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A week without questions

admin — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:21:27 +0000

Recently, I read a generic statement that made me think. It stated that in studies, teachers answered around 70% of the questions they asked their classes (source unknown). I was horrified by this! It surely couldn’t be true? The next lesson, I kept this in mind, and discovered that I had an urge to answer [...]

31 iPad Apps for a noob

admin — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:30:48 +0000

A really good friend bought an iPad2 yesterday, and sent me an emails, asking for ‘the best apps please.’ He is a negotiation trainer, creative genius and all round good egg, so I sifted through the stupid number of Apps on my iPad, and came up with this shortlist! ThicketClassic – automatically generated ethereal background [...]

The Value of being a Google Certified Teacher at #gtauk

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:30:13 +0000

http://www.google.com/educators/gta.html I can say this with some certainty, because in August 2010, I was lucky enough to be among the 50 others in the first Academy held outside America. It ended up being two intense, exciting and inspirational days. I met some really interesting people, spoke about what I was doing in the classroom and [...]

3 New Powerful Twitter Apps

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:28:58 +0000

I have used all three of these Apps in one way or another in the past fortnight, and thought I would review them under one roof! Summify – A very clever service which examines your follower’s tweets, then ‘curates’ an email summary of the most popular/retweeted posts or blogs. This is fantastic if you are [...]

The Decision Book

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:04 +0000

The Decision Book by Mikael Krogerus & Roman Tschäppeler (Profile Books, £9.99, 2008) (This is the fourth in a regular series reviewing books outside of the realm of education, and looking at the impact they could have in a learning environment.) Tagline Fifty Models for Strategic Thinking Lowdown What a clever little concept that has [...]

No-one should write the ICT Curriculum

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:10:42 +0000

Two years ago, I was asked to produce my vision of ICT in five years time. This turned into something far more wide in scope when I asked for help on Twitter, and I had lots of kind, ICT-led practitioners joining in, all giving their perspective on that future ICT had, both in general, and [...]

Reasons I’m resisting a Kindle (for now)

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:11:13 +0000

I have been considering a Kindle for a while now, but am resisting for several reasons, and thought I’d list them, if only as a record for myself. I am a huge fan of books and tech, so in theory I should be a Kindle consumer! 1. Picture books look better, bigger. [...]

Urgent and Important Matrix

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:13:35 +0000

The bottom line: this simple organisational idea is brilliant and works really effectively, but only if you really do follow the order shown. How I use this In my office, I have a rectangular whiteboard, which I have divided into four quadrants, and labelled them as above. Whenever something comes up, I add [...]

Who Moved My Cheese?

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:30:18 +0000

Who Moved My Cheese by Dr Spencer Johnson (Vermilion, £5.99, 1999)(This is the third in a regular series reviewing books outside of the realm of education, and looking at the impact they could have in a learning environment.) Tagline An Amazing Way to Deal With Change In Your Work and in Your Life Lowdown In [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-22

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +0000

a RT by me: Girls do better online (a small scale study using #Edmodo http://t.co/Uk0zjgEd # It looks like #teachmeetKent may have found a venue! #teachmeet # RT By me: New blog post: The 4-Hour Work Week http://t.co/hVtLULss # RT from ( @dannynic ) interested in an ed tech blog carnival? http://t.co/8ww5r98l # Could anyone [...]