Archive for the ‘Finland’ Category
My wish-list….number 4
Posted by: mimanifesto on: June 25, 2011
This wish is one that, admittedly, I’ve had to be convinced about by discussions and reading over the course of the past year now, and it’s for better IT infrastructure for schools. And as my previous three wishes have (at least over an extended life) leant towards a cost-neutral situation, or have even offered some [...]
You’ve got the looks, we’ve got(or are supposed to have) the brains….lets save lots of money, or the wider purpose of education…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: February 7, 2011
Councils all over Scotland are rushing headlong into the newspaper headlines with their ever more outrageous and outlandish schemes to save money in education. And they are getting wilder and more extreme every day. Hot on the heels of South Lanarkshire threatening successful nursery establishments with closure, axing services to children with special needs, and [...]
We live in interesting times…TESS article – January 09
Posted by: mimanifesto on: January 24, 2009
- In: AiFL | change | Finland | Leadership | teaching and learning
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Here is the unedited version of the TESS article from Friday January 23rd ’09 ( http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6007643) We live in interesting times. The pace of change is faster than ever. We’ve moved from a 20th century geared towards mass-production to satisfy consumerism into a 21st century in which innovation and creativity will be the watch-words. And [...]
Presenting on GLOW/ACfE…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: November 17, 2008
Strangely enough, it’s not often I get asked to do presentations in schools in my own local authority, so I was really pleased to be invited to do an in-service day presentation for the staff at Hamilton Grammar school this morning. The presentation was on GLOW and how it can be used effectively to [...]
What does it actually do?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: September 13, 2008
I’m in the middle of assignment-writing for a management and leadership PgDip programme at the moment and, just as I advise my own students to do, I’m taking plenty of ‘reward’ breaks as I work. One of them became more of a ‘Busgirl’s teabreak’ as I switched on the telly and found an episode [...]
Study visit to Finland – a reflective summary
Posted by: mimanifesto on: July 30, 2008
- In: Finland | GLOW | ICT | Research | Teacher-researchers | teaching and learning | VLE
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Back in May I travelled to Finland on an LTS funded individual study visit. I’ve just written the interim report on my activities and observations, one of the conditions of funding. I thought I’d post it here as well for anyone who is interested in reading my thoughts on the trip and the possible impact on my [...]
Is it just me or….
Posted by: mimanifesto on: July 24, 2008
- In: Finland | GLOW | ICT | Research
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…are there others who read the ok and Hello mags when on holiday. I’m starting to get a bit of a complex because a quick scoot around the sites of the blogeratti reveals some quite highbrow holiday reading lists. Mine, on the other hand consists of the above-mentioned mags, some Marion Keyes, this years editions [...]
Reflections on a busy year
Posted by: mimanifesto on: June 28, 2008
- In: AiFL | Finland | games-based learning | Gaming | GLOW | GTCS | ICT | Research | Teacher-researchers | teaching and learning | Uncategorized | VLE
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It’s certainly been an eventful year for me. Looking forward to a beach in Turkey next week, I got a big dose of the reflection city blues and have been thinking all day about how best to sum up 2007-8 in a single post. I suppose I started this academic year back last August [...]
GLOW- Future directions? just keep the faith..
Posted by: mimanifesto on: June 14, 2008
- In: Finland | GLOW | GTCS | ICT | Leadership | Research | Teacher-researchers | teaching and learning | VLE
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This is a long post – you have been warned !! Having been using GLOW in some form or other for over a year now and for seven months in teaching and learning with my classes I felt that it was time to reflect a little on where we might be going with it, and [...]
GLOW and ACfE – qualitative evidence from situated learning
Posted by: mimanifesto on: June 6, 2008
- In: Finland | GLOW | ICT | teaching and learning
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I’ve spent much of the past few weeks examining the quantitative aspects of embedding ICT into secondary school subject curricula for a research study I’m running as a part of the GTCS teacher researcher programme. Specifically, I am trying to measure any rise in attainment from a particular group of pupils who are using GLOW [...]
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 them [...]
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 [...]
Finland
Posted by: mimanifesto on: April 16, 2008
- In: Finland | ICT
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I’ve been very busy this week arranging the schedule for my study visit to Finland next month. Whilst doing the literature review for a research paper on ICT, I came accross some interesting work by researchers at the University of Helsinki on the use of ICT within subjects http://www.helsinki.fi/science/networkedlearning/eng/index.html I made cotact with one of the [...]
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