stars and bars – Edventures

Plickers – fast ARS

Kristian Still 23 Sep ’14 23 Sep ’14

The first ARS or audience response system I encountered was Quizdom. Correct keypad answers pushed racing cars towards the finishing line. They were a pretty penny back in the day but ARS take on many forms these days, many enabled …

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Stars and bars – ALT impact

Kristian Still 25 Nov ’12 25 Nov ’12

This afternoon I received an email about the ‘practicalities and cost’ of the ATL ‘stars and bars’ reward system. If I am honest, the main expense is staff time. Every cycle our staff enter 2000+ grades, that is a significant staff investment …

Suffering and successful failures17 Dec ’24
It is a well rehearsed narrative, that we learn, gain, benefit more from our loses than from our triumphs. More from adversity than from our easy successes. Loses, adversity, often serves as the crucible in which our triumphs and our successes are forged. Matthew McConaughey …
Unresolvable problems16 Dec ’24
This was an unfinished post I first drafted six months ago when I was still in education as a Deputy Headteacher. Funnily enough, it is as relevant to my new role as COO and so I looked to finish and post it. It is certainly …
Dump Your To-Do List, Write Your To-Be List29 Nov ’24
In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, we often find ourselves buried under an avalanche of to-do lists. These lists, while seemingly helpful, can sometimes become the very a source of stress and worry they were designed to overcome. But what if there …
I still expect the carpet to be pulled out from under me3 Nov ’24
This post is written for a friend. The point of desperation is often the point of truth. He wrote. How do your move forward, when you still expect the carpet to be pulled out from under you? If you can move at all? Let alone …