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The full text of the framework agreement for those wishing to supply learning platforms to local authorites and RBCs is on the OJEU website, try here. Read more

Well not exactly… The Hollywood film crew were back to film a few more scenes for The Holiday, but alas the stars were not in attendance. We did, though, manage to get a little closer to the action, so close in fact that both of our coats ended up covered in fake snow.

Rumour has it that the scene in which Cameron Diaz gets out of the mini and answers her phone needed 23 takes.

An excellent day at the IoE for a Mirandanet meeting on visual communication. The project is sponsored by Inspiration, who make mind-mapping software, but the plan is far more ambitious than just exploring this sort of technology.
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Today I rounded off our Year 6 unit on Victorian Mathematics (which I meant to do last half term, when it was still their history topic, but you know how it is…), with a very quick tour of some bits of the history of computing and calculation. I have my father’s old 7 figure log tables, slide rule and first Sinclair calculator, which makes it that bit more personal. Read more

A good IT lesson this morning, using FreeMind open source mind mapping software. I’ve tended to be relatively cynical about mind-mapping in the past, as I tend to work in outline lists myself, but having been reading a number of things about visual communication recently I thought we’d give it a go. Read more

Someone asked me recently about what provision we make for our ‘gifted and talented’ students. I try not to worry too much about how the terms are defined, or how one goes about identifying such pupils, which sadly seems to be where the focus often lies: I’m far more comfortable thinking of my pupils as complex individuals, rather than being in one category or another, or even as being surrounded by clouds of tags! Read more

We had Tom Hoffman of Schooltool visiting us at school today, as part of the SchoolTool world tour – Monday, St Ives School, Haslemere, Tuesday, UNESCO, Paris, etc. Read more

A lot of the half term has been spent at the computer (surprise, surprise!), reading more of the blogosphere than I normally get chance to, but also trying out a few other bits of web 2.0 for the first time. Read more

As part of my ‘watching brief’ on primary matters for the IMA’s Schools and Further Education committee, I write a termly report attempting to summarize developments in primary maths education, focussed principally on provision in England. What follows is my report for the spring term.
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I must admit, I’m not quite sure about LAMS.

LAMS is an open source, web-based tool for sequencing learning activities – so does some of the things a VLE does, but the focus is on putting activities and resources into a sequence, and controlling the progress of learners through that. Read more

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