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This weekend, Jet, Elizabeth and I went to Oxenhope in Yorkshire to attend CampEd12 – a (nearly) free learning festival that was organised by the most amazing Bill Lord, Dughall McCormick and Helen Daykin. It took place on Helen’s mum’s farm, which was a wonderful backdrop for the event. The Activities (top five as chosen [ READ MORE ]
It all started yesterday, a moment when I wondered out loud what would happen if we didn’t erect a stand at BETT this year, and instead turned the 100m2 into a dance floor, where we could host ‘Strictly Come BETT’. This seemed to take Bev Evans fancy, and from there, we now have a full [ READ MORE ]
“When do the school holidays start?” is a commonly asked question by parents in schools. Parents and teachers are using search more and more to find the information they want but the problem is some of the websites data doesn’t include INSET days and the like. Fear not fair maidens as My School Holidays has [ READ MORE ]
As a happily married man, falling in love again is not generally thought to be a good thing. However last night I did. Not only that, but my wife was not happy. I had better explain… We are going away soon to the US so that I can be best man at my best mates [ READ MORE ]
Earlier this week, I came across a Guardian article about where schools were on strike – it included a Google map that had each Local Authority highlighted to show what percentage of schools are on strike. Now, I have made my own map in Google before, and carefully drawn around each territory to show where [ READ MORE ]
I was asked earlier to advise on blogging platforms… I answered as follows. If you agree / disagree please let me know!! I have a few and have used a lot of different platforms… Blogger I write a blog for booksellers in blogger, which is very basic, but reasonably easy to use (the platform, not [ READ MORE ]
I’m sorry to say that the latest Seth Godin offering, Poke the Box, is not up to his usual standards. A huge Godin fan, I was really looking forward to reading this – especially after reading Linchpin and being inspired. I have to start by saying I haven’t quite finished it (about 10 pages to [ READ MORE ]
On Wednesday I gave a presentation to the Independent Publishers Guild Annual Conference on social networking. I followed Jon Reed who gave a very comprehensive look at ways in which publishers can use Twitter / Facebook and LinkedIn. It was great to catch up with Kate Wilson from Nosy Crow as well, and talk about how well [ READ MORE ]
So, I’m trying something new! I think there are enough people on Twitter who use Class PET and Read & Respond Engage to try out a best-practice blog. I have set it up on Posterous, here, and would love for anyone to share how they are doing! (possibly the shortest post I have ever written!)[ READ MORE ]
Forget Apple to Zebra, here is Android to ZDNet! If I have picked a dud, let me know!  [ READ MORE ]
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