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Jan 25 2015

#Bett2015 Part Two – #UKEdChat on RM stand

By Mark Anderson Bett One Comment

I was delighted when one of most important people to me in my PLN, Martin Burrett @ICTMagic invited me to be interviewed for UKEdChat and to meet folk on the RM stand. I'll always remember one of the first meetings I had with Martin on the very same stand at Bett in 2013.…

Apr 14 2014

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6 Myths of Digital Technology – read this

By Mark Anderson research 16 Comments

I cannot take credit for these 6 myths of digital technology - I'm lifting them straight from what I thought was a well known and received investigation in to the impact of digital technology on education. It would appear that a lot of the research however is not well known…

Jul 10 2013

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Teachers as designers

By Mark Anderson PBL 5 Comments

I've been I had some training there today with a teacher from High Tech High, Chris Wakefield and two local Ofsted inspectors who also work as part of the local school's partnership. What an afternoon of learning it was! I've been aware of 'Critique' and 'Project Based Learning' for a fair…

Jul 06 2013

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Tools to enhance learning

By Mark Anderson EdTech, TeachMeets 8 Comments

My keynote presentation at TeachMeet Soton last night included a whole host of different tools to enhance learning. The tools fell in to two categories. Those that were web based which can be accessed using browsers and those that are iPad App based. There were a few Apps that I…

Jun 30 2013

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Reflecting upon TeachMeets

By Mark Anderson CPD, TeachMeets One Comment

“TeachMeet at Clevedon works because people believe in it” That was the recent reflection on TeachMeet Clevedon by Jen Ludd on her blog here which in many ways has prompted me to write this post. Not a rebuttal, but a celebration of TeachMeets, TeachMeet culture, where it has come from,…

Jun 27 2013

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Digital Pedagogy @ #WEICT13 Conference

By Mark Anderson iPad 2 Comments

As always I was very pleased to have been asked to speak at the (#WEICT13) West of England ICT conference. The list of keynote speakers was amazing with Lord Knight, the inimitable Russell Prue and the brilliant Dawn Hallybone who opened the event in such style. The workshop I gave talked…

Jun 04 2013

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iPad workflows

By Mark Anderson iPad 11 Comments

iPad workflows are really important to learning. Student work doesn't often happen within just the one App. We need to be able to connect the work created in one App to enable us to develop it further within another. Last night I met up with @joedale and we had a…

May 31 2013

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Students as leaders

By Mark Anderson Articles

Being involved with students as leaders in my current role is one of the most rewarding elements to my job. I work with the students as digital leaders and I really haven't blogged anywhere near enough about the work they do as I should do, given how much of a…

May 29 2013

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Pinterest for teachers

By Mark Anderson EdTech, iPad, T & L 24 Comments

Pinterest for education Pinterest of interest? As a topic, Pinterest for teachers in education has been giving me some thought for some time. Having been lured to Pinterest a while ago, the more I use it the more I can see Pinterest for teachers being of use, but also…