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Aug 15 2015

Explain Everything comes to Chromebooks

By Mark Anderson Chrome 6 Comments

Popular App and recent winner in an Apple Distinguished Educator poll, Explain Everything has added to its available platforms a Chrome app which works well in the Chrome environment. As you'll see from the screenshot below it won't work on other devices running Chrome, only on the Chromebook. I've used…

Jun 14 2015

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Reflections on #NRocks

By Mark Anderson Conferences One Comment

The amount of planning that goes in to an event such as the phenomenal Northern Rocks that took place yesterday in Leeds is huge. Having organised a few myself I know what it takes, a dedicated and hard-working team of people. The fact that Debra contacted me back in September 2014…

May 31 2015

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Think Global Project, written by @ICTEvangelist & @EddieKayshun

By Mark Anderson Education One Comment

A group of teachers from the UK are embarking on a trip this summer to try and link two cultures together around the topic of education. It is the brain-child of UK teacher, Rory Gallagher. The project Back in 1997 Rory Gallagher (@EddieKayshun on Twitter) went to Japan on the…

May 30 2015

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I worry about teachers who blog

By Mark Anderson Education 22 Comments

I worry for a number of reasons. Why I worry Teachers blog and don't think about their audience and say things that show poor judgement. Teachers blog and use images that aren't licensed for reuse and think it's ok because they've used 'Google Images'. Teachers blog and use images which aren't…

May 24 2015

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Do superheroes cry?

By Mark Anderson Leadership 11 Comments

I had to tell my son off this morning. He'd been a bit naughty. He'd been put on the naughty step and sat there in his Spiderman costume, crying his eyes out. He'd been a bit naughty sure, but certainly not enough to warrant the floods of tears that streamed down…

Apr 23 2015

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UK Blog Awards, Education Winner

By Mark Anderson Blogs 8 Comments

Friday 17 April 2015 saw the UK Blog Awards take place in Marble Arch, London. It was a plush affair from all accounts. I wasn't able to make it as I was working in Istanbul at the #EdtechIST conference. The process to making it through to the finals was quite…

Nov 19 2014

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My presentation for #TMStockport

By Mark Anderson ICT 2 Comments

My presentation for #TMStockport was quite a difficult choice. Knowing who else was speaking and the topic of use of technology, I wanted to do something on purposeful use - yes... I know... but I had an inkling that their host @ICT_MrP would probably cover that, so I went for…

Nov 06 2014

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My new website is live!

By Mark Anderson Education One Comment

As you may have seen in my recent post I am moving out of the classroom to be able to work and support schools in a number of different ways. To help with this move I've just built a new website to showcase the sort of support that I am offering…