I was delighted when one of most important people to me in my PLN, Martin Burrett @ICTMagic invited me to be interviewed for UKEdChat and to meet folk on the RM stand. I'll always remember one of the first meetings I had with Martin on the very same stand at Bett in 2013.…
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Thanks to the #ukedchat team for asking me to be involved again in another session. A bit quieter than usual with it being the Easter break but a great conversation and sharing of ideas took place as per usual. Please see a summary below in a Storify from the chat.…
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The TeachMeet at BETT was another brilliant affair this year and for the first time ever it was held in the massive arena in the centre of the Excel centre. It was just like the boxing that took place there in the Olympics some education technology giants stood up and…
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“TeachMeet at Clevedon works because people believe in it” That was the recent reflection on TeachMeet Clevedon by Jen Ludd on her blog here which in many ways has prompted me to write this post. Not a rebuttal, but a celebration of TeachMeets, TeachMeet culture, where it has come from,…
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Well it's certainly been an interesting year. I'm going to reflect upon that further after I've had chance to put my feet up for a day or two (code for get the house ready for the arrival of family members for Christmas day). For now though, here's a round up…
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I was alerted to this great tool the other week by the great Doug Belshaw when he made this presentation here: http://dougbelshaw.com/presentations/2012/eskills/index.html#/ - this web based presentation has a number of key benefits to it. For starters, it's really really simple to use, particularly if you use the web based creation tool found…
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I am deeply honoured to have been asked to host #ukedchat again this coming Thursday. It's a real opportunity to connect with hundreds of teachers and discuss topics related to teaching & learning and a great experience to boot. If you'd like to help shape the discussion for next…
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Tonight I'm hosting my first #ukedchat session on Twitter. I'm really looking forward to it. There have been changes in the 'lead' over the course of the past week, with Flipped Learning taking an early lead and then 'Secret Spaces' fighting back. The poll had 234 votes and 768 views.…
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Among most of my friends it is common knowledge that from the ages of about 19 to 35 I DJ’d at umpteen bars and clubs across Europe and got to play at some enviable clubs and locations. From Ministry of Sound in London on their radio station and in their…
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Short screencast made using a screenshot from GarageBand, a ScreenChomp screencast a song I made in GarageBand and iMovie. Tidy :) Here's the original version of the screencast sans music before I put it through the rinse to add the music in iMovie for quality comparison. http://www.screenchomp.com/t/aaWDhpbKkQ
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