Mar 30 2010
Actually this could be one of the first Teach Meets (TM) in the South West, not including Bristol. For a while now I have been speaking to a small number of like minded individuals about putting on a TM down in the west country as because we are so remote we find it difficult to [...]
Mar 30 2010
On Monday we had the pleasure of ‘Steve Wheeler’ aka @timbuckteeth run a Masters session on a new E-learning module that 8 teachers from Saltash.net Community School had begun. It is an excellent opportunity for our teachers to work with Steve, he brings in so much expertise and experience in this field and it is [...]
Mar 27 2010
A series of blog posts looking at the key themes within education. Comparing the similarities and the challenges that education faces in Nigeria and the UK. If I could have got on twitter whilst I was in my hotel in Nigeria at any point for the first few days then you would have seen lots [...]
Mar 27 2010
For any Chemistry teachers or students studying Chemistry, this new experimental software is absolutely fantastic. It may seem really simple but the Chemistry add in for Word could be one of the most effective tools around at the moment to help students learn chemistry and save teachers much time in preparing resources. Please forward this [...]
Mar 22 2010
Inspire Create Teach On Thursday 25th March 2010 between 16.30 – 19.00 at the iSpace at Marjon, Plymouth Vital will be hosting the first Teachmeet style event that I know of for a very long time, it is free for Primary and Secondary teachers. The brief format is as follows: Inspirational talks by Denzil Monk and [...]
Mar 20 2010
A series of blog posts looking at the key themes within education. Comparing the similarities and the challenges that education faces in Nigeria and the UK. So you think you’ve got it bad? I overheard someone in the corridor this week moaning because they had 29 students within a class. I don’t know about you [...]
Mar 20 2010
So over the last few posts you have got to learn much more about the project International Inspiration and what we got up to in Nigeria. I also shared in detail lots of information about our partner school which is the Government Secondary School Karu. In June two representatives from the school will come to [...]
Mar 19 2010
Here are the links for all the tools mentioned in the presentation at the L2 annual conference at the Ricoh arena on 19th March 2010: If you have any questions then leave a comment or contact me on any of my contact details on top right hand corner of this page. Oh and go on, [...]
Mar 16 2010
A series of blog posts looking at the key themes within education. Comparing the similarities and the challenges that education faces in Nigeria and the UK. How well does your school celebrate success? What sort of things do you do to ensure that you celebrate the achievements? Do you just celebrate academic achievement or does [...]
Mar 14 2010
G.S.S Karu is the greatest school in Nigeria This was one of the key messages that we were given whilst visiting our partner school. It was made clear from the welcome song that was performed by some of their students. The school has their own song and some of the lyrics are where students sing [...]
