I am reading a brilliant book at the moment that was suggested to me by a friend thus: jackieschneider jackie schneider @ @malcolmbellamy - completely agree! Have you read Bounce? I am going to keep this in school to read to kids everyday til they get it! The book “Bounce” is by Matthew Sayed. Here is a [...]
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As a proponent of the power of the internet for extending our learning and adding to our life, I was so pleased to see a post in Google Plus that I have shared, as follows: malcolm bellamy - 2:59 PM - Public This is wonderful. I think it is so important to use our expertise to help people to [...]
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I discovered an article from the B.B.C. called “Is There a Genius In All Of Us?” The article was about a book by David Shenk called “The Genius In All Of Us“. The book looks at a lot of recent studies that show intelligence to be a combination of genetics as well as environment and [...]
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I read a really interesting post yesterday called “Six Applications of Photography In Education” . I think that there is so much to be said about the use of photos in education. One of the more interesting links in the post was to the history of photography. I found a really interesting post called ”13 Photographs [...]
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I did a Google search on “Steve Jobs and Education” which followed from a link to a talk and article by, of all people, Rupert Murdoch about schools, entitled, “The Steve Jobs Model for Education Reform“. The subtitle was…. If we can engage a child’s imagination, there’s no limit to what he or she can [...]
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Here is the Google Plus post that I did last night (13th October). It follows a link that I received from a Tweet (where else?) I am, as readers of this blog know, a great fan of Ted Talks and TedX Talks. The video is a talk from TedX Sheffield, newly released on YouTube. It is [...]
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A teacher is not.. A miracle worker A social worker A full-time actor The one with all the answers The one who never goes wrong A person with no feelings A person with no past A sage on a stage A test passing superstar A doormat to be walked over A punchbag to be hit! [...]
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I am a great admirer of Chris Lehmann, the charismatic Principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia, PA. He has a great statement that he has repeated on a number of occasions in various powerful talks about 21st century education……it is: “Technology should be like oxygen: ubiquitous, necessary, and invisible.” The problem with all of this [...]
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The above video was a part of “The Knowledge Navigator” which was made by Apple computers in 1987 as their prediction of what the future of technology would be. “The Moment of Discovery” is the section that deals with education. It shows a child using a mobile device to take pictures that he can instantly [...]
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