An interesting quote...
The more you hand over control, the more trust you earn. True of
media, business, government. He also said that trust is not a goal but an
enabler: if you have trust, you can do more.
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The more you hand over control, the more trust you earn. True of
media, business, government. He also said that trust is not a goal but an
enabler: if you have trust, you can do more.
As an educational professional, I am always looking for ways to bring new ideas into my teaching. The buzz nowadays seems to be about using ICT resources across the curriculum. Unfortunately, however, the above seven items share just a few of my frustrations.
Instead of "use ICT resources across the curriculum," what they actually mean (in many cases) is "use only the ICT resources that I understand." Why do the people in charge of ICT not seem to understand the things going on in ICT?
Last week, we had a young up-and-coming pop singer visit our school. At one point, her manager asked the kids if any of then used myspace. Hands went up across the hall, from kids as young as year 5 (ten years old).
Every one of the seven things listed above is something that would help me use existing (and free) technology to help make maths more interesting and personally relevant to the kids I teach. They use myspace. They download music onto iPods. Their mobile phones have more computing power than my first computer. Trust me, if they can figure out those things, they can use Word or PowerPoint.
What we need to do is give them a reason to want to.
...is really just more of Windsor.
I saw this sign yesterday in a private park in London. I really think we need a similar one at school!
I was browsing WH Smith today (a book and magazine shop) and saw one I hadn't seen before.
Eye Spy Magazine
The top line (the tiny print) says " Read By the Worldwide Intelligence Community"
The next line (just above the title) says "The Covert World of Espionage"
Well, it's nice to know that even super-covert spies have their own professional journal.
Whitehall officials indicated that deploying the bandsmen to Cyprus "remained a possibility" but added that the Army "had to be flexible during a period of high operational tempo".
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That's what my mother tells me.
And she's right. Until I changed planes in Zurich, I never knew you could buy "Ice Tea with Swiss Cannabis" from a drink machine at the airport.
This weekend I went to the Royal Windsor Horse Show, held on the private grounds of Windsor Castle. I know almost nothing about horses (usually large, four legs, long face) but thought it would be interesting.
I tramped through the mud, saw the Royal Signals White Helmets motorcycle display team, some kids on tiny ponies, people on large horses, and some nice food and drink stalls. Plus lots of Land Rovers (including some that used to belong to the Queen).
Oh yes, and the Queen was there. (But not in the Land Rovers.)
More photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mreames/sets/72157600211373418/
The Royal Windsor Horse Show: http://www.royal-windsor-horse-show.co.uk/
The White Helmets: http://www.army.mod.uk/royalsignals/whelmets/index.htm
I got a new phone in March and it's come in quite handy. I took this picture at Windsor Castle on a lovely day in March.
This was spotted in Harrod's in London just before Easter. They have conveniently included the percents of each major ingredient. I guess it's just full of 120% goodness!
A wonderful view from the DLR station on Monday as I returned from London City Airport.
You can see the Millennium Dome, now called 'The O2'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Dome
My hotel in Luxembourg offered this handy phone-dialing-and-charge list. I was interested to note that evidently Alaska and Hawaii are no longer part of the 50 United States (although you'd be charged the same for a phone call to those places as to any of the other 48).
(According to Babelfish, the phrase "plage réduite" means "reduced beach" though I'm not sure how that relates to phone calls to North America.)
A café in Windsor has this set of instructions on the milk dispenser. Over here, the word "lever" is pronounced to rhyme with "beaver".