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Inspired by Ewan McIntosh & David Muir to blog while I watch at Learning Without Frontiers 2011, instead of making notes and probably never getting round to blogging them! Ray started by talking through the position of Sony within the industry and then talking through his daughters life mapping key tech developments such as the birth of Facebook…
Maths 2.0
This post has been knocking around my head for a while, I hope it comes out as intended. I think it began to form whilst reading Dan Meyer‘s blog post questioning the use of Web2.0 in instructing Math. I have been trying to knit together my love of technology into my teaching of Maths ever…
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I have complained bitterly all year about the speed of our Internet connection at school, it hampers learning day after day and shows no sign of improvement. I thought it was just me being difficult until a Capita support technician’s comment on the phone last week as an update failed and crippled our SIMS FMS…
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Estelle Morris on Gove – Is there a master plan?
Estelle Morris on Gove – Is there a master plan? Amongst the consternation with Michael Gove this weekend – particularly his comments on the Andrew Marr show about the upcoming strike, Estelle Morris gets to the heart of the issue. Where is the long term plan amongst the cost cutting and curriculum narrowing? There surely…
