Archive 2022 Starting at Government Digital Service Moving on from The Raspberry Pi Foundation2020 Taking conferences online during the pandemic2019 Join our schools addressing Gender Balance in Computing Trying out quizzes and badges in Code Clubs Defining Data Literacy Drawing on writing for primary programming Ofcom finds children shifting to online video 3 ways to tame Google apps notifications2018 Who comes to Code Club? How children make digital projects: Research from Coolest Projects 2018 Organising travel tips Discovering students’ underlying computational skills Digital skills: which matter for work? How to give feedback on documents Digital Making Educators: A look into the community Programming Pedagogies: PRIMM How to get feedback on documents Raspberry Pi Certified Educators: Embedding Picademy learning in schools Raspberry Pi computers in schools How Raspberry Pi Certified Educators do digital making with young people Professional Development: What the research says Will a computer take your job? Getting girls coding at CoderDojo Assessing Assessment for Digital Making Raspberry Pi Foundation Annual Review 20172017 Entropy Raspberry Pi Certified Educators Survey 2016 published #picademy Computing & Gender: Lost in translation? What is Digital Making? Collaboration in digital making Introducing research series from the Raspberry Pi Foundation 12 months at the Raspberry Pi Foundation Learning through making The legacy of logo Annual Review for the Raspberry Pi Foundation Coding or Programming: Just semantics?2016 Digital Making – What is it? 6 months at Raspberry Pi Interview on The Pi Podcast [Audio] Annual Review for the Raspberry Pi Foundation When your work ends, what begins? Introducing ‘The Digitally Agile Researcher’ Which programming language for learning? ‘Point & grunt’ or ‘eloquently instruct’ – Language & computers A blogging resolution Radio #EDUtalk interview on Raspberry Pi computers “I can do it, I’ve seen it” – On choosing your role models This is how I work (February 2016) What I’m doing at the Raspberry Pi Foundation Habit forming by leveraging the new Cardboard Robots and Raspberry Pis 2015: My year in blogging reviewed2015 Digital learning technology: Gaps in the discourse How do schools buy digital technology? Flipped Learning research published On leaving Nesta Co presenting TIDE podcast, round 2 Education Technology or Technology Education? Can computers make an impact in schools? Ignore the headlines – computers in classrooms are a good idea, and here’s why 10 weeks of Quinlearning Digital technology in schools: decoding learning and moving away from the ‘islands of excellence’ Digital Making & Le Canard Digérateur [Video] Tutoring, Mentoring, Coaching; a continuum Telling it forwards Anderton Tiger Radio slot on digital making & education policy Unlocking potential in the classroom: How digital technology can transform learning outcomes Quinlearning: A new weekly newsletter from me What place for research in primary schools? #ResearchEd Primary London 5 years in Primary school Design Tech Joining Oppi festival of learning in NYC this May Making it digital this week How are we supporting young digital makers? ‘The Visible Classroom’ EdTech for CPD evaluation published All measures are made up #28daysofwriting What do you stop doing? #28daysofwriting Failing elegantly #28daysofwriting Are we stuck with generic tech? #28daysofwriting Working in the open #28daysofwriting What *isn’t* the purpose of education? #28daysofwriting The mindset of ‘levelling up’ #28daysofwriting How to read a book #28daysofwriting The key to good writing? It could be cutting #28daysofwriting Sprinting #28daysofwriting Why your next purchase is a political choice #28daysofwriting Over-ambition #28daysofwriting When’s it ready to share? #28daysofwriting Plans & speaking at #bett15 What are you worth? Is the next big thing in Ed Tech a business model? 5 mins of your feedback wanted please… Reader survey 2015 Blogging reflections on 20142014 2015 prediction: Programming a new generation of digital makers FabLabs and Digital Social Innovation [Video] A new movement in education Education: What are the new stories? – Join my session at DiF Two types of ‘What Works’ Upgrade: How online learning can enhance education The Visible Classroom update What are the biggest Ed Tech challenges for schools? Self made milestones Clarifying technology in schools: 3 ways Ed Tech research updates Don’t settle – Expectations and The Thinking Teacher The Thinking Teacher: On inspiration The Thinking Teacher: Learning as becoming The Thinking Teacher: Worse is better The Thinking Teacher: Minimum viable lessons The Thinking Teacher: Regulation – lessons from finance Exploring impact & evidence for learning with technology [Video] The Thinking Teacher: Best practice or next practice ‘Teachers need not fear the new