be interviewed by Kelly Long from the Inspiration 4 Teachers podcast a few months ago. She titled the podcast "The Best ICT Applications for Learning" and you can listen to it below. In the podcast we discuss a number of different things such as: How…

Jun 25 2016

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My presentation slides from #EducationFest on ‘More Ed, Less Tech’

By Mark Anderson Conferences 4 Comments

Firstly, a massive thank you to the many people who chose to come and see me in my session. It is such a privilege to be able to share in this way and I massively appreciate you coming to hear me talk. In a move to stop the fetishisation of technology…

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…