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 …
Reflections of a leader
Reflections on leadership, teaching, learning, assessment and the wider education of young people
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 …
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 …
Reach Out to Jeff Utecht
I have never met Jeff, I think we Skyped on a few webware discussions, we have emailed and his blog has been in my RSS reader for over 2 years. I have listen to his podcast (for a short while) and …
John Wooden
John Wooden, affectionately known as Coach, led UCLA to record wins that are still unmatched in the world of basketball. Throughout his long life, he shared the values and life lessons he passed to his players, emphasizing success that’s about …
Becta or Ofsted?
Who gets my attention this evening? Reading about the demise of Becta or preparing for Ofsted? The immediate job at hand, Ofsted inspection tomorrow, or the immediate future of iCT, Becta? Ofsted have been expected for 3-4 weeks now but …
BectaX
BectaX is a one day conference which will congregate the very best thinkers and doers from education, digital media and policy. Together they will find pragmatic solutions to aid the transition towards 21st Century schools in a connected world I …
#newleaders – Learning on the Job
This past week was probably the busy week of my professional teaching career to date. Here are the reasons; New build IT procurement deadline (handed over to me in January) My wife was away from home Tuesday through Friday on …