Computing curriculum’ The Thinking Teacher: Quantifying learning The Thinking Teacher: Technology as a mirror The Thinking Teacher: The futility of utility The Thinking Teacher: Lenses for teaching The Thinking Teacher: All you need is love The Thinking Teacher: Thinking makes it so The Thinking Teacher: What’s it all about? Building what matters Education Technology Action Group (#etag) Theory of Change in Education Future Spaces, future teachers and the importance of publishing Ed Invent – Building Ed Tech starting with the teachers #EIBrighton Brett Victor on honest teaching First Steps in Ed Tech Evidence The power of the ordinary, shared ‘Look up’, ‘Look down’, Look all around “What if we’re wrong?” The field of teaching [Video] Why don’t teachers have business cards..? Learning Computational Thinking Reflections on Oppi Pipelines for ed-tech ideas Nesta research projects, 3 months in Computing and coffee breaks #compcpd Cesar Hidalgo on the importance of tools Flight: teacher networks in the sharing economy Excited about efficiency Papert on Maths: Why ‘no good’ is no good Current Nesta projects The Thinking Teacher 2013: A year in blogging Most read 20132013 “Never, ever, write something that’s already in the picture” Connoisseurs of learning ‘Team Teaching’ as shared experience Next steps Learning and ‘being’ Sharing bringing purpose Maintaining Momentum Noticing Computing All in our head(phone)s Not new, but right Lessons from the K Foundation Insipid inspiration? The teachers’ dilemma: Professionals or technicians Your life’s work ‘Treat it like a job’: Looking back to achieve more ‘Celebrating’ birthdays & unintended consequences Coming July 9th: South West Digital Educators Conference #swdec Mobile & The Cloud: Questions for the future Regulation: Lessons from finance? Meeting a monkey Finnish schools: Not an island How to come out of nowhere: Avicii Groups in Finland Off to Finland… Primary Computing: As easy as making tea? Wanted: Outstanding Digital Educators from the South West Vision and Values [Video] Startup Weekend London Education 2013 The 100 most influential education blogs Mobile Thinking Models for thinking: Memory is the residue of thought Live blogging highlights for 2012 Learning highlights for 20122012 Change your life (in just 12 months)! StartupWeekend Education London The fallacy of ‘future proofing’ Learning as lies Questioning Coding Children share their learning at KidsMeet Knowing creativity TeachMeet Twist: London, 29th November ReconsiderEd: The discussion #lfe2012 An ocean of badges #mozfest ReconsiderEd @LfE 2012 – Cast your votes! Making myself redundant Praxis: Bringing theory and practice to learning Design (Re)Thinking PSHE Teaching Twitter: The ‘Lo-Tech’ way ReconsiderEd: Have your say at the London Festival of Education Engaging with documentation through design We are looking in the light, where are the keys? (Not) Starting from experience Better than nothing, or better than average? ‘Best practice’ or ‘next practice’? The ‘Aha!’ moment; hiding the real learning? Connected: Supporting student blogging and communities of learning [Video] #ptlc12 A Child’s Place in a Digital World: South West Digital Educators 2012 Definition, Attribution & ‘The Field’ Learning from games New Assessment: Moving towards evidence based teaching Habbo Hotel: Young people frankly discuss online safety Empowered mobile learning: iDHSB Malaysian schools ‘wired’ for 4G There is no ‘they’ New Kinds of Smart Are you online? Learning by making: Caine’s Arcade Designing for ‘faffing’ The Hive Upton: Crowd funding school development Webmaking with Mozilla #mozparty ‘Innovation in practice’: Join an ‘On Air’ Discussion #ukcpd4change ‘Code Skool’ with Plymouth University School of Computing Which first; required learning or desired learning? Intuitive Intelligence Perfection vs Context Join us via social media at PELeCON Mastering & the importance of finishing touches Play as investment Dial up internet as a model for learning Teaching discipline Creative Filtering Heroes Live blogging: From school hall to the House of Lords Great teaching; how does it scale? Models for thinking: What excites you? Beware child friendly language How do you teach a child who knows more than you? Being less helpful UTCs: Aiming for authenticity and choice Innovative learning: The story doesn’t start with you. Class blogs & cigarettes: Is free in return for ads OK? Heads together: collaborative brainstorming between students and children iPad fundraising- 100 heads are better than 30 Structuring creativity: Startup Weekend Edu [Video] Technology is like History; it makes us think Learning in the real world [Video] Watching children’s interests fly with Google Sites [Video] How to start: Learning objectives or the objective of learning?2011 Learning highlights for 2011 Why I became a teacher; the challenge