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Tag Archives: engagement
Dare To Be Different
Coming to the end of a run of conferences, it’s been interesting to check out current trends. How quickly it comes to pass, that the attempt to find a new way…..when presenting, eschewing the podium in favour of wandering around … Continue reading
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Beautiful Belgrade
I’m very proud to have been invited by the British Council in Serbia to speak at the ‘New Technologies in Education 2016’ conference in Belgrade this weekend. It’s my first visit to the country, but I have heard nothing but … Continue reading
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WHAT A PERFORMANCE!
This piece was originally commissioned by and published in “Teach Secondary” magazine: “It’s a curious dichotomy we live with when it comes to the notion of performance, I think. On the one hand it feels like every other young person you … Continue reading
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Lovely Lithuania
Lucky me! I’m in Lithuania again for the beginning of November. Vilnius is such a beautiful and historic city, filled with lovely people and great food. On this occasion, I’m giving a couple of presentations and running several training … Continue reading
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Dreaming The Digital Age
So lucky me! I’m still in the beautiful city of Riga, and am speaking at the International Education Forum, “Schools in the Digital Age” as part of ‘radi!2015’. Once again, I give here a list of links to the researches … Continue reading
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Growing the Future
Based on Nikky Smedley’s seminar given at Bett 2015, Excel London this January – a version of this piece originally appeared in ‘Teach Secondary’ magazine. Links used in the presentation are listed at the end. “As a company to be … Continue reading
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Case study: Woodlands Infant School
Woodlands Infant School is a two form entry school with it’s own Nursery with two part-time classes teaching through to the end of Year 2. It’s location is in Shirley, Solihull not far from the east of Birmingham’s border. changing … Continue reading
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5 Top Tips To Make Information Interesting
So you’ve got a roomful of people in front of you, whether or not they want to be, and you have some information to pass on that you really want them to take on board – whether it’s an internal … Continue reading
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ENGAGE ABC
One of the things that makes being part of changing cultures so exciting – and, we believe, so innovative – is how our beliefs and values drive our business model. We started discussing what our main focus might be for this year’s … Continue reading
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Case study: TeachFirst
TeachFirst’s mission is to end inequality in education by building a community of exceptional leaders who create change within classrooms, schools and across society. changing cultures’ first direct contact with TeachFirst was at their stand at The National Association of Head … Continue reading
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