Archive for May, 2011

May 31 2011

What is bMoble?

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Yes you may be forgiven for mistaking bMoble for a brand of petrol or a new mobile phone company but it is none of them, but what is it? Well bMoble is all about mobile learning created and successfully run by Education Bradford and someone you may know as @lordlangley. You can check out their [...]

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May 27 2011

What is the future of CPD?

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Staff at saltash.net community school were given an outstanding opportunity for professional development recently when 50 teachers attended a conference at the Bedruthan Steps Hotel. Entitled ‘Engage and Inspire’ This was entirely organised by the school, we attracted all of the speakers and paid for them and we ran it over a weekend to minimize [...]

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May 26 2011

Probably the worst thing I have ever done…

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Maybe I have lost my mind, regular readers to this blog may have some comment to make about this whether I have ever been sane? I have a confession to make and it isn’t easy to say but I really think I should. I have done something that is a little silly, stupid even, it [...]

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May 26 2011

Engage and inspire–The fantastic 5–Merlin John

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This is the fifth and final post about five amazing speakers who have made an incredible impact on our school since our professional development event called Engage and inspire – the possibilities are endless in March this year. You can read more about the conference in this general post: http://bit.ly/kRCP8W I have known Merlin personally [...]

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May 25 2011

Engage and inspire–The fantastic 5–Stuart Ball

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This is the fourth of five posts about five amazing speakers who have made an incredible impact on our school since our professional development event called Engage and inspire – the possibilities are endless in March this year. You can read more about the conference in this general post: http://bit.ly/kRCP8W Well what can I tell [...]

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May 24 2011

Engage and inspire–The fantastic 5–Steve Wheeler

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This is the third of five posts about five amazing speakers who have made an incredible impact on our school since our professional development event called Engage and inspire – the possibilities are endless in March this year. You can read more about the conference in this general post: http://bit.ly/kRCP8W I have met Steve several [...]

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May 23 2011

Engage and inspire–The fantastic 5–Ben McBean

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This is the second of five posts about five amazing speakers who have made an incredible impact on our school since our professional development event called Engage and inspire – the possibilities are endless in March this year. You can read more about the conference in this general post: http://bit.ly/kRCP8W     I have had the [...]

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May 22 2011

Engage and inspire–The fantastic 5–Sugata Mitra

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This is the first of five posts about five amazing speakers who have made an incredible impact on our school since our professional development event called Engage and inspire – the possibilities are endless in March this year. You can read more about the conference in this general post: http://bit.ly/kRCP8W I have had the pleasure [...]

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May 21 2011

Freedom of speech–can you say what you want on twitter?

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Interesting to wake up to the news this morning about twitter, footballers and so called models! The rumours have been circulating for a month or two now related to these so called ‘gagging orders’. So some newspapers and channels are reporting a certain premiership footballer will be suing twitter after his ‘confidential’ extra curricular activities [...]

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May 21 2011

The search for young inventors

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Have you heard about ‘The Dream Lab’? This is a nationwide competition across all schools looking to find Britain’s next big inventor. It is open for kids aged between 8-18 as an individual or as a group to design a sleep related gadget or product that can help people sleep. The winning entry will win [...]

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