Your Daily Bread?

What online and tech tools do you use daily in your personal and professional life? Have they changed in the last two years? What has failed to ‘work’ for you? I am having a little tidy – before the New Year – and was thinking about 2011. This is a brief ‘Christmas’ post (a list really) of sorts. I hope you have the time to add a comment.   Firstly, the following are dearly beloved but now departed: My iPod(s)... Read More

Generation Z and Dad's Toys

My new iPhone really is a joy but I will not wax lyrical too much other than to talk about Lucy (4) and Sarah’s (2) perception of Dad’s new toy – and their lack of bias towards one medium or another. On Saturday morning both girls woke up early and all 4 of us ended up in bed with my iPhone pretty speedily whipped out. I explained that you can watch YouTube and ring people and email and read books, well you name it, whatever we can... Read More

Zeitgeist

Tuning in to the zeitgeist is a full-time job and one that educators are uniquely situated to both understand and interpret. How many other professions have such an opportunity to analyse the march of generations and the cultural climate of the times while reflecting on the nature of knowledge and learning? How can an educator justify not engaging with the zeitgeist. Google Zeitgeist may be of interest (on a number of levels considering the impact... Read More