Choices
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. J.K. Rowling Now that’s quotes seem in tune with the twitter chat tonight and far more in tune than many X factor contestants. [qr_code_display]
Stretch, a grow mind set
This morning I responded to @HuntingEnglish when he retweet a Guy Claxton comment. Ability is not fixed, it is elastic, and your environment either stretches it or not. Guy Claxton Like my colleague I believe in a growth mind set. In …
Here, I….. Go.
Yesterday, at the SLW technology conference, the dinamic duo of Oliver Quinlan and Pete Yeoman opened the conference. As part of that opening presentation they showed a short headcam video of a young girl commentating on her first 60m ski …
More Quest at #SLWTC
Another opportunity to work with Alex Warren (@alexwarren) and introduce teachers to Quest at the #swltc technology conference! There is only so much you can share in one session, so I have uploaded the presentation, would recommend you visit textadventures.co.uk/ and …
Teaching Hero’s
Very quickly Eteach.com, the education job board, together with a talented group of sixth formers from St Wilfrid’s School, Crawley, have created a campaign to celebrate teachers’ hard work. Every school has its ‘Teaching Heroes’ – and it really does only take …
Inanimate Alice
Quite some while ago I highlighted a piece of interactive fiction, well more transmedia really, call Inanimate Alice. It is a narrative set in a technology saturated near future, telling the story of a young girl, merging text with animation, videos, …
Learning as I go
Unvalidated, validated and final data – another lesson learnt. August the results are in. Sept is a period of investigations and re-mark requests. October each school has the opportunity to check its data (ASCL Leadership of Data strongly recommended we …
Sims contacts patch
At our school we use the very effective Parents Evening System. In addition to the booking facility, the system collects parent and carer email and contact number. Transferring this information back to SIMs was not so simple, so I contacted …