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Data, data and yes more data–how to use it effectively?

Kristian Still 4 Jun ’11 14 Aug ’13

from Why did the Chickenman cross the road? http://chickensaltash.edublogs.org/2011/06/03/data-data-and-yes-more-datahow-to-use-it-effectively/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+edublogs%2FLWmS+%28Why+did+the+Chickenman+cross+the+road%3F%29 For any middle leader and emerging senior leader Dan offers a sound list. What would you add to that list? Highlight students who are achieving and attaining well and recognise their …

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Tamagotchi Grows Up

Kristian Still 4 Apr ’11 4 Apr ’11

There are a fair few futurists out there in the technology world. Often, futurists focus on platforms, form factors or the technology itself with forecasts often post-dated, a good example is the Horizon Report. Perhaps I should used forecast tag …

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Lulled by Hans

Kristian Still 21 Mar ’11 21 Mar ’11

In this presentation Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine as the greatest invention of the Industrial Revolution. Do not be lulled by Hans Rosling mischief. One of the most persuasive presenters amongst the TED heavyweight, he is …

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Gapminder Updates – Great Post

Kristian Still 22 Apr ’10 22 Apr ’10

Hat tip to Dan Stucke for his great post on the updates to Gapminder.org …a fantastic tool for visualising a wealth of World data on lovely scatter graphs that animate changes through the years. (Dan Stucke) Like Dan, I too have …

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DFSI

Kristian Still 23 Dec ’09 14 Aug ’13

DFSI? Simply, Dashboards for School Improvement is a new service which provides tailored assessment intelligence capabilities to schools, through the construction and implementation of bespoke dashboard solutions. These interactive dashboards can be linked to live assessment data, providing up to …

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Kristian Still 12 Nov ’09 12 Nov ’09

Not all data is school leaves you deflated. Stats guru Hans Rosling is inspiring and he is one of many that drew my attention to that fact that Google, is making 17 of the World Bank’s World Development Indicators available to …

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Fischer Family Trust

Kristian Still 20 Oct ’09 14 Aug ’13

Sitting in on CLT, its clear I need to spend some time (not sure when) reading and processing our FFT data can be used in schools. I know it will feature in my assessment of the L4L project and whether …

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#7 5 Minute Meals for ICT

Kristian Still 2 Jan ’09 9 Apr ’11

Topic or Tool: Online Polling. This overview looks at when and how polls can be used. Polls are embedded in our College webpage but there are also web options. We use polls to monitor opinions from students and parents but …