Archive for May 2008
SMT heroes…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 31, 2008
I read this post on the ‘Scenes from the battleground’ Blog today..
http://oldandrew.edublogs.org/2008/05/31/heroes-of-smt/#comment-882
As I’m thinking a lot about leadership at the moment, it really made me think about what makes a good school manager, and I have to say, I’m leaning towards Old Andrews view of things somewhat. What do you think ?
How education really can make a difference….
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 30, 2008
A couple of years ago,the case of the 11-year-old girl getting pregnant after a drunken night out on the town hit the headlines. I thought at the time that that was a shocking indictment of the state of sex education in schools. Predictably, the media attached the blame not only to her mother, but also to her [...]
Leading schools out of innovation fatigue
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 23, 2008
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Listen to staffroom chat or read the pages and discussion boards of TES and you appear to get, at face value anyway, a sense of staff feeling overloaded with one so-called initiative after another coming down from on high. Be it GLOW, AiFL, or ACfE, the sense of despair can be at times very real. Now having [...]
Elaborative rehersal for high performance learning
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 17, 2008
I was going to write a post summarising my study visit to Finland last week (more to come on that in a few days time) but today, I attended a Psychology seminar at Stirling University. It gave me a rare chance to really focus on some of the actual material that I teach for a [...]
From Technology to Pedagogy
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 11, 2008
- In: Finland| GLOW| ICT| Leadership
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The Last day of my study visit to Finland was spent looking at how teachers are supported in their use of ICT in schools. First of all, I had a meeting with Lasse Lipponen from the University department of Education. He explained to me how teachers are trained in Finland, and the necessity for [...]
Smartboards, Seafood and Soul-Searching.
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 9, 2008
Another very interesting and productive day yesterday here in Finland. I visited another school, this time a lower secondary. I spoke with a number of teachers and students, observed a maths class and looked in detail about how this school uses ICT to enhance teaching and learning. A much more measured approach here – evolving [...]
Blended learning – and joined up attitudes.
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 8, 2008
- In: Finland| GLOW| ICT| Leadership| Literacy| Uncategorized
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I had a great day today, you know the sort of day I mean. One where all the thoughts and debates you’ve had about the way you’d like to work are vindicated by seeing someone else actually putting this into practice. I visited an upper secondary school in Sipoo, a town to the west of [...]
Helsinki haute cuisine !
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 6, 2008
I have the evening to acclimatize before starting my programme of visits tomorrow so I thought I’d take the chance to do a little bit of exploring. Its a very strange feeling, being here, alone, in a strange city, and it suddenly struck me as I looked at bus and train timetables whilst finding out how to [...]
On my way….to Finland
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 6, 2008
I’m on my way at last – and sitting writing this post in Schipol aiport, Amsterdam. Got a change of flight here, long enough to get bored but not long enough for a wee spin around the town. Lots of things flying around, screaming kids, and stressed-out adults. So very much like school then.
Got a three [...]
When a lesson goes wrong…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 4, 2008
- In: GLOW| ICT| Leadership| Literacy
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I did a lesson with my S3 Biology class on Thursday which didn’t go to plan. So as is usual for me, I sat down later (well, this morning actually) to try and put my thoughts about this in some kind of order. And when I started to do this the realisation that it actually [...]
Who’s afraid of the digital native ?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 1, 2008
- In: ICT| Inclusion| Literacy
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I came across this video earlier today and just had to laugh – it reminded me so much of my grandson. The way he’s going, he will soon be teaching me how to do stuff on my pc !
Great !
But seriously, these are the kids we teach at the moment and [...]
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