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Oct 16 2014

What’s your teaching highlight?

By Mark Anderson Positivity 6 Comments

What's your teaching highlight? I read a blog post last night by the brilliant @cazzypot from a tweet I'd seen on Twitter from @cherrylkd. The post had been about a trip to Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon. I'd urge you to read it. It's a goodie. In the conversation which followed…

Sep 28 2014

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The Post-it App for enhancing learning

By Mark Anderson T & L 5 Comments

It is the case that many classes don't have access to things such as one-to-one iPads or even bring your own device. You may even be a teacher who make students but their phones away every single lesson. That's fine. If that's how you work. You know better than I…

Aug 04 2014

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There IS pedagogy in England!

By Mark Anderson Nurture 3 Comments

With this new academic year looming ever closer, I’ve been thinking about what it must like to be an NQT starting your teaching career in the current edu-political climate in the UK. Certainly, I don't think there has ever actually been a better time to be a teacher. In my…

Apr 21 2014

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My top 5 on why learning

By Mark Anderson #mytop5 5 Comments

The more I learn as a grown up, the less I know that I know. There are vast bodies of knowledge out there that I have not had contact with and really could probably avoid in my day to day life. So why shouldn't I? It would certainly be easier.…

Mar 29 2014

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#MyTop5 Tips on blogging for reflective practice

By Mark Anderson #mytop5 One Comment

There are many different blogs out there and some people such as @headguruteacher, @learningspy that get hundreds, even thousands of hits every day. These types of blogs are great and help move thinking forward on lots of different levels. Don't be phased though. Most of us have started our blogging…

Mar 23 2014

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#MyTop5 Tips for creating a Twitter PLN

By Mark Anderson #mytop5 12 Comments

There doesn't really seem to be a clear common consensus as to whether a Twitter PLN should be a professional or a personal learning network. Certainly I think it should probably be a bit of both. Also, as when dealing with all social media, you should be mindful of your…

Nov 30 2013

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Shadow Puppet

By Mark Anderson iPad apps 2 Comments

Imagine Explain Everything with a few less sharing options or annotation features and you've got Shadow Puppet. So why use it if you have EE? Well, it's just the ease, simplicity and opportunity of just quickly being able to interact with images, record your voice and then share with others.…

Oct 28 2013

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Twitter CPD / iPad learning posters

By Mark Anderson Posters One Comment

Just been doing some posters for work and made some to share too. Interested in how I did them? I used original background photos from a recent plane journey. I then edited using the iPad app 'Over' £1.49 available here - the work here mainly constituted the icons and some of…

Oct 04 2013

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How to use Padlet and why…

By Mark Anderson EdTech 49 Comments

About 6 years ago, a web 2.0 tool came along called 'Wallwisher' which everyone raved about and it really was the belle of the edtech ball. It was very popular indeed, but over time, it became more unpredictable and thus unreliable. As time rolled on so less and less teachers…

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