TEDxNYED
I can not wait to re-watch TEDxNYED. For those of you who have missed out on TED, get stuck in. Great website, great resources as well as literally hundreds of edu blog posts reviewing TEDtalks and even spreadsheets categorising them …
Reflections of a leader
Reflections on leadership, teaching, learning, assessment and the wider education of young people
L4L Round 2
When its quiet, I really enjoy my reading, especially my Google RSS reader. Every time I get an hour to read I find at least a handful of thought provoking statements. Today its Clay Shirky, he’s a regular contributor. A …
Only 888 Remains
I can remeber video and I kind of remember 8 tracks I played on a quiz robot. Technology moves at a pace, but today teletext annouced its was closing as of December 18th (with the exception of subtitles on 888). Content …
LFtm Development Day
9:30am Our first Leading from the Middle Development Day. Another welcoming start to the day, if a little tight for space. The opening discussions on protocols led to a sharing of our perspectives for the course, with and between delegates. Not …
SSAT 18th?
Having just completed the survey for the SSAT 17th conference, I was overall a little disappointed in the cohesion on the conference. In saying that, my two highlights were clearly George Alagiah and Bob Comptons keynotes. Both these keynotes, were …
SSAT 17th Day 3
Its a the moment when the idea first sparks. The emphasis given to globalisation news at an Indian school showcased by one of the teacher presentations. A simple mentor activity that would need some help developing some eduX-factor, as sadly …
SSAT 17th Day 2
After the disappointment of the repetitive start to day 1, I took enjoyed a more leisurely start to Day 2 of the conference. Dame Stella Rimington began the days proceedings with an interesting speech outlining the global changes that occurred …
Then they go into the exam room…
Today students at Hamble College are sitting preliminary Maths exams, in the old-fashioned pen and paper way. Back in May I read about Norwegian 16-19 year-olds trying out the laptop-based exams systems and yesterday I read about Danish students being given access to …