Archive for August 2008
Quo Vadis ? GLOW at the crossroads..
Posted by: mimanifesto on: August 30, 2008
Over the course of this year so far, this blog has documented my own GLOW journey and experiences. Regular posting on here, and comment and discussion on other blogs has been invaluable in helping me to refine my thoughts about and approach to working with GLOW in my school and with others. I’ve been involved [...]
Scotland the brave….and the pragmatic!
Posted by: mimanifesto on: August 23, 2008
- In: Equality| Inclusion| Racism| homophobia
- 6 Comments
I first came to Scotland 14 years ago to study, and apart from a couple of years teaching abroad have stayed here. I don’t usually get into the game of comparing England with Scotland, but one thing that has always struck me is just how naturally welcoming and inclusive the Scots people are. Even traditional local rivalries [...]
Skills for a digital age
Posted by: mimanifesto on: August 20, 2008
John Connell has an interesting post on his blog at the moment. Its all about how a school in Australia is allowing students to use mobile phones and ipods during exams…
http://www.johnconnell.co.uk/blog/?p=940
They have to cite their sources to avoid plagiarism of course. It does pose a few questions fo us here in Scotland though. Should our [...]
GLOW/ICT and raising attainment – research published
Posted by: mimanifesto on: August 7, 2008
- In: AiFL| GLOW| GTCS| ICT| Research| Teacher-researchers| VLE| teaching and learning
- 3 Comments
The GTCS have now published the report from my research study into using ICT and GLOW to raise attainment. Anyone who is interested can download and read the report by going to this link…
http://www.gtcs.org.uk/News/The_future_of_teaching_in_Scottish_schools.aspx
My thanks to the GTCS for their support in funding and publishing this study.
I’m pretty pleased with his piece of work as [...]
Simplicity and “Ockham’s Razor” – Don’t multiply entities beyond necessity
Posted by: mimanifesto on: August 1, 2008
- In: AiFL| ICT| Research
- 2 Comments
I was lucky enough to have been able to participate in one of Ewan McIntosh’s ‘inspiration’ seminars at LTS earlier this week. The theme of this particular session was ‘simplicity’. We watched a ‘TED’ talk by David Pogue, a journalist on the New York Times who argued that much of the technology we use is [...]
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