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Jul 30 2014

#threequestions on technology with @mattbritland

By Mark Anderson Guest posts 4 Comments

The second contributor to this series of posts is Matt Britland. Matt is Director of ICT at The Lady Eleanor Holles School and Director of Realise Learning (www.realiselearning.co.uk) which is a education consultancy specialising in technology. He blogs at www.mattbritland.com and you can follow him on Twitter @mattbritland. …

Jul 29 2014

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#threequestions with David Didau @learningspy

By Mark Anderson Guest posts 7 Comments

More on the #threequestions series can be found here. David Didau: A relentless ex-teacher, ex-senior leader, education consultant and award winning blogger who pursues excellence in education. He likes to describe himself as provocateur but really he's just a consultant. Albeit a high risk one. He's written some books too…

Jul 29 2014

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#Threequestions on technology…

By Mark Anderson Guest posts, ICT 14 Comments

Over the course of the next few weeks, I will be hosting a series of guest posts by teachers from all over the world answering three simple questions. 1. What place, if any, has technology got in education? 2. What's your favourite edtech tool for learning and why? 3. What…

May 24 2014

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Flipped classroom 2.0

By Mark Anderson Learning 25 Comments

I've been a big fan and supporter of flipped learning for a long time. I wrote about it at length in Perfect ICT and whilst most evidence is anecdotal, in my experience, it works. For those of you who don't know, flipped learning is the attempt to take much of…

Apr 12 2014

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#UKEdChat #edtech – what went down…

By Mark Anderson EdTech No Comments

Thanks to the #ukedchat team for asking me to be involved again in another session. A bit quieter than usual with it being the Easter break but a great conversation and sharing of ideas took place as per usual. Please see a summary below in a Storify from the chat.…

Mar 02 2014

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Gooru: A search engine for learning…

By Mark Anderson EdTech 6 Comments

I've sung the praises of Gooru for some time now but haven't blogged about it and thought it was about time that I did. Gooru is great as a launch page for browsers in schools because of the content it kicks you off with. It might not give you the…

Jan 26 2014

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Learning with E’s – IMPACT – my #TMBETT2014 presentation

By Mark Anderson ICT No Comments

The TeachMeet at BETT was another brilliant affair this year and for the first time ever it was held in the massive arena in the centre of the Excel centre. It was just like the boxing that took place there in the Olympics some education technology giants stood up and…

Jan 06 2014

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Don’t use technology.… Do use technology.…

By Mark Anderson EdTech 12 Comments

Don’t get me wrong - given my Twitter ID it’s a given that I believe very strongly in using technology to support and enhance learning. The OED states that an evangelist is “a person who seeks to convert others to the Christian faith, especially by public preaching”, so ok… I…

Dec 15 2013

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Workflow?

By Mark Anderson EdTech 2 Comments

Workflow - the way in which work flows from one application or person to another in order to progress and develop said work either by addition or development through peer, teacher formative feedback and critique. Anyone want to add anything to that to develop the explanation further when it comes…