Great quotes about Learning and Change.
Earlier today I set myself a challenge. To upload an image to the FLICKR Group Great quotes about Learning and Change. I have used a number of the images on our screen saver at school and felt it was time …
Leadership
Outlining vision and leading strategy
What Makes a Good School?
Good management is the essential handmaiden to leadership What makes a good school? Written by Sir Tim Brighouse, first publish nearly 20 years ago, was my third and final loan book from the HTLC Leadership Library. A free leadership book …
Samsung Galaxy Tab
Back in July, just as the IPad sales were impressing the stockmarket, I speculated that tablet devices might find their way into education by 2015 replacing netbooks as the preferred learning device. Cost and durability the most obvious stalling concerns. …
Lie to Me, EI and Leadership
On “primal leadership” Great leaders move us. They ignite our passion and inspire the best in us. When we try to explain why they are so effective, we speak of strategy, vision, or powerful ideas. But the reality is …
Giving Live Writer Another Bash
At #MSCamp I had a brief conversation over the virtures of Live Writer. After loading it as part of the Live Essentials suite, I didn’t feel it offered me much more than the WordPress WYSIWYG with Apture, perhaps I should have …
BlastFollow!
‘I just don’t get it?! Why would you want to… tweet! Look, I will give it a go for a few days and I will see how I get on. No promises mind. I am no internet champion you know …
Microsoft Summer Camp
It’s been a positive first day, meeting plenty of enthusiastic and passionate teachers, twitter folk and online collaborators, making new connections is always a welcomed experience. Smartphones are commonplace, laptops are charged and staff are ready for action. This group of educators …
Calvin and Hobbes
Whilst teaching at Taunton’s College I would often use the wisdom of Calvin and Hobbes to explain concepts and contemporary issues. What is Sport? What is Play? Deviance (cheating, misuse drugs, gamesmanship) Why are rules necessary? Plus, I would use the cartoon …