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MySpace
Posted by: mimanifesto on: November 20, 2009
Ok – question…. does anyone use ‘MySpace’ for anything nowadays ?
I’ve set up a page, but not really sure how useful it might be….
http://www.myspace.com/jayerichards
and come to think about it, what about Linkedin as well ?
http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/jaye-richards/17/a46/162
Clues, or answers on a postcard please
But still trying with other stuff..
http://picasaweb.google.com/merlinjohnonline/SLFJaye?authkey=Gv1sRgCPCoofrN4YuJLw&feat=content_notification#5407344863592061058
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iPhone gets intimate….
Posted by: mimanifesto on: July 31, 2009
I’ve blogged in the past about the uber-geekiness of that charmless and ubiquitous slab of black plastic known as the iPhone, and the headlong rush by many folk into ownership, together with the craze for downloading quirky but ultimately useless apps, but the latest one just about takes the biscuit…
Now, you can download an app [...]
Harry Potter and the half-blood prince
Posted by: mimanifesto on: July 14, 2009
I went to a special press screening of the new Harry Potter film yesterday. It’s not out on general release until tomorrow, so I guess i was quite lucky to get a sneak preview. The experience was enhanced by seeing parts of the film in 3-D, courtesy of the Glasgow IMAX cinema at Glasgow’s Science [...]
A week on the stump…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 17, 2009
………..Pushing GLOW and ICT across the curriculum.
I seem to have spent most of the last week involved in staff training and development. As GLOW gathers pace, colleagues are taking advantage of examination study leave to get to grips with their own development. Six colleagues are hoping to attend the various subject ‘Building Communities’ events run [...]
Student teacher seminar links
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 11, 2009
http://app.sliderocket.com/app/FullPlayer.aspx?id=06B9B711-E101-11B2-90CA-2E7568A8D94B
www.cooliris.com
www.flickr.com
www.animoto.com
Assessment shift for the 21st century
Posted by: mimanifesto on: April 22, 2009
This is a big topic of debate at the moment. On both the Education 2020 and ACfE wiki’sthere is some very reasoned and cogent argument about the construction of both new models and new concepts for assessment. I think the form that this takes is vital to the success, not only of ACfE, but also [...]
QA, IPR, and GLOW Learn
Posted by: mimanifesto on: March 28, 2009
Lots of discussion about the sharing of resources through Glow learn going on at the moment. I raised this during a twitter conversation a couple of weeks ago and I have real concerns about the possibility of a top-down LA-imposed QA process in many parts of the country on the work and resources a teacher might wish to [...]
It’s murder..
Posted by: mimanifesto on: November 26, 2008
They are filming an episode of Taggart in my street at the moment. Loads of bright lights turning the dusky Glasgow night into day, loads of noise and disruption, and only a day’s notice asking folk not to park their cars by their houses so that the precious actors and film crew are not inconvenienced [...]
A link that works !
Posted by: mimanifesto on: October 11, 2008
Thanks to Fearghal for pointing out that the link to my GTCS research paper on ICT/GLOW does not work !
I hope that says more about the site changes and less about my own technical ICT ability – anyway, here is the link, and this time, I’ve checked it out myself.
Will the lights stay on?
and the [...]
My SLF08 experience…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: October 4, 2008
With the benefit of a little distance, I thought it was about time I blogged a little about last week’s Scottish Learning Festival. A little hindsight is a great thing, and it’s certainly allowed me to crystallise my thoughts somewhat. For me, this years event was a bit of a watershed. For the previous two [...]
Reflections on a busy year
Posted by: mimanifesto on: June 28, 2008
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 knowing [...]
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 [...]
Blog or Learning Log ?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: April 10, 2008
What are blogs for and why do some of us keep them ? This is something I’ve often thought about. Particularly for those of us in education there appears to be a fashion for changing the name to ‘learning logs’. Apparently, this is to distinguish them from mere ordinary blogs and perhaps give them more [...]
So why, at last, my own blog?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: February 24, 2008
- In: GLOW| ICT| Uncategorized
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…After two years of blogging about in school with our sites at Cathkin, I have actually got around to setting up my own blog. At last. Its been a bit of a non starter as a day. Had an OU assignment to do, begrudgingly completed to the soundtrack of the Alice Cooper show on Planet [...]
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