By way of an introduction

I’ve reached the tricky overlapping stage where I have to work on two modules of my MEd at once. Plan A was to do one module at a time, but the two e-learning modules both run February-September and this is the final offering of H807 Innovations in eLearning, so it’s now or never. The [...]

#ReasonsWhyIHateSchool

As an educator, when I saw that #ReasonsWhyIHateSchool was trending on Twitter, I clicked through to see what was being said.

It was a depressing experience. I was faced with an overwhelming number of Tweets, most of them filled with frustration and unhappiness. I haven’t made any attempt at a formal analysis, but I have [...]

The first rule of the teaching profession is: you do not talk about the teaching profession

 

Jim Docherty, assistant secretary of the Scottish Secondary Teachers Association, told BBC Scotland that teachers should follow his advice: "First thing is don’t bother telling anybody else about your social life. Nobody is interested about your social life and it doesn’t help.

"Secondly, never make any comment about your work, about your employer, [...]

Easter Eggs

I have lots to do, but it’s the school holidays, so I’m feeling no guilt about doing something fun instead.

I’ve been hiding some Easter Eggs. No, not real ones, not even the chocolate variety. I’m talking about the type of Easter Eggs that you find lurking on websites, DVDs or in games. Or [...]

Opening Up

For a long time I’ve moderated comments on this blog. I’d prefer not to really.  I’ve never used comment moderation on my personal blog, which used to be anonymous (hence the difference) and I’ve never had any real problems.

Askimet is doing a fairly amazing job of filtering out the vast quantities of [...]

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