I’m sure I had some budget left?
Let’s face it … we have all had this thought in our heads at some point in the school year. We may have even said it out loud in front of the Bursar / Business Manager as we try to sneak an order in...
View ArticleThe Mac FanBoi / Open Source Evangelist goes to Reading.
Most people who take a butchers at my blog, peruse my EduGeek posts, try to decipher my deliberations or are simply mindful of my meandering thoughts, are aware of my use of Apple products and my...
View ArticleBETT – Mr Gove’s Speech
It was interesting to finally get to an opening keynote at BETT and it turns out to be Mr Gove, Secretary of State for Education. Having read a few newspaper articles over breakfast most of us knew the...
View ArticleGoogle Teacher Academy UK 2012
“I would like to thank my wife, my parents, my teachers, the cat from 2 doors down who walks across the roof at 2 am in the morning, the excitable children who need to be spoken to when trying to lift...
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The Dark Arts of Twitter
There is a strange means of communication which has arisen over time, drawing from the days of yore where the cackle and banter of the gossip competed with the holler of the Town Crier, when word of...
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And the winner is … iOS6
Today was another peak in the circus of an Apple Fanboi! The Apple World Wide Developer Conference always has some interesting things to see and today’s keynote was no different. There will always be...
View ArticleYou say Computing, I say ICT…
It was interesting to see some of the education twitterverse today. From elation and smugness with the reversal and changes to proposals around GCSEs, to frustration and annoyance about the opening of...
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Naace Impact Awards pt 2
It was quite a lovely shock to find that I won an award today. Last year Naace took the brave step of introducing an award aimed at technical staff in schools. At the time, when speaking with some...
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The Times They Are a-Changin’
Tomorrow (well, in the morning actually) will see my last day at work at Northants County Council. It has been an interesting few years, with a number of interesting project and a chance to work with...
View ArticlePersonal post with a smile
Sites and services like FB can allow people to take strength from each by sharing difficult times and happy times in their lives, so I thought I would add a happy one. Having recently moved jobs, moved...
View ArticleThe College of Teaching – Thoughts from an Educationalist
I’ve never been one for being shy when I have had an opinion. This is a good and a bad thing. Because of my professional contacts and friendships, the areas where I have spoken out and some of the...
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