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Feb 19 2025

AI policy template for schools aligned with Ofsted and DfE guidance 2025

AI Policy Template for Schools (2025 Update)

By Mark Anderson AI, Digital Strategy, EdTech, Free resource, Front page, Leadership, Safeguarding No Comments

Back in 2023, I wrote an AI policy template that I hoped would be useful. What I didn’t expect was just how many schools would download and use it. Since then, I’ve considered updating it several times, but I held off. Schools tend to update policies on annual cycles, and…

Dec 22 2022

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Day 22’s entry on the #Appvent Calendar is here! Today’s entry, DK_Learning comes from @RonanMcnicholl

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech No Comments

Welcome to Day 20! We are fast approaching the end of what has been a fantastic Appvent. Today’s entry has been provided by Ronan Mc Nicholl, Head of Digital Learning (Prep Schools) at Berkhamsted School. I have been using DKfindout! for quite some time in various schools. I really like…

Dec 06 2022

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On Day 6 of #Appvent22 I’m very pleased to share the brilliant @nowpressplay

By Mark Anderson Appvent, EdTech, Resources No Comments

It gives me great delight to share now>press>play as today’s entry on the Appvent Calendar. As you’ll know if you’re a regular reader of my work or sharing on social media, my view is that technology provides the opportunity to improve many things but it can also improve absolutely nothing,…

Dec 09 2020

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How has #Education and #EdTech evolved during the Covid-19 crisis?

By Mark Anderson Distance Learning, EdTech, Education, Ethics, Food for thought, Inclusion, Leadership, Learning, Online Learning, Remote Learning, Thought Leadership No Comments

There’s no getting away from what a difficult year it has been for everyone the world over. With Collins Dictionary making their word of the year ‘lockdown’ it is a clear sign of the times. Whilst other words such as ‘’Rona’ or ‘unprecedented’ or ‘the Vid’ might have also been…

Jun 25 2020

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FREE CPD >> Five Evidence-Informed Uses of #Edtech To Help Get Online Learning Right

By Mark Anderson AFL, CPD, Distance Learning, EdTech, Featured, Free resource, Home Learning, Learning, My Screencasts, Remote Learning, TeachMeets, Tutorial, Work with me No Comments

A few months ago I was approached by Seneca to deliver a Teachmeet (as a webinar) as part of their TeachMeet series. When I agreed and was asked what I would like to share about I thought what better way than to share some evidence-informed approaches to using technology. I…

Sep 19 2019

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

By Mark Anderson ADE, EdTech, ICT, iPad, Tools, Work with me No Comments

A while ago I wrote a post which signalled a solid baseline level of ten things every teacher should be able to do with their iPad. It has been very popular and a recent resurgence in its popularity at the beginning of the academic year shows it is still just…

Nov 22 2017

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Oracy in the curriculum and how technology can help

By Mark Anderson AFL, Computing, EdTech, Literacy, Quotes No Comments

There's no getting away from it, oracy is an essential skill. It is something that can be taught and there's a pretty firm evidence base for it given the research quoted in this paper. Add to this the impassioned article here explaining: "What is oracy and why should every child…

Jun 04 2017

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Apple nail teaching and learning with the latest version of their Classroom App

By Mark Anderson iPad, Pedagogy first No Comments

I'm a great believer in taking lots of small steps to make a bigger gain. Incremental improvements that you get better and better at through deliberate practice is one of those things that make us better teachers in the classroom. Often when it comes to technology, one of the biggest…

Sep 27 2016

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Meet and greet

By Mark Anderson Positivity

I taught a lesson today. Ok, so it was somewhat artificial. I was working for Apple at their national RTC (regional training centre) conference at the Belfry near Birmingham. One of my sessions there over the two days was looking at a new App they have called Apple Classroom. It really…

Jun 25 2016

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My presentation slides from #EducationFest on ‘More Ed, Less Tech’

By Mark Anderson Conferences 4 Comments

Firstly, a massive thank you to the many people who chose to come and see me in my session. It is such a privilege to be able to share in this way and I massively appreciate you coming to hear me talk. In a move to stop the fetishisation of technology…