MIGHTYBELL
Let’s keep this simple and to the point. Steve Hargadon dropped me an email asking if I would join him over at Mightybell. A platform his calls “curation and conversation.” And to be fair, it is a good strapline. Mightybell offers …
Teaching
Applying teaching strategied, techniques and ideas.
Learning Game Design
Another great RSS link, another great TED talk delivered by a disruptive, thoughtful and adventurous educator, Paul Anderson; backed up by his website and a YouTube channel overflowing with flipped style tutorial videos. A lot of what Paul promotes reminds me of both what …
A very important 10%
If 90% of success in life is showing up, the other 10% depends on what you’re showing up for. – Lifehacker Show up for things where your potential for achievement is commensurate with your willingness to put in effort. The …
Proving pupil progress, testing the learning temperature
Being able to prove that pupil are making progress in our lessons has been a focus on our professional development at our school for most of this year. In my mind, it is one the most important things we need to be …
Mash-it up artistry
There is real science in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality.’ Richard Dawkins John Boswell is the creator of Symphony of Science. A collection of infovideos spliced and diced from more formal documentaries, with a good dose …
Impossible is a resistent foe
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an …
Hands on with Sifteo
I have been waiting near on three years to get my hands on a set of Sifteo cubes. First I read about the concept behind, then I watched David Merill’s TEDtalk and then I waited. And waited a little longer …
Look behind your monitor…
Listening to Katie Broadribb (AST Wildern School) at the IT Strategy Seminar we were exposed to a wide range of learning opportunities exploiting technology within a technology mature, supportive and underwritten setting. All the major players made an appearance, FB, …