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Jun 16 2019

Tools to help create dual coding influenced resources

By Mark Anderson ADE, Computing, Free resource, Google No Comments

As many will know, Dual Coding is definitely in vogue right now. I'm not going to sit here and echo chamber the great work being done by many - you can find out lots more about dual coding on the learningscientists.org site, for example. What I am going to do…

May 13 2019

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Why am I on tour (and a free conference for you!)

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Education, educators, Food for thought No Comments

ICT Evangelist on Tour! This week sees me on the road visiting schools that are customers of Frog Education. With schools scrutinising every penny spent; teachers under increasing pressure to deal with issues in their school often with less resources and newly formed MATs and their schools dealing with bigger…

Mar 08 2019

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Ways to make your classroom more accessible and inclusive with #MicrosoftEDU

By Mark Anderson Accessibility, EdTech, educators, Inclusion, Microsoft No Comments

Originally posted as part of my Summer takeover on the Microsoft Education blog, this post explores the ways in which you can use Microsoft tools to make your classroom more accessible and inclusive... One of the most beautiful parts of the role of the teacher is that ability you have…

Feb 28 2019

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Support Retrieval Practice simply using this free quizzing tool

By Mark Anderson AFL, Cognitive Science, Education, Exams, ICT, Learning, Pedagogy first, Resources, T & L No Comments

If you haven’t read about using retrieval and spaced practice in recent years, that’s fine. Retrieval Practice is linked to the idea that by regularly revisiting learning content, you will help flatten out your ‘forgetting curve’ a la Ebbinghaus’ Forgetting Curve. Along with Spaced Practice, these key pieces of information…

Jan 29 2019

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My review of #BETT2019

By Mark Anderson Conferences, CPD No Comments

I will say from the outset that I thoroughly enjoyed my 4 days at #BETT2019 this year. The key thing about the trade show this year that stood out in particular for me was that it was all about the teachers and the people who made the (often) huge effort…

Nov 14 2018

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Catch up with day two of the #Edtech50 schools tour

By Mark Anderson EdTech, edtech50, Education, educators, ICT, Leadership, Learning No Comments

So we've been on tour now for three days. Day two was the Welsh leg and we had some fantastic visits to schools. The first of which was to Bro Edern near Cardiff. An iPad 1:1 school, we met with Ceri Anwen James who gave us a tour of the school…

Nov 13 2018

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Catch up with day one of the #Edtech50 schools tour

By Mark Anderson Uncategorized No Comments

So we've been on tour now for two days so playing catch up a little bit. We had a fantastic first day on the tour yesterday. I'm currently writing this in the camper van in Fishguard having just visited the lovely Holy Name School in Fishguard. We are shortly off…

Sep 18 2018

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What I learned about edtech in Finland at #SETTFIN

By Mark Anderson Cognitive Science, Food for thought, Learning, Pedagogy first, Positivity, Quotes, research, T & L No Comments

I am very lucky to do what I do. People often say the loveliest things about the work that I do and it’s always very intrinsically rewarding to know that the work I’ve done has had an impact on a teacher, a school or an individual. As I have shared…

May 06 2018

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Add a hyperlink!

By Mark Anderson EdTech, ICT, top tips No Comments

There are so many different ways to be productive when using a keyboard and typing into your computer. One of the best ways to be efficient is to make use of shortcut keys. I saw a great little video this week on LinkedIn showcasing some great shortcuts in Excel, for…

Apr 27 2018

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Ten things every educator should be able to do with their iPad

By Mark Anderson ADE, EdTech, ICT, iPad No Comments

When I reflect back to early versions of iOS and the workarounds that teachers and students used to have to jump through hoops to complete through third-party applications, the iOS operating system has come a very long way from where it used to be. No longer do you have to…