As unofficial web geek for the school, I get used to throwing ideas around, most of which dissapper into the ether. But occassionally, one catches and it turns in to something far better than you imagined. Back when we launched the blog farm, a few teachers tried out a few activities with a few classes, [...]
When I first read about it, the 31day Comment Challenge was one of those things I skipped over. I think if it were running over the summer I’d be more likely to get involved, but at this time of year I don’t have the time to commit to changing my online behaviour in a fairly [...]
Back in June of last year I reflected on the idea that there must be a better way of reporting student progress to parents than the current system of annual reports and parents evenings, in which parents from pupils in one year group are encouraged to make 5 minute appointments with their son/daughters teachers to [...]
No, not another new product from Google. Edtechroundup, (the UK based education podcast / website that I really do need to get back involved with) are posting daily questions and answers from a recent interview with the folks at Google Apps for Education. The questions came from a global group of educators, connected by Twitter [...]
February 18, 2008 – 6:29 pm
Flicking through Twitter earlier I saw this: Shortly followed by: Curious, I followed and found this impressive 33 point list of what the post-revolution secondary curriculum might look like. Granted some of the points are Scottish specific, and some of them I don’t completely agree with, but it’s a very impressive list none the less. [...]
February 13, 2008 – 12:44 pm
I think just about everyone has now seen Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk, but I’ve just finished watching this excellent video of an interview done with Sir Ken by pupils from the radiowaves project. Well worth taking 10 1/2 minutes of your time to watch!
January 26, 2008 – 1:26 pm
I’m currently working on a series on blog posts entited ‘turning it upside down’, and as a taster, I thought I’d share this Ted Talk. I’ve currently got a backlog over over 100 Ted Talks in iTunes, and increasingly I’m harnessing the power of the network to point out the ones worth watching. This talk, [...]
January 4, 2008 – 11:58 am
A few people have been musing lately about alternative school models, which got me thinking, if I was given a blank piece of paper and asked to redesign secondary schools what would they look like? 1. They’d still exist – I firmly believe there needs to be a physical place where educators and young people [...]
January 4, 2008 – 10:26 am
Following the success of the four-slide contest over the Summer, Dan has announced a new competition: Design information in four ways to represent 2007 as you experienced it. Deadline is Jan 13th. Head over to Dan’s blog for more info and some great examples. I think I’ll be pondering this for a few more days [...]
January 4, 2008 – 10:09 am
The Guardian this morning reports plans by the UK government to work with big IT companies to make sure that all school age children have internet access at home. It’s an interesting idea, and quite exciting to hear government ministers say things like: when they start school the expectation is you’ve [the parent] got to [...]
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