Today has been an interesting day for me. I was invited to attend and contribute to an ICT Steering Group in the local authority where I work. I have been complaining to whoever would listen for a long time that I do not see the sorts of things happening in schools that I have seen [...]
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economy they now live in
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I have written in an earlier blog about how I did a search on 9/11 and the terrible events of that day on Google and also on Sweetsearch (see my post: Two Searches on 9/11 ). I stated then that I found the Google search rather controversial in its main three links as against the [...]
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Twitter is… Starting with nothing No friends No followers Thinking what do I write? I will say that I’m in a mall Waiting for my wife Being bored Is anyone out there? Following TED A direct message from Chris Anderson A link Find friends Explore Look for communities with like minds So I follow And [...]
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The world of technology and its potential to change education and open up a new world of possibilities for our children amazes me and inspires me. Two posts from excellent bloggers has reminded me though that we must not forget the good things that come from the past as we proceed into the wonderful world [...]
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I have seen all the discussion about the Oprah show and “Waiting For Superman”. It seems fascinating as seen from afar (I live in the U.K.) Here in the U.K. we seem not to be waiting for a superhero but to be returning at a fast pace to our late and much admired Queen Victoria. [...]
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I recently did a training session with a group of newly qualified teachers. I prepared my Prezi very carefully and decided that I was going to put an emphasis on networking and the setting up of self-support systems using social media and in particular the # communities that can be instantly set up using Twitter. [...]
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Watch this video of a 12 year old child in Dallas Texas addressing a huge convention fearlessly and expressing his belief in himself and the importance of his teachers believing in him. He tells us, quite correctly, that he can become anything that he wants to be if there is belief. He expresses the fact [...]
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I just love the concept behind this video and the other videos from “Playing For Change” (see http://www.playingforchange.com/ ) This is the last in my mini series of posts about the power of video to transform the world (as per Chris Anderson’s ideas in his recent TED Global Talk that I wrote about on wp.me/sKfOP-1509 [...]
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I think that there is something to being an outsider looking in and shaking your head with amazement that people on the inside just don’t get it. Throughout history there have been so many examples of people with a vision who see their idea of something really clearly but find massive opposition from the “status [...]
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