Category Archives: Events
Why? We need to Get Real
Why do we educate our children in the way we do? Our current public debate seems stuck on raising standards, improving parental choice, and beating international league tables; rather than considering this deeper question. Yes, kids need to be … Continue reading
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Tagged arts and culture, ArtsEd, culture24, schools
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#TMCulture24
There is a simple joy in creating a TeachMeet – that of bringing people together in a space for sharing ideas and stories. This week, #TMCulture24 brought teachers and cultural professionals together to form new relationships and new ideas. … Continue reading
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Tagged #tmculture24, arts and culture, ArtsEd, museum of london, teachmeet
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Connecting Collections Conference 2015
The education sector is huge, with many audiences, providers, policy makers and perspectives, and I spent part of last week getting to know the Arts and Culture world better; and it was a joy. I was grateful to the nice people … Continue reading
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Tagged #ccconf2015, Arts Council England, ArtsEd, ArtsEducation, culture24, education, schools, ukedchat
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Connecting Collections
There are the notes and slides from the talk by Chris Unitt and Eylan Ezekiel at the Connecting Collections Conference on 29 June 2015. The slides will be available on Slideshare shortly. Chris has a post about this too! Background Arts Council … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts Council England, ArtsEd, ArtsEducation, education, schools
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Throwing the dummies out of the COT
Andrew Old makes a simplistic, but consistent, argument for how the members of the new College of Teaching should be constituted. Just teachers, he says. Simple. But, in seeking simplicity, he seems to miss equally simple ways to enhance the … Continue reading
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Tagged claimyourcollege, college of teaching, schools
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Atomic Teachmeet sponsors
Hello My name is Eylan Ezekiel, and I have been involved in teaching, publishing for schools, edtech and education innovation. Unsurprisingly, I am also an avid fan of teachmeets! Teachmeets tend to be on-off or annual events, often with the focus … Continue reading
Pitch Perfect at ed-invent
Everyone won at the ed-invent Brighton 2014 day on Saturday, as it was such a great day! I was very surprised when the judges announced that my pitch had won, as the breadth and quality of the others were so good. … Continue reading
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Tagged brighton, ed-invent, edinvent, eibrighton, nightzookeeper
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A Quantum of CPD – Atomic TeachMeet
The first Atomic TeachMeet took place this week, bringing Teachmeet back to it’s roots. When Brian Sharland and I started tweeting about this, our intention was to create a regular, social and small gathering of classroom practitioners,… Or a teach … Continue reading
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Tagged atomicteachmeet, cpd, teachmeet
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Atomic TeachMeet
Quantum physics states that even the smallest parts of the universe can exist in two states at once. Atomic TeachMeet is a very small, monthly TeachMeet where CPD and fun exist in the same place. With the kind support of … Continue reading
“Here be Dragons”… TeachFirst seek the best and bravest!
TeachFirst, the education charity, are offering £20,000 , and more, for innovative education projects, to make a difference to those kids who need most help. Be ready to pitch your idea, and prepare for some worthy competition! Over the past … Continue reading
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Tagged catalyst, creat_ED, education, innovation, schools, teachfirst, tfinnovation
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