by Martin | Mar 16, 2016 | Education, Nerdiness
Many moons ago (2003) I did a PGCE in secondary science, most of which seemed to be teaching sex education every other week. There were many lows and a few highs, one of which was a particular lesson that I did based on my degree (biochemistry). More recently I...
by Martin | Mar 9, 2016 | Education
I’ll start with a bit of context. I did a secondary PGCE when I was somewhat younger. I have since run companies through which I have hired around 50 people over the years. I’ve also been a primary school governor for six years including two years as chair...
by Martin | Jun 9, 2015 | Education
Through my life many a person has asked me in an often exasperated tone “why don’t you just pick something and stick to it?!”. I’ve always found everything a little too interesting though and vaguely try to justify this position based on my...
by Martin | Feb 23, 2014 | Education
Tonight Ofsted hosted #sltchat on Twitter. This was a pretty huge thing in my view and I really hope it marks the beginning of a more human Ofsted. Time will tell I guess. A great deal of the conversation though tonight was on the subject of lesson observations and...
by Martin | Apr 27, 2013 | Education, Mobile, Nerdiness
Facebook are famous for their hacking culture and employees frequently participate in internal hackathons to try out new ideas and generally build something cool that will impress their peers. Reportedly as many as 70% of hackathon projects ship and notable Facebook...
by Martin | Mar 12, 2013 | Education
I recently ran a workshop on algorithms in the school where I am a governor (Bewdley Primary School) for a more able group of upper Key Stage 2 pupils (aged 9-11) from three of our four local primaries. This was in many ways the follow up to a workshop I ran last year...