Minimum Viable Lessons Questioning for confusion The business of experts ‘Write only’ media Pivotal Moments Learning from business for the business of learning #swel Content or spaces- The real eSafety problem? Across the chasm From Primary to H.E. Why online? Undergraduate tweeting Why online? Undergraduate blogging. TeachMeet Plymouth: Buzzing about behaviour PLODs: Teaching Possible Lines Of Development ‘Tweeting Teachers’: Self organised CPD Criticism: The value of blogging? Spreadsheets and pseudo problems Cummins’ Quadrants: Relevance and challenge ‘Educating’ Essex? Models for thinking Starting with why User experience & the ‘iPhone of learning’ In at the deep end I dropped out of school, and I’d do it again. TEDx London: Relationships, Relevance, Polarisation #tedxlondon Trainees tweeting Throwing open the tool box What’s your ratio? On winning ‘Learning Technologist of the Year’ Depth Problem finders Physics and Farming What does learning feel like? Packing up my classroom The implications of ‘interesting’ Filling the box The $5 question Which first- social media or social constructivism? How can we enable meaningful independent learning? Taking things apart E Learning and Independence at #tmm11 TeachMeet Midlands- Stories from Foundation to Higher #tmm11 E-learning for independence Technology in problem solving: tools or models? ‘Act’- A mantra for C21 communities? #tmdebate How I use an iPhone (May 2011) Why Stories? – My story so far TeachMeet, meet Facebook “Context is all”- The Reading SAT Keynote at the University of Plymouth #onandup TeachMeet WM Languages: Lessons learnt Collaborative assessment with Google Docs Children self organising online communities ‘Jackson Pollock’ models for leadership “Poke the box”: Questioning Questioning TeachMeet Brum #tmbrum Top down ideas, to ground up development – Regional Meeting West Midlands 1 Figure out what you want. Figure out how to get it. Get it. #purposed Collaborative tools breed collaborative thinking TeachMeet: Midlands: Inspiring practice and live blogging #tmm11 School Radio: Is it dated? Ideas Gardens Articulating Learning 2: Extending the learning Articulating learning Making Habits & Forcing Change #tmeast Google Teacher Academy UK: Final Reflection (#gtauk) ‘The Tipping Point’ assembly Thoughts on Leadership, Management and Change Model Thinking? Getting Networked Objective Explanation Reflections on Learning Without Frontiers 2011 #lwf11 #YearInReview 20102010 Vital ‘TeachShare’ Presentation on Google Docs Engaging interest, not just attention Measuring up Tuning in to children Poetry with Parents iPhone & Dropbox as a portable visualiser Collapsing into the holidays Number fans Children on Learning Spaces Outside the box Generating ideas in ‘Learning Agreement Time’ ‘Just’ watching Transforming Learning for NQTs presentation Collaborative INSET with Google Docs Just enough. Forcing change IWB slides: A crutch or a necessity? #pgcetips: Don’t put off innovation #pgcetips: Teaching Style The little things Collaborating across continents with Google Docs I never thought of myself as a writer Reviewing my NQT year Cool technology things I learned at Google Teacher Academy (#gtauk) Google Teacher Academy (#gtauk): Reflections My #gtauk presentation: Collaborating on teaching writing GTA approaches Continuing thoughts on classroom space How could I develop my space? Problems with timetabled learning My Google Teacher Academy Application Getting out of my classroom Let’s let students manage real world distractions iPad in Education Event PGCE to NQT: Some reflections Personalising writing lessons with the new Google Docs TeachMeet Birmingham: Primary Edition Documenting negotiated projects Digital thinking in maths Can we ‘unplan’ the KS2 curriculum? School Radio: Phase two I worry about the iPad Negotiated projects and Random Activity Generator ICT skills should be portable Sentence level starters Embedding 21st Century technologies presentation TeachMeet: ‘Real’ relationships still matter MA project ideas Home Access: Sustainability should be core. BETT & TeachMeet: Ideas not kit Scaffolding negotiated projects (part II) Scaffolding negotiated projects e-Reading: Seeing books differently2009 Edublog awards nomination Blogging in the Primary Classroom The drive to be social with technology Birmingham eSafety strategy launch Using twitter on a school trip Sentence writing with pictures 1:1- Using twitter to get a young class to the right resources School Radio: Initial efforts 1:1: Starting Google Docs No email sign ups for a whole class 1:1 Primary: The first few weeks Where’s Klaus? School Radio: Introduction & Equipment 1:1 Primary: Starting thoughts Some tools and tricks I swear by Moving forward Subversive tech: An IWB for £30?! What is collaboration? A visualiser on the cheap Is engagement enough? Time for reflection Starting my blog