Posts Tagged ‘LTS’
Secrets and lies, openness and closure…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: July 6, 2011
“Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it” So said German philosopher Georg Simmel over one hundred years ago. And with the birth of Education Scotland perhaps, or even, hopefully, we can look forward to a new era of openness and transparency [...]
Bye bye, LTS….gone but not forgotten !
Posted by: mimanifesto on: July 1, 2011
- In: AiFL | capacity-building | change | future of education
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So, it’s July first, and LTS is no more. Subsumed in Education Scotlandtogether with HMIE. Gone, but not forgotten. Why not forgotten? Because LTS has become a byword for a cack-handed, lackadaisical, inefficient, money-wasting mess, with a reputation for inadequate project management for just about anything they’ve ever laid their sorry hands on. Teachers up [...]
SNP open to change on GLOW…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 5, 2011
Following on from my recent post on the Scottish government elections and social media use, there were some more interesting exchanges with former education minister Mike Russell. In response to criticism of GLOW and its management to date on Twitter. Mr Russell made several interesting comments.. In reply to this post from a Scots twitterer [...]
GLOW…Statistics, statistics, and more statistics…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: March 26, 2011
- In: capacity-building | change | future of education | GLOW | ICT | Leadership | LTS | teaching and learning
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Some interesting GLOW stuff came out in the wash yesterday. Andrew Brown, head honcho of GLOW (who’s been digitally rather quiet of late) when speaking at an education and technology conference in Belfast (#agendani on Twitter) fell back on statistics again, I assume, to demonstrate to our Northern Irish friends how wonderful and all-pervading, the [...]
A Curriculum for Mediocrity ?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: August 28, 2010
- In: AiFL | capacity-building | change | future of education | GLOW | ICT | Inspection | LTS | Quality assurance | Research | sustainability
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Fiddling whilst Rome burns…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: May 26, 2010
So a new government ushers in a period of fiscal austerity…ministers perks are to be slashed, quango’s are to close down, and other cost-cutting measures affecting education are doubtless soon to be anounced in the first Liberal-Conservative budget. BECTA has already had it’s cards and others such as the QCA may also be candidates for [...]
TESS letter
Posted by: mimanifesto on: April 17, 2010
- In: capacity-building | change | future of education | GLOW | ICT | LTS | teaching and learning
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TESS published a letter from me last week. It’s really a summary of the ‘Emperors new clothes’ blog post about the hype and blindly optimistic rhetoric which is currently surrounding GLOW, and the rather sniffy and chilly attitude which appears to descend upon anyone who dares to criticize any aspect of the GLOW project at the moment. [...]
The Emperor’s new clothes….
Posted by: mimanifesto on: April 5, 2010
- In: capacity-building | change | future of education | GLOW | ICT | Leadership | LTS | networking | PLN | Quality assurance | sustainability | Teacher-researchers | teaching and learning | VLE
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“Your Majesty,” the prime minister said, “we have a request for you. The people have found out about this extraordinary fabric and they are anxious to see you in your new suit.” The Emperor was doubtful showing himself naked to the people, but then he abandoned his fears. After all, no one would know about [...]
The AERS virtual research environment – valuable experience for GLOW?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: November 30, 2008
- In: capacity-building | GLOW | ICT | LTS | Research | sustainability | Teacher-researchers | teaching and learning | VLE
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I was looking through the latest AERS research commentary magazine last night (it’s not on line unfortunately). In this October edition, they have devoted almost the entire space to a discussion of the research around virtual environments (including a large amount of commentry on GLOW) in Scottish education. The front cover names this coverage ‘Glimmer’ implying that whilst [...]
National bodies part 4 – the final cut.
Posted by: mimanifesto on: November 9, 2008
- In: change | GLOW | ICT | Leadership | LTS | teaching and learning
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When I was thinking about these points and those covered in the series, I wrote that this was somewhat of a watershed time for me. I’m going to expand a little on this at the end of this post. First though, my final thoughts on LTS and LA central teams. A classroom teacher writing a [...]
A little bit of controversy…
Posted by: mimanifesto on: October 18, 2008
- In: change | GLOW | ICT | Leadership | LTS | teaching and learning
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I’ve spent the holiday week doing lots of stuff, mainly catch-up and a little reflection. One of the things I’ve had the opportunity to do is to watch a few videos. A few TED talks I’ve been meaning to see, as well as some conference keynotes and seminars from SLF, and also the HHL08 stuff [...]
Simplicity and “Ockham’s Razor” – Don’t multiply entities beyond necessity
Posted by: mimanifesto on: August 1, 2008
- In: AiFL | ICT | Research
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Should learning be fun ?
Posted by: mimanifesto on: June 25, 2008
- In: games-based learning | Gaming | GLOW | ICT | Research | teaching and learning
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Talking with my students over the past couple of weeks, the subject of what makes good lessons kept returning to the ‘f’ word… fun. We’ve been doing interviews discussing our experiences using GLOW and ICT this year and what the young people particularly like about their time in these classes is this element of fun [...]
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