Just back from BETT day 1 and whilst I’m not moving onto a strict diet of humble pie I think its fair to say that Mr Gove did pull a small (if not yet fully formed) rabbit out of the hat. Firstly, I don’t know if the PR people have been at him, or if… Read More Dress Sizes, Chocolate Hats and rabbits
Why does it seem like everyone is sitting around waiting for Michael Gove to pontificate on the value of new technologies in schools? Do people really think he is suddenly going to wake up one morning with the thought “You know what, I’ve got it all wrong! All I have to do is give shed loads of… Read More Waiting for Govo
Ewan McIntosh has pointed out Eric Schmidt is wrong in Scotland, but he is also wrong in England as careful readers of the ICT National Curriculum Programme of Study and (particularly) the Level Descriptors (the key bits of which I have extracted below): Level 3 – They use sequences of instructions to control devices and achieve specific outcomes.… Read More Why Eric Schmidt (and quite a few others) are only partly right
Distant Ramblings on the Horizon 