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TeachMeet SLF 2014
Wednesday 24th September 2014 from 5 for 5.30pm start – 8.00pm At the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) Third Floor, The Optima Building, 58 Robertson Street, Glasgow, G2 8DQ Signup to talk or...
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TeachMeet at EduWiki Conference 2014
The EduWiki Conference 2014 (Wikimedia UK ) conference in in Edinburgh this year. I’ve been along to a few wikimedia meetings recently and we are arranging a TeachMeet to run along side the...
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Walk into some free CPD
At the end of this month the EduWiki Conference 2014 (Wikimedia UK ) comes to Edinburgh. I posted a couple of weeks ago about the TeachMeet we are trying to organise in the evening TeachMeet EduWiki,...
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What do professional learning policies say about the purposes of teacher...
Aileen Kennedy (2014): What do professional learning policies say about the purposes of teacher education? Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, DOI:10/1080.1359866x.2014.9940279 I’m preparing a...
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TeachMeetWMLanguages #tmwml
@simonehaughey On May 6th I made the trip across Birmingham in rush hour traffic to attend TeachMeetWM organised by the irrepressible and absolutely bonkers Simone Haughey at her school Robin Hood...
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TeachMeet SLF 2015
TeachMeet Scottish Learning Festival 2015 Breakout. It is time for TeachMeet SLF 15. WHEN: Wednesday, 23 September 2015 from 18:00 to 20:00 (BST) WHERE: Citizen M Glasgow – 60 Renfrew St Glasgow,...
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An SLF Rant
On my first proper visit to the Scottish Learning Festival in 2009 I happened to share a taxi with Henry Hepburn from the TESS. We’ve kept in touch over the years and he has kindly attended and...
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#TMSLF15 links and tweets
We had a good night at TeachMeet SLF 15 Here is some of the twitter stream: TMSLF15 (with images, tweets) Storify I tried to cut out re-tweets and duplication (but didn’t spend too much time on that)....
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Following on from my post back in May 'Do Exams Pass Under CfE?', I have given the issues of assessment and certification some further consideration, which I outlined in my presentation at this year's...
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Gulp! Five Years On…
Back in the day, my first opportunity to have my writing in print came in the highly regarded, award-winning match day magazine -programme to you and me – of the great Partick Thistle. Fortnightly,...
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Title: Life in Links: BETT 2016
I spend a couple of days at BETT this year and saw some interesting things, here are my bookmarks for johnjohnston tagged ‘bett2016’Of course I missed far too much stuff and too many people. I did...
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D’you remember when there used to be lots of TeachMeets in Scotland organised & attended by classroom teachers. What ever happened to that? — Fearghal Kelly (@fkelly) March 1, 2016 As part of my...
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Adjustment
So, as previously mentioned, I haven’t often reflected on this sort of thing on my blog…but once again I feel the urge to do so. I had an accident years ago in which I badly damaged my ankle…as a...
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TeachMeet Glasgow (unplugged) – Link
It looks like TeachMeet Glasgow (unplugged) Is open for business. Signup on the blog post. Thursday 12th May 2016 West Brewery Templeton Building Glasgow Green Glasgow, G40 1AW 6-8pm (beers from 5pm)
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TeachMeet Glasgow (unplugged) in six steps
TeachMeet Glasgow (unplugged) takes place at West Brewery, Glasgow Green on Thursday 12th May from 6-8pm, and the venue hire is very kindly being sponsored by SCEL (Scottish College of Educational...
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#TMGlasgow a Delight
Last night I went along to TeachMeet Glasgow. As Athole wrote: Why unplugged? We want everyone to be prepared with something to share. And not to worry too much about the tech and their PPT slides....
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Ten years on from the very first unconference for educators: TeachMeet is 10
This Tuesday, I want you to join me in the pub. It’s your homework. There will be a test. My old tutor from teacher training college, David Muir, giggles as he types up some gems being shared over a...
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TeachMeet Connect #teachmeet evolution
TeachMeet Connect This move from Susan Ward looks like continuing the re-boot of TeachMeet in Scotland. On Wednesday 21st September, we are launching TeachMeet Connect, a series of TeachMeets happening...
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Ten years on from the very first unconference for educators: TeachMeet is 10
This Tuesday, I want you to join me in the pub. It’s your homework. There will be a test. My old tutor from teacher training college, David Muir, giggles as he types up some gems being shared over a...
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Not Just Confidence. But Integrity. A ‘sort of’ Review of ‘The Confident...
There’s a long walk up from York City Centre to Huntington School but it’s a beautiful day, unexpectedly beautiful, and I’m soaking in it. My first visit to the city and, after a nervous,...
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