Dick Sblog

Let me draw your attention to I ACT, a group of teachers from different European countries who are calling on all teachers in Europe and beyond to join them in putting pressure on governments and decision-makers to take action on climate change and other important issues that will compromise the future living environment of young [...]

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Consultants love 2×2 matrices – I use them myself. There’s a YouTube video that you really should watch which features one of these little beasts in an analysis of risk regarding global warming. It’s a clever presentation and yes, it’s pretty scary.
Check it out at ‘The Most Terrifying Video You’ll Ever See’ 

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As one of my sons comes to the end of Yr 7, I’ve been reflecting on transition. Not so much his transition but mine. He’s made the move into big school rather well and seems fairly settled there so I’m happy on that score.
I’m less happy about my transition. When he was at the primary [...]

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well, here we go – if you haven’t yet tried googlemail, I suggest you do because it knocks spots off any other webmail system. Quite apart from handling messages as conversations, rather than in a folder system, quite apart from having integrated chat and quite apart from its speed – it is also a long [...]

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This is a great concept. At the Institut St Joseph de Quebec, students have cyberportfolios, a publication space that is described by Principal Mario Asselin as a “virtual extension of the classroom.” This space is composed of three sets of blogs: a classroom Web space, where announcements are displayed and work of common interested is [...]

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