A friend of mine in the UK just email me an interesting article on iPads in schools – http://www.metro.co.uk/news/869340-kent-school-gives-an-ipad-to-each-of-its-1-400-pupils This isn’t the first school I have heard of that has moved to using iPads. I have heard of schools who are replacing their textbooks with iPads for a similar cost. It makes sense when you [...]
One of the frustrations I had in China was the so called “Great Firewall of China” which blocked access to many sites often without apparent reason. The Blocked sites include social media like facebook, communication tools like twitter and strangely enough Google Spreadsheets , sites but not documents. However, tools like Astrill which allow you [...]
Over the weekend I had a Board Retreat for my children’s school. I am a member of the board of trustee’s. The day was divided into two parts the first a broad examination of the role of trustee ship and the afternoon a presentation by an HR specialist. The afternoon provoked a couple of thoughts [...]
The Expectations of stakeholders Recently, I have been working on a program for the senior school and it is interesting to reflect on this. The first point of reflection is the “why” question. Why do we want to incorperate technology into the program, and this isn’t just a technology program it is actually about any [...]
I receive from the University of Auckland a regular update on the short course they run (they are very good). The latest one was talking about leadership. They stated five practices of Exemplary Leadership. They are: Leaders model the way. Leaders inspire a shared vision. Leaders challenge the process. Leaders enable others to act. Leaders [...]
This is a very cool and fun video. The concept behind this is video is that the presenter has 5 minutes, 20 slides and 15 seconds per slide and you have to present your topic. Well there is great potential for getting it wrong, but Chris Lehmann didn’t – he got it right! He speaks [...]
I found this interesting blog article while I was cruising around in the blogosphere. http://eduspaces.net/csessums/weblog/255963.html Connecting teachers to policy makers in 10 steps I like this its a good article and make sense. It also relates very well to another paper I like on Managing complex change by Thousand and Vila. This is a brilliant [...]
