At the beginning of every school year my colleagues and I attend our annual school conference. A theme for the year is established, a key note speaker booked and a full agenda planned with the intent of creating a buzz and anticipation about the new school year. This year’s conference had a ‘back to basics’ [...]
– What is your preferred blogging platform to use with students? [Edit] Results of the poll were interesting. Posterous came out on top with 37% of the vote confirming its status as blogging platform of the moment. It was followed by WordPress, Blogger and Tumblr. However, no one platform gained a majority of votes reflecting [...]
I am in the middle of reading ‘Design: A Very Short Introduction’ by John Haskett. Like many other design related books ‘Design…’ begins by exploring the evolution of design establishing the idea that design permeates every facet of life. Haskett then goes on to discuss the merits and values of form and functionality – something [...]
Links: TeachMeet – Wiki Lessig method My TeachMeet Moodle blog post TeachMeet Moodle – Wiki #TMMoodle – Twapper Keeper archive My TeachMeet Moodle blog post at Open Source Schools Daniel Needlestone’s refelctions on #TMMoodle Dai Barnes’ #TMMoodle blog post EdTechRoundUp This weeks #ETRU flash meeting Subscribe to the #ETRU podcast via iTunes or RSS MoodleCommons.org [...]
Today I gave a presentation to fellow Moodlers at the first ever TeachMeet Moodle which was organised by Dan Humpherson (@MoodleDan) and was hosted at Heythrop College in Kensington, London. The Meet kicked off at 11:00 with speed “dating” networking followed by a series of excellent and varied presentations. The Twitter hash tag for the [...]
