Books have a big future
Books have a big future. Readmill’s tagline. Readmill are a startup, that popped up on the BBC’s Click programme, who where showcase the Berlin startup scene. Their idea is simple, social reading or ‘breathing, right now book club.’ My first …
Cheating the Impossible
The impossible—we are told—cannot be achieved. Thus a ‘fair confrontation’ is out of the question. To overcome the ‘impossible’ we need to use our wits and be fearless. We need to break the rules and to circumvent—some would one say …
Leadership
Leadership is no longer about your position. It’s now more about your passion for excellence and making a difference. You can lead without a title. — Robin Sharma Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. — Warren G. …
Left Field Maths
Less than 1 hour left to get Football Manager 2012 on PC & Mac for 75% off…. http://t.co/uC1hinBx Is there an innovative maths teacher out there that could use all the salaries and the contracts and the negotiations to create …
Data for Progress and Achievement – death by traffic lighting
My role for next year is gradually become more defined. In a nutshell I will be in an educational marriage with performance data; SIMs, RaiseOnline, FFT and SISRA the new framework. It is a role anchored to hard data, hard policy and efficient data …
The Hyper Connected Teacher
“I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.” ― Albert Einstein 1.1 Introduction I would like to think that my colleagues would describe as a passionate teacher, excited about my subject and my craft. I would like …
Greenfoot – Why Maths and Programming?
In his first post Neil Brown described the sinepost, a blog about applying maths in computer games to solve real problems. It turns out that Ofsted would quite like to see more problem-solving in maths too. In the very best schools, all lessons …