I received an excellent link from my Facebook friend Barbara Bray that went like this: Try some of the examples of the PISA test to see how you would do. Maybe the US needs to look at this test when redesigning NCLB. Critical thinking skills might be considered ) Are You Smarter Than a 15-Year-Old? [...]
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Steve Jobs, one of the men who has most influenced the world we live in today, has decided to retire as CEO of Apple Computers. In the aftermath of this news came a lot of articles and links about the man of which one was to a film that I had never heard of called [...]
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First the good news… my support of teacher/blogger Megan Howard’s efforts to get an ex-pupil from her school, Andrew Hennessy to talk at TEDxKIDS@BC has been successful! In her response to my original comment on her blog post “A Problem Finder and a Problem Solver” Megan told me about a book that she has read [...]
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As a new school year is just on the horizon here in the U.K. and has just begun in North America, I ask myself a question. Where does the excitement of the first few days, with students who care about their appearance and who try so hard to get their work done carefully, go by [...]
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The term “digital native” is used so much these days. I have to start this post by holding my hand up and saying that I have been as guilty of using this phrase as any. But are we making a massive error in using a blanket phrase for a whole generation of people who happen [...]
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I watched the news yesterday as thousands of our young people received their A Level results. There was the usual scenes of euphoria for those who had achieved or surpassed the grades that they needed to get to University. There was the disappointment by those who had not. The background picture showed three A Level [...]
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This talk is an absolute gem. In 15 minutes Adam delivers a great talk at speed about the state of technology in education. It is funny, informative, hard-hitting and perceptive and the sort of talk that administrators, teachers and politicians should be watching. I especially liked his comments on the use of mobile technology in [...]
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Technology seems to have been a big part of the recent London riots. There was the use of the Blackberry mobile phones and their encrypted messaging system. (For a really good view of the arguments about technology in the riots see: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/default.stm During the height of the riots I kept up with developments almost as they [...]
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Hi Chris, I just wanted to say a few things to you and have taken the liberty of using my blog as a means of doing this. Firstly, the TED Talks continue to be of a high quality and inspire, motivate, delight. I was especially moved to see my old pupil Majid Nawaz presenting in [...]
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As a new school year starts in North America it is time to consider the hopes and wishes for the year ahead. My wish is for children to have fun and enjoy their learning. Today, as I sat in a doctor’s surgery waiting to have my regular blood pressure check, I saw a young mother [...]
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