Posted on Sunday, 26 February 12, 20:41, by James Michie, under
Education.
Closing LWF12, Sir Ken Robinson did much more than draw together the various themes and ideas from the conference. Instead, he used his closing talk to discuss the “revolution” he believes is needed (and is already happening) in education. Echoing the conclusions of his 2006 TED Talk and purpose of his 2010 TED Talk, he referred [...]
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I am writing this as an addendum to two previous posts. Account Management Housekeeping: The Value of Less Like many others, I received the following email from the web clipping service Amplify yesterday. As I explained in my ‘Account Management’ post, I decided that I want to ‘own’ my data and also improve my productivity [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 23 February 12, 21:22, by James Michie, under
Education,
MA.
Next Thursday I will be hosting #ukedchat for the second time. I have selected a challenging and contentious question: “Are schools (as physical spaces) necessary to facilitate learning in the 21st century?” It is prompted by my feelings with regard to the current state of education in the UK. It is my contention that the [...]
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Posted on Friday, 17 February 12, 12:19, by James Michie, under
Blogging.
The second year of writing and maintaining this blog was both the most rewarding and at times the most difficult. Rewarding, in that I believe my writing improved, the blog saw more traffic and consequently more meaningful discussions were generated. It also provided a useful space for me to share my latest journey; working towards [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, 15 February 12, 19:28, by James Michie, under
Education.
This post expands on ideas I shared, in a series of tweets, with John Finlayson (@MrFinobi) about ‘learning objectives’. Learning objectives can be a powerful tool in a teacher’s toolkit. At the same time they can be a teacher’s Achilles heel, either tied in with a rigid lesson structure that has been forced upon them [...]
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