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 …
Reflections of a leader
Reflections on leadership, teaching, learning, assessment and the wider education of young people
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, 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 …
Opening and Closing Doors
I scheduled this post for one year after it was written? Has much changed? Surprisingly, aged 33, I am about to embark on my first significant career change. All my previous decisions focused on accepting educational opportunities rather than purposeful …
Brad Freidel Attendance Award
Aston Villa keeper Brad Friedel broke the record for continuous games played in the Premier League after his 167th game finished in a 0-0 draw with Fulham. That’s five years without a Premier League game off? Although impressive this is …
Day 3 @ SSAT
Another inspiring student presentation with wow factor, I forget to mention the Pearl of Africa, impressive. A modern Step Up performance with great music and costume. An overview of the impact of federation was supported by series of shorter presentation by future leaders. Given the …
SSAT Conference Day 1
It’s day one of the SSAT conference. The 3000 delegates. Impressive venue and the first two speakers set an enquiring tone. Sir Dexter Hutt, only introduced the conference but I felt that there was more I could gleaned from his …
Renewed Enthusiasm
Work is very demanding at the moment, on top of the curriculum, printer rationale, VLE, Website, ‘new build,’ and of course data management, we are currently hosting a PGCE student. The experience of working with a ‘teacher in training,’ has …