Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Just a quick post this evening firstly to say thank you to Ewan for contacting me, to let me know that there is support out there in the blogosphere - even though one has to become an honourary Scot ( as a Welshman - I'm not so sure about that !!!) but I look forward to being helped by some of Ewan's blog-clan.

While searching around this evening I found 2 interesting resources : first is sir Ken Robinson's lecture to the TED conference give it a watch it is very inspirational ( about what creativity is and how we should nurture it in education
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4964296663335083307

The second is another lecture this time by Judy O'Connell from Australia she dicusses new technology and how our pupils use the technology as part of their life - they don't use the term 'digital age' it's just how they live, and stating that we in education need to pay attention to this fact - a good reasoned arguement worth listening to.
It is already 12.40am and with a full teaching day today !!! Time to call it a day.
http://heyjude.podomatic.com/?badge=1

2 comments:

My Writes said...

You may find this interesting, as it clarifies the thinking behind my comment about making haste slowly:

http://www.techlearning.com/blog/main/archives/2006/09/asking_the_righ_1.html

Anonymous said...

Hi

There's also support out here from other new bloggers (papajo.edublogs.org)- I know Ewan has been blogging for some time.

As a secondary IT and Maths teacher, it is great to see a Primary perspective.

Your tip on Judy O'Connell's site was intriguing. Haven't listened yet, but the podomatic site is interesting.

Good luck with your projects in Wales.

Joseph

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