Education Secretary Michael Gove receives one of the angriest receptions of his three years in office as he appears before head teachers in Birmingham.
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So often the people who make decisions are too far above the fray to understand.
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The amazing statement that acknowledges Apple is now the new king of IT..... and that things are changing again.
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With this week and the new Google initiatives some think Google is moving in.
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Security? You can now have it in a redsigned package...... Lock, stock anf barrel.... Delete the scoop?
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Well spotted Larry. The Education System in England is turning into a laughing stock. Otherslearned these lessons years ago. Delete the scoop?
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LEARNING how to choose the right mobile phone plan will be taught with numeracy and literacy in schools.
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You can simply ban them (as many schools in the UK do), or you can embrace them and prepare for the inevitable future. Delete the scoop?
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Apple got it totally wrong.
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Microsoft Chairman thinks the rules need rewriting. It is certainly an interesting stance. 140,000,000 iPad users all made the same mistake? so obvious really. Delete the scoop?
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Michael Deacon reports on Michael Gove's attack on schools who reportedly teach history in the style of a Mr Men book.
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It's perfectly reasoned, It's perfectly formed, Modern methods are treason The devil they've spawned.
Let's go back to basics, The Classics for all, You need Latin, let's face it, The buildings we'll pawn
Gove is the master of all he surveys, Follow the master, inspections each day. Standards, robustness and rigour he says Is what shows the teacher, and who that he pays.
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Meanwhile, high school dropouts are doing better.
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Sadly, the pointers are now that this is happening in the UK as well. The cost of HE and the returns by way of employibilty. Delete the scoop?
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The Pentagon cleared Apple Inc. devices for use on its networks, setting the stage for the maker of iPhones and iPads to compete with Samsung Electronics Co. and BlackBerry for military sales.
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Excuses, excuses. I recall @Bpoolcouncil 's ICT saying iOS is not safe. I think that excuse is now kicked into touch. Well, FIPS and now US Military? Good enough? Or does something else need kicking into touch? Delete the scoop?
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There are 7.4 million people in the UK who have never used the internet of which 5.2million are aged over 65. There are over 18,000 care homes in England with nearly 40,000 older residents.
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There is an app (coming) for that. An odourous development on the way. Delete the scoop?
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Draft curriculum suggests digital literacy, computer science and information technology should be taught from age five, rather than just ICT
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Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. Via Gust MEES
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Brilliant.
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May 11, 9:30 AM
The obvious, presented openly and optimistically by Sir Ken.
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Teacher and Administrator James Szoka shares empirical evidence demonstrating improved learning outcomes in the flipped classroom. Flipped Learning Model
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"How do you learn best? For me, it depends on what I am learning. Sometimes I need to take notes, other times I need to think out loud. Some things are easier to learn with another person while with other things, I need to be alone. My guess is most of us have different styles for learning depending on what it is we are working on." Via John Evans Delete the scoop?
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Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. Via Gust MEES
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The obvious, presented openly and optimistically by Sir Ken.
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Mr Gove was extraordinarily arrogant. Painfully arrogant. He believed that he knew how everything should be done. He believed that everyone else in the world was stupid and ignorant. The problem wa...
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For those friends outside the UK.....The Mr Men Books (on which this is based) are well known and popular with you children. This article tells you a great deal out the way education is suffering in England. Delete the scoop?
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Is that realisation on his face? Alas, the "parting company" comment does not refer to him.