Dont Miss Out on Ted
In case you have not yet stumbled across TED, then its worth at least a day, a week, as much time as you can afford to spare. Here is the top 10 TED talks list – I really enjoyed the …
Leadership
Outlining vision and leading strategy
Twittering on
I am not going to re-write what has already been written. Twitter has seen off competitors, gained a celebrity following, a Presidental following and I am now being followed by my local newspaper. Aside, its benefits to education and my …
Reflections from Space
Whilst still teaching at Tauntons College I stumble upon global-mindshift.org. In particular I remember watching a short presentation entitled Reflections from Space. For some reason that presentation struck a cord, or rather one short quote, The first day or so …
AUP Informant
Although I only posted ‘Full Cirle’ yesterday I have already received two emails requesting more information on AUP display application. Well our thanks go to Edugeek and Paul Beesley. AUP Informant runs at logon to display your acceptable usage policy …
AUP, Network (ISA), Intranet, AB Tutor and Full-Cirlce
In September, one of my first requests was the implementation of an AUP. This was posted on every PC in College. It was an automated service, staff and students only able to proceed after they accepted the guidelines? Did any …
Inauguration Speech of Barack Obama
I didn’t have time to listen the Barack Obama speech, nor time to read it. However, as a budding future leader could I afford to ignore it? So I threw it into Wordel. I have mentioned Wordel before, it is …
The Elephant in the Corner
This was a phrase I had never come across… our friends visiting from the States exchanged the Elephant for a gorilla, the idiom was the same. It got me thinking…. in our College, what was the elephant? Did we have …
The Value of Expertise
We have made a new appointment, to support in the implementation of our Learning Platform and to improve the College’s effective use of Sims. The reason for this post is that we recognised that we were missing the expertise to …