Last year I was invited to talk to a group of school students aged 16-18 years on the subject of keeping yourself safe in online social networks. An easy task, you might imagine, except that it has two main difficulties.]]>Last year I was invited to talk to a group of school students aged 16-18 years on the subject of keeping yourself safe in online social networks. An easy task, you might imagine, except that it has two main difficulties.]]>
I quite like this picture of a street near the Barbican, London, at night, mainly because it has that three o'clock in the morning feel to it. All that's missing is a newspaper billowing down the street and the sound of a lone saxophone.]]>
I took these photographs of a domestic fan – one in colour, the other in black and white – simply because I liked the look of the pattern.]]>
“Oooh!” “Ah!” “Oh my!”. Such were the collective gasps emanating from the Freedman household when I unpacked the Dell Latitude 2110 Netbook I’d been sent to review. Slim, striking and silent (but enough about me), the Latitude certainly makes the grade as far as aesthetics are concerned. But how does it actually perform?]]>
This is the gist of the question posed by the Royal Society, which, as promised in a previous article, has just launched a call for evidence.]]>
I overheard a great conversation yesterday. Two girls were chatting behind me in the queue in the Post Office. From their discussion about school options and examinations, I’d say they were around 14 and 15 years old. Here’s part of the conversation, it really made me smile.]]>
I’m a firm believer in helping youngsters (and colleagues) to become as self-sufficient as possible. As well as being healthy, in my opinion, it is also a requirement of some examination courses.]]>
What should you look for in an ICT lesson? What would make an ICT lesson wonderful, as opposed to boring?]]>Lane Fox launches review of Directgov • The Register
Martha Lane Fox is conducting a review which covers not only how central Government could deliver its online services better, but also which services SHOULD be delivered by central government, and which by other agencies. Sounds good to me.There are just four questions in the survey: * Question 1: Central Government’s objectives in digital delivery * Question 2: Who should do what? * Question 3: Sharing the platform * Question 4: Trends in digital deliveryI think it's important for ICT teachers and leaders to take the survey: there's a lot of good stuff being produced by people whose work deserves a wider audience.The link above takes you to the article in The Register about it, but if you want to go straight to the survey copy and paste this URL into your browser:http://directgovreview.readandcomment.com/
A ship in a bottle may not sound interesting to you if you’re not of a nautical bent. But one weighing 4 tons?]]>