Archive for April 2011
Do we set up our children for failure?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: April 26, 2011
This is an extended version of the reply posted on Margaret Vass’s excellent blog, in response to a post she made on her work with Blogs and Wikis with her primary class children. What strikes me about this is that the enthusiasm for learning shines through in the children’s work ethic. Many of them update [...]
Oh well, Mr Gove…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: April 6, 2011
So Micheal Gove is reading David Brooks at the moment. Interesting that. Of course, Brooks asserts that our subconscious directly affects our success potential. Nothing new there really- Freud was arguing that point over one hundred years ago, although of course, recognising and developing potential is an important trait characteristic of a successful leader… And [...]
Scottish Autism
Posted by: mimanifesto on: April 6, 2011
We had a lovely chat with the ladies from Scottish Autism ( used to be the Scottish Autistic Society, I think) yesterday afternoon in the showroom They talked about their plans for the future and the services they provide to people on the Autistic spectrum and their families and friends, and the tough times ahead [...]
The difference between anonymity and invertebrate tendency…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: April 5, 2011
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Those of you who were about on Twitter a couple of weekends ago will remember that I was a little annoyed about an anonymous comment which somebody had left on my blog for publication… I would never publish an anonymous comment, unless I knew the person who sent it and they asked me to [...]
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