Some reading…
Like the good old days of ‘edu-blogging’ Lisa Nielsen has compiled 20 great blogs to read. Go add them to your good old fashioned rss reader and enjoy!
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Steve Jobs narrates the crazy ones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rwsuXHA7RA Steve Jobs narrates – The Crazy Ones A fitting tribute. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
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Hans Rosling Does It Again
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…
Flipboard – Computing Reading List
Computing Reading List Check out my Flipboard magazine, Computing Reading List http://flip.it/zrlnE
Pre-Digital
Succinct and thought provoking piece by Seth Godin: Is your school pre-digital? I’ve spent much of the first 3 months of the school year setting up a new installation of SIMs. Much of our knowledge of our learners is digitised, but we really need some better software to make the most of this data. SIMs…
Home Access – Free Computers & Internet for Low Income Families
Gordon Brown finally announced the Home Access programme last week. Organised by Becta this scheme will provide 270,000 households with a voucher that is redeemable for a computer along with 1 year’s Internet access, a suite of software and also support. Families will be eligible if they have a child in Years 3-7, they have not…
Wild About Math – A Review
Sol Lederman has been filling my rss reader and my twitter stream with little golden nuggets of Maths over the last few months. He recently suggested a link/blog exchange between Maths bloggers which seems like a great idea to me – hence this post. So go check out his blog http://wildaboutmath.com/, maybe take part in…