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  • Quick Interlude – books are the future!

    I like books, I like buying books, I like reading books and I like to keep hold of books to re-read or share with friends. Some of you may know me as a one-time lurker on alt.fan.pratchett, a subscriber to the Feistfans mailing list, the person who coughed up for O’Reilly Safari Online Bookshelf when…

  • Sharepoint Articles

    This week will see a few blog posts go up. First will be one already writte, exploring a bit more about sharepoint and web 2.0, next will be talking about why we filter emails and what impact the management of it can have, then finally I will be asking around about how different people feel…

  • Why do people want to start fights?

    A recent tweet (or rather a retweet) had the following URL (in which we see ten commandments from a technically savvy teacher to technicians) – http://bit.ly/dpdjFO – and whilst I can understand the intention I just find it opens up the can of worms that is techie/teacher bashing. On places like the TES forums you…

  • Why did I leave an internet start-up?

    It has been a slow month for blogging and I am quite a bit behind in setting down various notes on from paper to the digital page. I presently have 3 articles partly written around Sharepoint and other tools on the LA Learning Platform (Sharepoint & Web 2.0, hosted vs local Sharepoint and SafeMail vs…

  • BETT 2010

    It isn’t that long until BETT 2010 and I am in the fairly novel position for me of having some time on my hands. In previous years I have been running the EduGeek Technical Help Point, been assisting on stand such as the ICT Register or Lapsafe … or had a steady stream of suppliers…

  • Merry Christmas to one and all

    Being a miserly old humbug I have not been sending out cards to anyone except close family but I would like to just show the following video that was made for EduGeek members by the wonderful SysMan_MK (Via JibJab). Enjoy. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9jAJHcFBQg[/youtube]

  • Innovation Management

    After my last blog post I have a few emails and messages pointing out that Change Management was often the blocker in teachers and techies trying new things out, that BSF used Change Management and contracts to stifle innovation, that red tape is the bane of education as it is and that we have to…

  • FITS will fit all your needs!

    What a wonderful week it has been. After a chance to catch up with schools involved in a local Apple RTC project (lovely to see and hear of teachers and pupils excited and engaged by the chance to try something different) we had the first piece of training for our new Technical Champions. The course…

  • Technical Champions

    I have a reputation now for being a bit of an independently minded person … having worked in independently minded schools has helped this view. Some might call me bloody awkward, even troll-like at times, but I do think that it pays off to think slightly differently and to try something different too. Take the…

  • The Bug strikes again

    (I can’t believe I had left this in as draft and not posted it! Originally written on 24th October – Published 2nd November!) I marvelled last night to receive a message from Drew Buddie about where the plans had reached when looking at what is happening over 3 nights at BETT 2010 (yes, that is…