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Summer Holiday Reading

Posted by | Published on December 7, 2011

Because in my memory of childhood there is always the smell of bubbling tar, of Pinke Zinke, the briny smell of the sea. It is […] 

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Reading…

Posted by | Published on April 2, 2011

I can still see the poster on my own childhood primary school classroom wall: Kids who read succeeed The Conservative politician and current British Secretary […] 

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David Crystal – texts and tweets: myths and realities

Posted by | Published on July 1, 2010

Thanks to Ben Jones for alerting me to David Crystal’s recent talk. Like you, I have many of his books on my shelf and find […] 

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Life-long learning in "twenty-ten"

Posted by | Published on January 3, 2010

I’ve decided to pronounce the year “twenty-ten”. Not sure what the popular wisdom on this matter will be but I suspect most will continue with the […] 

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The New Media Literacies

Posted by | Published on November 26, 2008

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Once Upon a School

Posted by | Published on September 13, 2008

Dave Eggers delivering a TED talk on what a community can do to educate young people. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1558423&w=425&h=350&fv=bgColor%3DFFFFFF%26file%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fmovies%2FDAVEEGGERS-2008-2_high.flv%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26fullscreenURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fflash%2Ffullscreen.html%26forcePlay%3Dfalse%26logo%3D%26allowFullscreen%3Dtrue] more about “Once Upon a School“, posted […] 

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Sugata Mitra shows how kids teach themselves

Posted by | Published on August 28, 2008

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