A very important 10%
If 90% of success in life is showing up, the other 10% depends on what you’re showing up for. – Lifehacker Show up for things where your potential for achievement is commensurate with your willingness to put in effort. The …
Jammin it…
There has been a far amount of debate in our ICT Faculty about the Raspberry pi. Some pro, some less so. The popularity of this tweet would suggest there are quite a few excited teaching teams out there. [blackbirdpie id=”212844295005274112″] …
Proving pupil progress, testing the learning temperature
Being able to prove that pupil are making progress in our lessons has been a focus on our professional development at our school for most of this year. In my mind, it is one the most important things we need to be …
Charge!
In an effort to learn more of the historical context to ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade,’ an event of no military significance that has become iconic in the British historical imagination, I am listening to Melvyn Bragg and guests …
Mash-it up artistry
There is real science in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality.’ Richard Dawkins John Boswell is the creator of Symphony of Science. A collection of infovideos spliced and diced from more formal documentaries, with a good dose …
Pac Man makes you fit
I have been wanting to get my PE and Primary pals chomping on this idea for just over a week now (where has the time gone). Remember Pac Man, of course you do. Sufficiently iconic to be a Google doodle, …
Impossible is a resistent foe
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an …
Hands on with Sifteo
I have been waiting near on three years to get my hands on a set of Sifteo cubes. First I read about the concept behind, then I watched David Merill’s TEDtalk and then I waited. And waited a little longer …