xtranormal – Edventures

Classroom Innovation

Kristian Still 10 Jun ’10 27 Jun ’10

I have been using xtranormal for some time now. They have recently been looking at a new business model and how they can support their fantastic product. I have tried to contact them, but I have had no reply as …

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Xtranormal Inspiration

Kristian Still 4 Mar ’09 4 Mar ’09

I have been wanting to get the Digital Leaders onto xtranormal for a while and Red Nose Day’s ‘do something funny for money,’ was a perfect opportunity. The students were given the outline of the comedy sketch and a very …

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 …
No rescuing3 Nov ’24
Do not do for someone, that they can do for themselves. This is a life, teaching, leading, parental sentiment or wisdom that I have long held important. It sits along side the notion of “no rescuing.” This is the focus on this post and thinking. …
Teams – Day 3 (part 2)2 Nov ’24
Prioritising time to write has not made it to the top of the priorities list until today (the end of half-term). That is a failing on my part. With hindsight, I should have planned and scheduled less. I am not comfortable accepting that “writing, thinking …
Yuimaru – ‘a circle of people’26 Oct ’24
It started with reading sports team Coach biographies. John Wooden, Phil Jackson, Mike Krzyzewski (Basketball), Sir Alex Ferguson, Johan Cruyff, Anson Dorrance (Football), Sir Clive Woodward and James Kerr’s Legacy (Rugby) and Dave Brailsford (Cycling) and there were plenty others. It turns out, many of …