The new Tumblr app just made blogging even easier. Perhaps I should start doing it more frequently again?!
I’m 45, √2025=45, time for a 2025 square based running challenge! I’ve ordered a custom OS Map centred on my village. 20km² = 400 map squares to visit. I’m going to attempt to visit them all. On foot. From my front door. Inspiration via @MElcoate. I’m planning on taking a photo (square of course) in…
A ‘Technical Baccalaureate’? The education charity Edge, which promotes technical and practical learning and of which Adonis is a trustee, is working closely with the Baker Dearing Educational Trust to come up with such a qualification. Under the plans, seen exclusively by Education Guardian, pupils aged 14 to 16 would spend 60% of their time…
Peter Twinning Reviews “Learning Futures” From agent4change.net: Within this discourse the role of schools is portrayed as being to prepare young people for this rapidly changing ‘knowledge age’ by developing their ‘21st century skills’, including communication, collaboration, learning to learn, and high levels of IT competence. In ‘Learning Futures’ Keri Facer describes this discourse as ‘the…
Probably worth reading my last post about the disapplication of the previous ICT Program of Study and our plans to take it’s place at KS3 before proceeding with this one. So what have we done in the 4 months since my last post? Our fabulous ICT Department have thrashed out what we believe to be…
Wow! Now this is an online tool with a wealth of uses for teaching maths and using in general rather than excel / windows calculator. Instacalc is an online calculator / spreadsheet mashup. It supports sharing, and blog embedding, and intelligently interprets what you type in. Check out the blog for a walk though of…
Following on from my previous post about GapMinder, Hans Rosling has made another inspiring talk at a TED conference. His use of data continues to inspire me and pushes my thoughts on using this software in the classroom. With the abolition of data handling coursework next year more time will be freed up to look…