Category Archives: projects
ACE Digital Survey
I am currently working with Arts Council England, to help them improve the way they support schools, and we need your help with a short survey. I am helping the excellent Arts Council England (ACE) staff in their work with the … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, arts and culture, Arts Council England, culture, digital, onefurther, schools, storythings, ukedchat
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Pitch Perfect at ed-invent
Everyone won at the ed-invent Brighton 2014 day on Saturday, as it was such a great day! I was very surprised when the judges announced that my pitch had won, as the breadth and quality of the others were so good. … Continue reading
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Tagged brighton, ed-invent, edinvent, eibrighton, nightzookeeper
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Loose threads in Oxford City schools
Based on my most recent work with schools in East Oxford, I have seen a huge opportunity to improve the coordination and collaboration between, and across schools in the city. There are too many loose ends, and those threads need … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, projects
Tagged atomicteachmeet, catalyst, education, innovation, onschool, oxford, schools, teachmeet
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The 5Min Plan for Planning
My recent tweet sharing my 1st draft of a #5min plan for curriculum planning, got more retweets and favourites than anything single thing I have done on Twitter in ages! I think I know why. My guess is that so many people … Continue reading
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Tagged #5min, #5MinPlan, Curriculum, education, innovation, LTP, MTP, planning, Story Telling
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A Treat for Teachers
I have a pitch for you. Ready? I would like to introduce you to… TeachTreat! An introduction service for the education world. TeachTreat will connect teachers together, as professionals, to learn better. TeachTreat will match schools with partners for … Continue reading
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From idea to a viable service in education
How do you grow an idea into a service that teachers will use and that can also be a commercial success? Here are the slides I used to share my advice, building on the successes I have had as well … Continue reading
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Tagged brainpopuk, catalyst, consultant, education, innovation, publishing, schools, service
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Learning Swiftly
I have just completed half a year teaching a group of 10 Year 6 kids. Lots of people described us as a booster class, but I am grateful for the chance to make it so much more. I think we … Continue reading
KRM fails the Oxford Challenge
As a parent, and part time teacher in Oxford schools, I have witnessed first hand the failed introduction of a promising, but flawed, model of learning to support the most disadvantaged kids in Oxford City. Specifically commenting on the KRM … Continue reading
Objection to divisive Faith School proposal
This is a public letter in response to the proposal to extend St Gregory the Great Catholic School to Primary provision . I object to this proposal as a local parent – as you can see. I also wanted to share … Continue reading
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Tagged catholic church, diocese of birmingham, education, faith schools, freeschools, onschool, oxford, Oxford County Council, schools
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HackSchool
I want to tell you about a new project I believe you will want to support: <hack>school. In the past few years I have created two exciting projects. I set up and led BrainPOP in the UK, and am currently … Continue reading
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Tagged edetech, education, hackschool, ICT, innovation, oxford, publishing, schools, teachmeet
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