Dynamic Assessment on the move?
Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in UK Schools, eLearning | 3621 Comments »There is a Goldsmiths project looking at how to make handheld learning more supportive of the whole educational cycle - and effectively integrate the assessment. Worth watching this one - to see if it brings lessons to the wider market. I suppose ...
Never ahead of my time, just ahead of the rest!
Monday, August 4th, 2008 Posted in Consultant, Publishing, UK Schools, eLearning | 3600 Comments »I am often asked by people who have not worked with me before to give examples of my good judgement about the market. There is one example I have used so often that it is hardly confidential anymore. Last week, I ...
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 ...
Free Stuff Available Here!
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Publishing, UK Schools, eLearning | 592 Comments »Or at least, isn't that what we are all looking for? As Nick Kind rightly says, 'free' is a myth.
New Tag Line
Thursday, July 17th, 2008 Posted in Consultant, Publishing, eLearning | 693 Comments »I think I might have cracked the Maven problem (see last post). The new tag line I am thinking of unleashing is ... wait for it... Educational Publishing 2.0 It sums up so much more about what I bring to organisations - about ...
An ode to ode
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Publishing, UK Schools, Uncategorized, eLearning | 867 Comments »ode is dead. The proposition had been an 'iTunes' service for educational materials. Pearson Education have decided to fundamentally change the proposition that the ode team worked so hard to build. Although some of the technology will probably be turned to support ...
What is the perceived value of content?
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Publishing, UK Schools, eLearning | 766 Comments »Following a post from Mark Berthelemy, called Revolution, not Evolution, I found myself reading 33 statements from a Local Authority leader that were about radically changing the delivery and shape of the school curriculum. In many ways, this post is ...
Great example of kids creating content!
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Publishing, eLearning | 652 Comments »http://www.vimeo.com/756090 OK - so there are some rough edges to the production - but I think they taught me something about pathogens!