I was looking at a Powerpoint of a research report by Kelly Geo called “Your Brain Is In Your Hand” ( I would choose the second option which allows you to see the slides as a manual click per slide). This report is based on Kelly’s research into the ability of the “digital native” to [...]
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The digital native is brought up in a visual world. From an early age they learn to understand pictures and the effects that they can have. The video above is a great example of where a creative intelligence has been applied to interpreting the lyrics of a song using pictures. The pictures are remarkably [...]
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The video above was written, edited and directed by 14 year old Sophia Pink. As well as having a very strong message about fighting censorship of the internet and the high cost of access to the internet in some countries (such as Cuba, mentioned in the video) it is also technically slick, blends technology with [...]
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I was surfing the net today and came across a very interesting article purely by chance (as is the way with the net). The article was about Lady Gaga talking about being bullied when she was a teenager. It was not a particularly well written article but it made me investigate this story. I found [...]
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This talk was one of the most moving TedX talks that I have ever seen. Just in case you may have forgotten there was a terrible sunami following an earthquake in Japan a few months ago. At the time when it happened the media of the world descended upon the stricken area and brought us [...]
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As part of the educational bloggers community I read every day about fellow bloggers who are voicing their concerns about developments in education both in my own country and in the U.S.A. I read about the way that teachers are being fired or threatened with the sack because of test results. I read about the [...]
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I have recently run some training for a group of Mathematics Subject Leaders on problem solving. I looked at the Nrich site that has so many wonderful problems that cover mathematical enquiry from the earliest investigations up to quite sophisticated problems for A Level students. As a non-mathematician myself I found myself excited by the [...]
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I have two reasons for writing this post. Firstly, I did some research for a video that represented the views of children in school about the value of blogging to them and found the excellent video above which has a clever mix of children’s ideas set to some really imaginative animation that compliments what they [...]
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I have just read a report from The Chronicle of Higher Education called “What Finland Can Teach The Stanford School of Education”. I felt impelled to write my reply to this article which presents teacher education in Finland as exemplary and the situation in the U.S. (and by implication other countries such as my own, [...]
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As a follower of Dan Colman and his wonderful Open Culture website, I received a link to an article called “How the Internet is Revolutionizing Education” by Courtney Boyd Meyers from the website TNW (The Next Web). By any accounts this is a really bold and thorough essay.Itcovers many of the exciting developments that are [...]
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