An interesting ‘heads up’ today on the BBC Breakfast news re libraries and their current state. It seems that we are not using them enough and that some are certain to be closed. What to do about this is a really good question in this digital age. The News report […]
On the Merlin John blog (MJO) yesterday Ray Barker wrote an interesting article about phonics and ICT – Routes to literacy lead through ph-ph-ph-phonics – in which he describes the support that ICT can give to the learning of reading through phonics. Ray talks about teaching phonic skills and so […]
Photo: ‘Old pots for new, old pots for new’ – D Dickinson Summer 2010 The BBC reports that Private firms are lining up with parent groups to run the Conservatives’ flagship “free schools” in England. Why is this such a big surprise? The intriguing thing is – what is in […]
Picking up on my Twitter friends today I noticed a tweet from @whatedsaid referring to a blog post from ‘swiftkick’ where Erica Goldson graduated as valedictorian of Coxsackie-Athens High School. Instead of using her graduation speech to celebrate the triumph of her victory, the school, and the teachers that made […]