I am pleased to announce that after a successful online launch of #edjournal, the PDF edition is now live and available to download. You can download it from the site or direct from here. An EPUB version is still in the works but the process is not as straight forward as I had assumed. However, I [...]
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Posted on Sunday, 23 January 11, 20:37, by James Michie, under
Education.

This past week, education secretary Michael Gove suggested that he wants a national curriculum that will create the next Mark Zuckerberg. Okay, that’s not quite what he said. If that had been what he’d said, I might not have bothered to write this post, as surely that would have implied a curriculum that was creative, [...]
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Posted on Friday, 21 January 11, 07:00, by James Michie, under
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Be concise – check out five.sentenc.es. Be organised – try inbox zero. Place things you need actioned at the beginning of emails NOT at the end. If you include questions, number them in order of importance. One day a week DO NOT check your email – give yourself a break and return to your inbox [...]
Posted on Tuesday, 18 January 11, 09:14, by James Michie, under
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Suggestions I made about changing the language used in school reports have been adopted.
1. Get out and about What I enjoy most about the weekend is the chance to get out and about in to a non-school environment. This could be as trivial as walking down the road to the local Costa Coffee for a flat white or to the local supermarket to get the groceries. Or it [...]
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