Monthly Archives: October 2009

Mutha (Don't Wanna Go To School Today)

Posted on 14/10/2009 by Mr W

Greg Whitby is surely one of the most forward thinking Directors of Education anywhere in the world. Fact. When he takes the time to speak to you, you’d better listen… which is exactly what a group of about 30 Scottish educators took the opportunity to do when he dropped into LTS in Glasgow today. Continue reading →

Posted in #gregmeet, Greg Whitby, LTScotland, pedagogy | 4 Comments

All The Small Things

Posted on 12/10/2009 by Mr W

What is the point of Twitter? Well, quite apart from the connectedness and sense of community with my fellow educators, sometimes it just makes me feel good. Especially when it only requires a couple of clicks to know you are … Continue reading →

Posted in connected learning, cool, milk, twitter | 1 Comment

All Of A Sudden (It's Too Late)

Posted on 11/10/2009 by Mr W

Immigrants? Natives? Tourists? Ingénues? Genius? Put the word digital in front of any of these and you are thrust into the problem of trying to label where we are with our kids and their relationship with the new media landscape. … Continue reading →

Posted in Technoglitteratiness, connected learning, education, mobile phones | 4 Comments

Learning How To Smile

Posted on 09/10/2009 by Mr W

Is there a way forward for filtering in schools? Here’s one idea… why don’t we let the teachers sort it out amongst themselves? Continue reading →

Posted in 2.0, discussion, education, filtering | 2 Comments

When You Were Young

Posted on 06/10/2009 by Mr W

Generally speaking, I avoid talking about politics — I respect everyone’s right to think and speak what they wish, as long as they don’t expect me to agree with them all the time. But sometimes, a politician will say something … Continue reading →

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