New Job at BrainPOP UK
Thursday, April 16th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 3852 Comments »I have just agreed to leave the freelance life - and am now Head of BrainPOP UK. I made this choice for 2 reasons: 1 - I love the company ethos and the resources on the site 2 - I have been able ...
DS homebrew
Monday, December 29th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1475 Comments »http://www.collectingsmiles.com/colors/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/eigenmatds/?abmode=1 Pocket Physics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5YBsiKhmoo
Genius - 3 vids about school life
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 12387 Comments »Thanks to Ewan for the pointer. These are genius, funny, true, and just on the right side of 'wrong' - if you know what I mean! Parents Evenings Literacy Training ofsted
spend money - raise attainment?
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 Posted in Publishing, UK Schools, Uncategorized | 805 Comments »This is the first of a few posts about research that I have been reading. As you can read below - there is a correlation between spending and attainment. But, there are clearly some complex aspects to these findings! An increased ...
Pause and Contract - Some ideas to survive the economic downturn
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 704 Comments »There is a bit of pressure on the economy at the moment... have you noticed? There are lots of wider economic factors causing this - credit crunch and fuel prices, etc, - but there are two that seem specific to the ...
Games for Education- what the hell do we mean? A Scottish Rebellion!
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 3195 Comments »I have been thinking about problem with the idea of games for education - and the problem with terminology. OK - we know there is a huge problem with the word 'game'. Games are meant to be fun and are not ...
Homebrew Clarification…..
Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2259 Comments »Following my enthusiastic comments about homebrew - I thought I should explain in a little more detail my view of the legal position and the relationship to 'publishing'. There is no doubt that the technology that enables homebrew - specifically the ...
Post to the Handheldlearning Forum
Friday, August 15th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 2576 Comments »In advance of this October's conference, I am hoping to stir up the debate about the types of games talked about at the handheldlearning event. Thanks to their sponsors, Nintendo, the organisers have sent a DS Lite to those who ...
DS and midnight snack
Friday, August 1st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized, eLearning | 722 Comments »Up till now, our 3 year old had tinkered with our DS consoles , but not really 'got it' - the objectives of the games just beyond her. Fueled by chocolate and a midnight feast in a tent in the garden ...
An apology to Ewan - but am I about to make it worse???
Monday, July 21st, 2008 Posted in Publishing, UK Schools, Uncategorized | 610 Comments »In March, Ewan MacIntosh took the time to comment on my post What is the perceived value of content? As I have been pretty much full time at Oxfam Education for the past 6 months, I have only recently ...