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Dec 20 2020

#Appvent Calendar Day Twenty – @StreamYardApp shared by @OLewis_coaching!

By Mark Anderson #LearnLiveUAE, Appvent, Home Learning, LearnLiveUAE, UAE No Comments

Welcome to Day Twenty of the 2020 Appvent Calendar! It’s been no secret that in the current pandemic, technology has not only risen to the occasion by facilitating the adjustment of our normal ways of working. It’s also nudged us into enhanced practices while serving its real purpose of being…

Sep 22 2020

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How can Twitter support professional learning?

By Mark Anderson CPD, Education, esafety, thinkings, Thought Leadership, Twitter No Comments

Twitter as a source of professional learning is an interesting premise. As someone who has been heavily involved in using Twitter as a source for my own professional development for more than a decade, taking control of my own professional learning before I even realised that was what I was…

Jun 19 2018

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Practical ways on where to get advice, support and ideas for your school

By Mark Anderson CPD, Curriculum, Education, Leadership, Learning No Comments

Getting support, advice and inspiration for the myriad of different aspects of school life can be a difficult task. Breaking away from your local authority as part of academisation or forming a MAT can make things more difficult as those services you once had easily available can make decision making…

May 09 2018

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Educator collaboration made this free book possible

By Mark Anderson Books, Chrome, EdTech, Education, Free resource, Learning, Literacy No Comments

A few months ago I wrote about Book Creator and how they have opened up collaboration on their online Chrome based platform for Book Creator. My immediate thoughts were (in this order): Awesome When will this come to iPad (the answer is 'soon') How can we as educators model some…

Sep 08 2017

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The Periodic Table of Teachers to Follow on Twitter

By Mark Anderson Pedagogy first, Resources, Social Media, Twitter No Comments

Twitter for professional development It's really interesting seeing the number of schools that are purposefully working to help teachers learn how to capitalise on the ways in which Twitter can be used for professional development. I am a huge champion of Twitter for CPD and I have run many sessions…

Jun 11 2017

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50 popular hashtags to help develop your professional learning

By Mark Anderson CPD, Social Media, T & L, Twitter No Comments

What is a hashtag? Hashtags for the uninitiated are those words you see sometimes with the # symbol in front of them. Many of my UK readers will have seen the #GE2017 hashtag these past few weeks on Twitter. Most people tweeting or posting on Instagram and other social media about…

Feb 15 2016

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Beginner’s Guide to Twitter (the crib sheet)

By Mark Anderson Twitter 6 Comments

I wrote quite a long, detailed guide to Twitter for teachers back in April last year. It proved really popular, but it wasn't really staffroom fodder and didn't really fit onto a presentation slide either. With that in mind, I created a crib sheet version. I haven't included one of…