Basics
“In education, why do they insist on saying that we should go back to basics. We never left.” Wes Fyrer Podcast
Face to Face
This morning I visited Gideon Williams, Head of ICT at Perins School. During the visit I witnessed a Year 9 top set working on Windows Movie Maker, a French class practicing their vocab and most importantly I was able to …
Teaching and Learning
I thought that by making an initial post midway through the week that the weekend post would be more straight forward. Sadly, I am not sure that this is the case. This job is currently impacted by so many different …
Mid Week
Up until now, I had been waiting until the weekend to write… This week I was determined to hit a half-way marker. Although its not halfway, there is little to report in just two days. The Middle Leaders meeting reinforced …
Looking up a Mountain
Now in my third week, I have noticed that my mistakes or poor judgments appear more prominent in my reflections than the successes. Is this an issue of my personality or is it typical for middle leaders? Two major points, …
Quote
“The best way to predict the future is to go and invent it.” Alan Kay (Martin Peterson presentation).
Network and Nodes
Tom Barrett asked for comments on his blog, in preparation for the SLICT meeting being held at his school, so I responded. Tom is a good friend and has shown that there is more to PLN (Personal Learning Networks) than …
How to Assess Progress
So a summary of the week is required, but how do you assess progress and in which areas? I have had a large white board put up in my office, on it I record the key jobs for the week …