The Story of Science
I watched the Story of Science on the bbc last night (I’m really enjoying their surge in science output at the moment.) Following a discussion with a colleague I’ve been given some new exciting things to think about. Atomic Spin Quantum Entanglement and Arthur C Clarke’s Three Laws phew.
Dan Meyer
I was recently sent this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlvKWEvKSi8 Dan Meyer, a maths teacher based in California with an interesting approach and attitude to his craft. His blog is worth reading too. http://blog.mrmeyer.com One of the ideas he was discussing that particularly resonated with me was the problem that people can have with irresolution. We’re more comfortable … Continue reading
Ridgeway Primary School
I went to Ridgeway Primary’s book launch last night. The school had created a comic book to celebrate their Year 5 activities. Working with Highly Sprung Theatre, the school created a series of experiences that helped the students to develop their communication and problem-solving skills in a accessible and memorable way. The Dr Stop Adventures. … Continue reading
Enquiry School Sharing 23 April
I led a sharing workshop for 31 schools who’ve been working with this year on our Enquiry School Programme. I’d developed an experience that would be interactive and visual. The coordinator from each school had been sent a brown bag labelled “please fill me”, they were encouraged to bring visual artefacts that they would be … Continue reading
One cannot befriend a man without obsessions, for he lacks deep emotion. – Zhang Dai
A fairly short post this week and one that is mainly visual. Ahead of tomorrow’s Enquiry School Sharing day that I’m leading with the coordinators, where I will be asking them to create an exhibition based around their projects this year, I thought I’d share a couple of items of my own. Firstly, my beloved … Continue reading
Twitter – some initial thoughts
Find Friends Find Colleagues Find Specialists Find Celebrities The challenge in using it is knowing how to find and how to filter. After signing up I had an initial wander around the site, found a couple of people, tracked back through people’s conversations, and then started to look for famous people like Stephen Fry. … Continue reading
The power and the pressure of the learning curve
Unit Twelve has gone live. Unit Twelve is my wife’s new venture, workshop/gallery space based on a farm in Tixall, Stafford. She has put together a year’s worth of exhibitions and workshops by various craft makers. It opens on the 15th May and will be a really exciting experience. She got me to design the … Continue reading
Letting Go
A conversation with one of our Creative Agents earlier this week chimed in with an experience of my own regarding “Experts”. We were discussing a project at a primary school where the experts, in this instance a film crew had relinquished control of the equipment and let the students explore and make their own film. … Continue reading
Adventures of a Polymath 