Just read Paul Haigh’s blog on opting-out of Building Schools for the Future ICT , in which he speaks of the injustice for leading & innovating schools – “The DCSF will say there is a fair procedure in place for schools who feel the way we do- they have 42 days to produce an Alternative [...]
Opting for innovation
July 14th, 2009 1 Comment
Content is muck
November 24th, 2008 3 Comments
I have been reading the report ‘On-line Innovation in Higher Education‘ submitted by Sir Ron Cooke to John Denham recently and I’m not impressed. It seems to be but a variation on the ‘content is king’ theme and, by its own standards, seems to miss many points. The title of this blog ‘Content is muck’ [...]
Tags: cetis-2008-challenge · digital creativity · ideas · learning · online community
Channel 4 Education Debate – Staying On?
February 5th, 2008 2 Comments
“Will ‘staying on’ to 18 raise education standards and improve the employability and promote social mobility as the Government believe?” This was one of the questions put to a panel and a small audience at the debate tonight at Channel 4. Some interesting debate, some intense and challenging moments, but best for me was the [...]
RSA Networks workshop
November 22nd, 2007 No Comments
The objective of this workshop was to begin a new kind of RSA fellowship engagement ‘RSA networks’, and to discover what they might do and how they might work. A stimulating ‘Open technology’ format was used to generate, discuss and refine over 70 ideas from the 260 fellows and staff present. I proposed ‘What’s [...]
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RSA talkaoke
November 16th, 2007 No Comments
A fascinating evening sitting in the Star Trek-like environment of Talkaoke at the RSA. Discussing the development of an online environment for the RSA Fellows. A wide-ranging discussion which homed in on the confrontation between the trust and shared intent of a closed society and the creativity and diversity of open thinking. A chance to [...]
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Ideas that can change the world
November 13th, 2007 No Comments
Went with Patrick to this excellent meeting of young and old minds. We spoke to Cameron (8) who told us his ideas for a “mp3 and mp4″ player so that he wouldn’t get bored when avoiding his younger brother! It reminded me that changing the world starts small, and visions of what’s important are close [...]
Tags: action · ideas · youth voice