Monday, September 29, 2008

$98 Linux Laptop from China - The HiVision MiniNote

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When you see this I think it confirms where learning is going and where schools in the UK need to go. Those who run IT in schools need to co...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Key note Scottish Learning Festival

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Fiona Hyslop - Cabinet Secretary 7,000 attendees best year yet for SLF 1400 at Fiona's talk Economic success and getting all young peop...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Scottish Learning Festival 2008

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There are a few main gatherings I have in my diary every year. What was SETT and is now the Scottish Learning Festival is one of them . It ...
Monday, September 22, 2008

Journalism and Education

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Read this - then read it again and again.. At the SQA we are of course totally "crazy" and we thrive on getting "black marks...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Ben Walker - You're No One If You're Not On Twitter

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Lyric amused me Picked up from Jane Knight http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/ But scarier there are even more songs on YouTube about Twitte...

Blackholes and Beer Bottles

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Heard the news today and remembered a friend who was working on this 10 years or more ago and who is sadly no longer around - and then spott...
Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Next Generation of National Qualifications

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Teachers the future shape of qualifications is in your hands .. I posted earlier on this when the consultation started - it is critical that...
Saturday, September 06, 2008

ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide

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ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide Leeds, UK, 9-11 September 2008 I am missing ALT-C this week - but w...
Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Chrome New Google Browser

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Now sitting with five or six ( safari arrives every time i-tunes updates)  different browsers on my desk-top. To date I have liked Firefox b...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008

The World of Chemistry

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This cheered me up and more seriously something for learners of all ages http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/teens/index.htm

Digital Media Academy

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What if I said Scottish schools and Colleges could do something like this right now ? and learners would get credit towards a range of natio...
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Monday, September 01, 2008

Like-A -Bike

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Sometimes simple ideas really work. My two year old goes out into garden puts on his bicycle helmet and races around the garden freewheeling...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The revised organisational framework for skills in Scotland

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This is dry but factual and thanks to Susie Hill and our internal research team for this excellent summary. A detailed view of who looks af...
Monday, August 18, 2008

Diaroogle

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For those who tell me that Web2 offers nothing useful. There is clearly a lot of social enterprise going on behind this site. Description b...

Blog Power

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I got a nice message this morning from from Andrew Carey at the Triarchy Press , the publisher of "Systems Thinking in the Public Secto...
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Friday, August 15, 2008

Leadership in the Public Sector

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Interesting that following my last posting I have had quite a few suggestions on useful books on changes that are needed particularly in pu...
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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Leadership and Management in UK

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Some of the educational bloggers I follow have been blogging about management and leadership this week - must be that back to school week. s...
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