To the moon (but not back, yet): a year in the clouds
For the past six new years I've taken an interest in how much I'm sitting on a plane each year, destroying the planet that my children will inherit. Travel is an increasingly inevitable part of...
View ArticleJerome Bruner on what’s behind the "surprise" of creativity
Eureka! moments rarely come from nowhere. Creativity and insight is hardly ever a lightning strike of insight, but more often a long hard slog. But it's been frustrating to hear people write off the...
View ArticleOut Now! How To Come Up With Great Ideas and Actually Make The Happen
Finally! How To Come Up With Great Ideas And Actually Make Them Happen is out, in iBooks, at least. You can buy a copy now in your local store, and get your own ideas to fruition quicker and better,...
View ArticleKeeping students at school 24/7 through the Seven Spaces of Learning
Imagine designing a school where the bell never rings, the day never ends, that keeps students in for as long as possible, in the same way as Google has designed its campuses to keep employees happy,...
View ArticleThe unknown unknowns – test out your ideas
Not knowing what you don't know is one of the most troublesome concepts of living in an information rich time poor world. And for educators, who have been used to knowing a lot about some stuff for...
View ArticlePractical Pedagogies Conference 2015
I always get excited when people invite me to speak at conferences but I was very excited when Russel Tarr (created Classtools.net and was famously attacked by Gove for using Mr Men to help teach...
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