I get through books quickly in the summer, read an interesting article with Guy Claxton in the TES

,as a result picked up his new book.

What’s the Point of School?: Rediscovering the Heart of Education

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Recommendation from Alan… keeps me awake thinking…

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Video of our North Wales fieldwork produced using Animoto, this might only show in FireFox, if you don’t have this, please use the direct link.

Here comes everyone… Clay Shirky has some interesting points to make about collaboration and organisation.

Enjoying this book by Charles Leadbeater, much to think about in terms of education.

Nice introduction to the book.

Nice new additional to the web tool. Some Wordles for my blogs.

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Thanks to Joe Dale for highlight this guide by Tony Vincent.