Archive for the ‘ Schools ’ Category
There has been a lot of negative press about teachers lately. From the press, but also from government, Ofsted, unions and others. This post will not contribute to that negativity in any way, indeed I hope this is seen as an antidote. To start – think of the amazing things that you do every day [ READ MORE ]
This time last week, we had just got back to the hotel after a long day of setting up our BETT stand. We sat in the bar, and considered that this year’s BETT could go one of two ways… Would it be like last year? Relatively busy, but full of visitors who weren’t quite sure [ READ MORE ]
I go into primary schools quite often, about two per week on average, and the thing I have noticed this term – much more than last year is that a lot of schools are giving up their VLEs. I would say that in the 10-12 schools I have been in since September, about half of [ 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 ]
Forget Apple to Zebra, here is Android to ZDNet! If I have picked a dud, let me know!  [ READ MORE ]
You know, it happens, the fortunate typo. I was aiming to type ‘wiki’, and my fat fingers hit a ‘q’ and I ended up at Qwiki – what a lovely discovery. The homepage states that Qwiki “knows millions of things” – so I tested it with Barwell. The old village we used to live in [ READ MORE ]
Monday? But BETT finished on Saturday! Not for me…yesterday, and for the rest of this week will be catch up. What did we do, who did we see, who can we meet… And thinking about our next show, the Education Show in March. Please fill in this Wallwisher page to tell me what you thought [ READ MORE ]
I woke up with a spring in my step on Saturday. My feet barely hurt, the walk to the show seemed to take no time at all, and everything was just right. Is it a coincidence I had been at a TeachMeet the night before? Was I floating? Possibly! Saturday is a good day to [ READ MORE ]
I woke up on Friday morning thinking that I had only just closed my eyes. The long walk to the show seemed longer than usual and my feet posted a petition for divorce. Then I realised I was only half way through, and decided to buck my ideas up, and found some Music to Wake [ READ MORE ]
So Wednesday has come and gone, and Thursday is here. This time last year, we were hopeful that things would get better, this year, we were hopeful that things would be as good as yesterday! The good news is that the stand was busier from the outset all the way through the day. One of [ READ MORE ]
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