So 2013 has been a huge year for lots of reasons (mostly to do with the family) From a professional point of view lots has happened and lots will hopefully develop into 2014. On reflection. My highlight of the year was becoming an Apple Distinguished Educator. Though this title seems […]
Teachmeets
As an innovator of educational practice I am passionate about ensuring that students have the best possible educational experience. With the world that the students we now teach being a digital world it makes perfect sense that we get students used to the things that they will be using in […]
Leading from the middle on educational technology
I have been massively impacted by the teachmeets that I have attended over the last few years. Events such as TM Clevedon (@ICTevangelist), TM Brum (@danielharvey9) and Tm Brock (@lizdudley) to name just a few, have really made me diversify my views of education outside of my subject area. The […]
Breakfast teachmeet to inspire teachers (Update)
1 Today saw the first ever City Academy Teachmeet for all staff. I decided to hijack a staff meeting to really put across all of the great things that are going on at school. For the last two years I have been looking at digital innovation in teaching and learning […]
Internal Teachmeet at the City Academy Bristol
Last night I attended the brilliant teachmeet at John Henry Newman Catholic College. It was a bit of a journey from South Wales but I was really keen to hear about the work people were doing on Co construction and student leadership. I was not disappointed. A great range of […]
Reflections on #tmbrum
Well, where to start.I attended the last teach meet in Clevedon due to a conversation I had with @ictevengelist on twitter. I was fairly new to twitter and knew nothing at all about teach meet, so I turn up, completely unprepared for the effect it would have. A great night […]
Teach meet Clevedon
With the next teachmeet at Clevedon fast approaching I have decided to get it going in our curriculum team meetings.Inspired by the conversations I regularly have with #tmclevedon host @ictevangelist the plan is to give all of the team a chance to share an element of their role with everyone […]