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Connected, and conflicted
Last night, I went to a free screening of Connected, An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology. Thanks Hamish Curry for organising the event. The film’s creator is Tiffany Shlaine, and she is someone well versed in the workings of … Continue reading
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A Shoe Story
I’m fussy about the shoes I wear. I don’t like shoes that make me feel masculine; I like a feminine cut and something that’s stylish. That doesn’t mean I’m teetering around on stiletto heels or anything like that. Far from … Continue reading
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Prescribed viewing – Daniel Kraft on Medicine’s future
Watch this, and tell me that doctors will resist these changes to their profession. They won’t. They’ll embrace them, because health matters to all of us, and we will demand uptake. We lay people will be involved in it too, … Continue reading
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Where does learning come from today?
Well, according to my son, it’s from the Internet. Here’s what he told me tonight about his day. “She gave us a tub of books, random choices off the shelves of books they thought we would like. My library teacher … Continue reading
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CPL workshop – all systems go!
A couple of years ago, I would speak at staff meetings and I could see eyes raising and people looking at one another with that, ‘here she goes again’, body language happening. Experiences like that have made me wary of … Continue reading
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Lord David Puttnam delivers a message everyone needs to hear
I’m delivering a whole day workshop at my school tomorrow, and I’m starting the day with the words of Lord David Puttnam, delivered at Learning without Frontiers in late January. David is a former independent film producer with many award … Continue reading
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Creature of habit
I am, by my nature, a creature of habit. You may notice a long overdue change to this blog. The header, that’s been in place for the last almost three years, has changed. It was no longer relevant given the … Continue reading
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An observation
I’m on school holidays at the moment, and loving every minute of it I don’t mind saying. It’s a time to catch up on things, like appointments for your kids that you can’t schedule in school term time because you’re … Continue reading
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