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23Dec

There has been an understandably frenzied response to the initial findings of the National Curriculum Review expert panel report that was released earlier this month, particularly from ICT teachers who are facing the prospect of their subject being marginalised, or others who think it will be removed altogether. But are the report findings all bad news for ICT teachers?Continue Reading

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27Nov

Critical thinking was once the purview of classicists & philosophers, but with those subjects still being squeezed out of schools that view them as elitist or irrelevant in the modern world, where does critical thinking fit?Continue Reading

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24Nov

In September I moved to the beautiful island of St Helena in the South Atlantic. I recently started work on revamping the ICT curriculum, and am currently looking at a blank piece of paper surrounded by piles of reading material. What would you do?Continue Reading

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28Oct

With the lack of colour ink & printer access here on St Helena, I’m having to get slightly more creative with the use of our laserjet printers & all the coloured paper I can lay my grubby little hands on. Continue Reading

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15Aug

I’m pretty sure the majority of people following this blog or my Twitter feed will know that I have a new job on the tiny island of St Helena in the south Atlantic. I’ve been employed as an Advisory Teacher of ICT, with responsibility for some curriculum development across the 11-18 secondary school and its feeder primaries, as well as doing my usual stuff in the classroom. Continue Reading

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02Aug

Ever felt like teaching was an uphill struggle? So does everyone else, but impossible it’s not – we just need to consider carefully our definitions of the word success. People who say it’s impossible to be an extraordinary teacher are part of that uphill struggle, making goals seem more difficult to achieve, but it is possible.Continue Reading

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