I have always been fascinated by dinosaurs. In fact I am one of millions who has. Somehow they have captured our imaginations. I used to say in the days when I taught in a “topic based” system that there were two certain topics that would be bound to capture the imaginations of the children… one [...]
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As I have said on quite a few occasions it is Twitter that remains my most important source of information and contacts. A couple of days ago I found out that I had a new follower. I always follow up my followers to see what they do and often I click on their linked website [...]
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47 Years ago today (28th August 1963) The Reverend Dr Martin Luther King made his famous and wonderful speech “I Have A Dream” in Washington D.C. at a huge Civil Rights gathering. I have always loved that speech and wondered if it could somehow act as a stimulus for children to express in writing their [...]
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1. They are powerful tools 2. They are easy to use 3. The children do not need to be trained in their use they know it already…. they can show you! 4. They can be used for immediate access to information 5. If they take pictures or videos they can provide children with a means [...]
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How Not to Use Computers to Teach Kids from Gary Stager on Vimeo. In 2007 at a conference in Bratislava in Slovakia, Dr Brian Harvey made the presentation that you can access in the link above. There has been quite a lot of discussion about this lately as there have been some who have stated [...]
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Dear Citizens of America, I have always followed your country’s fortunes with great interest. I used to sit in my dark bedroom and listen to the great British born journalist Alistair Cooke broadcasting his weekly “Letter From America” so I thought I would return the compliment in this blog posting. I am a child of [...]
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I have just come across an excellent series of videos where leading educators discuss the moments that transformed their teaching lives.This can be found at http://www.thedailyriff.com/2010/08/critical-transformations.php The videos are touching, interesting and show reflective practitioners letting us in on the moments in their career that really made a difference to the way that they saw [...]
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I have been a supporter of Sir Ken Robinson and his ideas ever since I saw his seminal TED Talk of 2006 (for a full introduction to the man and his ideas see his excellent new website: http://sirkenrobinson.com/). In the book “The Element” he talks about the way that we each have within us the [...]
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I love blogging. It gives me the chance to write. I have always loved writing and at one time fondly believed that I would become a well known writer and add to the world’s list of great writers! Alas this was not to be and I have spent my life in contemplation of what might have been. I have [...]
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I can recommend this video for all teachers who say that new technology is just a fad and that it costs so much and doesn’t really add to the education of children. Apart from the fact that the internet provides us with the a mega-library of information that grows every day it is also the [...]
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