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A female teacher leading a discussion with a group of teachers, in a library. Microsoft Teams on screens.

How to access free resources and encourage collaboration 

  • Mark Anderson
    By Mark AndersonEdTech international speaker and blogger, best-selling author, teacher, and school leader.
One of the most difficult parts of an educator’s job is staying on top of all of the preparation required in each and every lesson taught. The pressures on educators to not only help learners achieve fantastic results but to make those lessons relevant, purposeful and to stay on top of curriculum developments and other...

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A group of students and their teacher using a Wonder Workshop Cue robot. STEM.

Get your creative curriculum on 

  • Mark Anderson
    By Mark AndersonEdTech international speaker and blogger, best-selling author, teacher, and school leader.
We often hear about how we as educators are preparing our learners for an uncertain future and for jobs that haven’t been created yet. Whilst we might be asked to ensure we have a broad and balanced curriculum, schools are being squeezed tighter and tighter, often in ways which results in a narrowing of the...

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Male IT professional stands and speaks with group of male and female colleagues seated at table in school staff room. Several open laptops sit on table.

Ease of Deployment and set-up of classroom laptops 

  • Mark Anderson
    By Mark AndersonEdTech international speaker and blogger, best-selling author, teacher, and school leader.
Faith can be a really powerful thing. I have faith in lots of things such as the brakes in my car working. That faith doesn’t happen automatically though. Faith in these things is built up over time which leads to us having the confidence to use them without having to think too much about them....

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Wholesome Leadership book

Creating a future of wholesome school leaders 

Tom Rees is the Executive Headteacher of Simon de Senlis Primary School and works across eleven primary schools as the Education Director of Northampton Primary Academy Trust. He’s been a leader in schools for around 17 years across different contexts, counties and countries. Between Headships, he also spent time in the education technology sector working...

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A group of students working with their teacher, with Microsoft Teams on the screen.

Affordability of devices 

  • Mark Anderson
    By Mark AndersonEdTech international speaker and blogger, best-selling author, teacher, and school leader.
One of the most difficult things a school has to focus on is achieving value for money for its learners. In these times of shrinking budgets, the largest slice of your budget will always be the salaries of your staff. Additionally, whether you are an independent or state school regardless of whether you are a...

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A female teacher instructing a male teacher, in a library.

Lift off this coming academic year with superb training free from Microsoft 

  • Mark Anderson
    By Mark AndersonEdTech international speaker and blogger, best-selling author, teacher, and school leader.
Imagine if you went to the doctor with an ailment and they told you that they hadn’t had their knowledge about medicine and their skills updated since they left university. You’d be horrified, right? Continuing professional development is key to ensuring that all professionals are able to make the most of cutting-edge research, knowledge and...

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Two female and one male student on the go walking outdoors

Cultivating collaborations with learner communities in Teams 

  • Chris Melia
    By Chris MeliaSenior Learning Technologist, University of Central Lancashire
As a Learning Technologist, I work closely with our Faculty of Health and Wellbeing as digital learning lead, to effectively embed technology into learning and teaching practice. I am passionate about my work and find the collaboration between academic colleagues and technologists to be particularly rewarding. I became an MIE Expert last August after becoming...

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