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Did Orwell smoke opium in Burma?

Posted by | Published on November 17, 2018

George Orwell spent five years working as a police officer during the 1920s before unexpectedly resigning to become a writer. There is compelling circumstantial evidence […] 

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Gilmore's Law, Smartphones and Wikipanion  →

Posted in Digital life, Education, Uncategorized

The filters that school systems use to manage what students access will shortly become irrelevant to the young people being protected (from themselves?). How long before every student just accesses […] 

Digital Tribes and the Social Web  →

Posted in Digital life, Education, Professional development, Web 2.0

Steve Wheeler, whose blog I always read, has kindly shared his recent conference presentation via slideshare.  

National English Curriculum: Initial Advice  →

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The nation’s newspapers reported on the release of the National English Curriculum: Initial Advice paper with the following opening lines: ‘GRAMMAR will return to the classroom‘ ‘CHILDREN will be taught grammar […] 

Youth Twitter  →

Posted in Digital life, Education, Popular culture, Professional development, Web 2.0

Some staff are keen to use blogs and with the vodpod widget should be able to develop a good resource that students can access at home and school. I am […] 

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