#teachers - ICTEvangelist

Apr 11 2021

Lots going on to share at ICT Evangelist

By Mark Anderson CPD, Distance Learning, Food for thought, Learning, Learning, Positivity, Remote Learning, Social Media, Twitter 3 Comments

Sometimes, just changing how you do things can really help you move forward. You’ll have no doubt noticed that I haven’t posted a blog for ages. And you know what? It wasn’t just me being lazy, honest! I’ve actually been working on writing my new book, which I’m already excited…

Dec 14 2019

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AppVent Day Fourteen – @Headspace!

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Nurture, personal, Positivity No Comments

Welcome to Day Fourteen on the Appvent Calendar. Today I thought it would be a good opportunity to pause and reflect. The Christmas term is often one of the most stressful terms in the year. Parent’s evenings, nativity events, Christmas carol concerts, sporting events, house championship events, staff cross country,…

Jun 16 2019

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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…

Aug 24 2017

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Teachers THINK before you tweet…

By Mark Anderson CPD, Digital Leaders, EdTech, educators, Nurture, Social Media No Comments

Twitter's great. Don't get me wrong. But things have been afoot for sometime. You see the Twitter that I talk and share about is the best staffroom in the world. It's a place where whenever you ask a question, someone will come to your help. It's easy. It's better than…

Jan 03 2016

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Ten things everyone should know about teachers

By Mark Anderson T & L 63 Comments

Teachers are enthusiastic and dynamic, highly intelligent and share a passion for wanting to make a difference in this world. They can also be quirky however and this is as a result of there being no other job like theirs. They become a breed apart from the rest of the…

Oct 25 2015

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How to make an impact with edtech in your school or classroom

By Mark Anderson EdTech, Education 7 Comments

This post examines how to make an impact with edtech in your school or classroom. I've been playing with Adobe Slate again... I can't help myself... it is such a lovely tool to use. And so, in this post I explore more deeply the ideas originally used in this post on…

Jun 26 2015

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You’re not rubbish and a challenge

By Mark Anderson Education 4 Comments

I have so many conversations with educators who think they aren't any good. It's such a sad state of affairs when the system gets so many of its teachers feeling so very low. We all have something to offer. So many of us have amazing practice that takes place in…

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…