Dick Sblog

Words from a man with passion about online educational collaboration

Balancing needs

November 18th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I’m always entertained by peoples’ differing views of what’s valuable in the application of science and technology. For me, this is best illustrated by the resurgence of civil nuclear power in the UK. With the increasing dependency on overseas energy and the entirely [in my opinion] justified concerns about climate change, nuclear power is being [...]

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Good things this week

October 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Several good things this week and one bad thing.
The bad thing was seeing the Windows blue screen of death when I started my pc this morning. Fortunately the beast worked when I rebooted it, so most of the day has been spent backing everything up and failing to find out why several error messages have [...]

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Science education - what’s your view?

October 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has a consultation on Science and Society The consultation closes soon, so make your views known by following this link. It’s a chance to plug the opportunities provided by enquiry based, collaborative processes.
The have a facebook group too - look for UK Science and Society Consultation - join [...]

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Innovative ideas

July 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Sometimes I’m just amazed at the ideas people have. Today I went to two events that had innovation at their hearts. At one, I met Matthew Thurling who has, single handedly and with almost no support, set up science.tv If you are interested in science, as I am, this is a great site - a [...]

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