Over the past 6 months Microsoft has regained my attention. In particular, two connected developments have caught my eye. The first, live@edu (also being investigated by our local IT provider EDICT) and the major updates to its Windows Live Essentials tools …
Having attended and presented at my first Teach Meet recently, I was surprised by the effort I put into my 7 minute presentation. Considering 2 minutes was allocated to showcasing student Xtranormal creations, I spent nearly 4 hours on the presentation. Meantime …
4. How do (or would) you respond to someone who says ‘The kids know more about technology than I do. How do I handle this?’ I’d say that’s a wonderful problem to have. The key to remember here is that …
First, the number of requests for IT Services unsurprisingly peaked this morning. Ian, Alan and I were all in early for an early informal meeting. The next opportunity I had to speak to both Ian and Alan was…. 3:00 before …
Who gets my attention this evening? Reading about the demise of Becta or preparing for Ofsted? The immediate job at hand, Ofsted inspection tomorrow, or the immediate future of iCT, Becta? Ofsted have been expected for 3-4 weeks now but …
Leading from the Middle Day 3 Each day has started with a review of the impact of Day 2 Learning and the period in between the day 2 and 3. Carole recorded the ‘Key Learning and Changed Behaviours,’ and the …
About 3 months ago I sent in a request to timeline webware Preceden. We struck up a conversation about a possible feature and we have continued the conversation to Matt asked me for a webware tool wish list. So I emailed, tweeted and …
I am sure you have come across the decision making matrix / Covey’s quadrants in one form or another. For 3 years, whilst working at Tauntons College, I faced a copy the matrix when sitting at my desk, in an …
