The reason I do the job I do, is because I believe that education can change lives. I believe that is a universally applicable truth. For some though, the importance and potential impact is more significant. I am privileged to work with a host of organisations helping them develop and deliver their learning provision. One […]
Tag Archives: School
The Gamification of Education
We often think that gamification is a new idea but we forget, we’ve been turning exams and tests into games for a long long time. Here’s a really good infographic on the subject from Knewton and Column Five Media
iPad vs Textbooks
With all the debate about technology in classroom, this infographic from Online Teaching degree offers an interesting perspective. Created by: OnlineTeachingDegree.com
What Games are Good For?
In spite of my criticisms of many educational games, I believe passionately in the potential of games to inspire learning. I don’t think that games are a panacea but they do have many characteristics that can make a profoundly positive impact on our lives. The real educational value for gaming lies in four key areas: […]
Public education in America
Interesting infographic from OnlineUniversities.com about the state of public education in the USA. Will the same happen in the UK? Via: Online Universities Blog
Play & Games articles
There’s a lot of really interesting work going on with play and games – here are some of the articles that have caught my eye in the last couple weeks. Play Bring Back Play and Disorganized Sports to Our Children. From The Innovative Educator. http://j.mp/n8tCG3 ChicagoQuest promotes game-playing at school – Chicago Sun-Times http://j.mp/qU8zEk Parents’ […]
Apple promotes iPad for school
There’s a new TV ad from Apple extolling the potential of the iPad in classrooms. http://youtu.be/_5i1Dyj5k1A A few months ago Edudemic posted this list of 50 Innovative Ways to Use an iPad in School. What do you think? Does the iPad represent revolutionary technology for all teachers and students or simply another tool in the […]
Art and Play
One of the projects I’m working on at the moment is a website that will help primary school children (5-11s) with their art work. The audience for the resource is quite complicated because teachers are likely to be the standard bearers for it – they’ll be the ones that direct children to it (at least […]
What is school for?
I was party to a fascinating discussion with colleagues from the RSA yesterday about the nature of education: asking the basic question – what’s the point of school? Catalysed by the change in UK government, there seems to be a battle between the idea of school being a place for ‘transferring a body of knowledge’ […]
Knowledge is power to do more…
A few months ago I wrote of the growing belief among young people that Google removes the need to know anything. However, it seems that the pursuit of knowledge seems to be on the rise in two very different quarters. Micheal Gove, the UK Education Secretary, in his recently announced review of the National Curriculum, […]