Another bullet for Powerpoint
I was very amused and heartened to see that one of the answers to the question “Why do 60% of students find their lectures boring?” (an article in the Guardian…
Multi-tasking (again)
Thanks again to Rebecca’s Pocket (see last post) for pointing me in the direction of Ear Plugs to Lasers an article in the NY Times about Winifried Gallagher’s book Rapt,…
Seren-dip-ity
I found this Haiku-length aphorism written on A4 copier paper lying on the bench in the changing cubicle after my morning swim at Tooting pool this morning. I don’t know…
I’m glad I don’t live in Bournemouth any more…
…because of people like this. It doesn’t even matter whether it really happened or not, the fact is, if there’s one place where some selfish middle-aged git might block an…
The bit the Tories left out about teaching in Singapore
Amused, in a despairingly cynical way, to see that the best the Tories can come up with as an educational policy is to give teachers the power to seize iPods.…
Michael Phelps: why I’m not disappointed
From Reason.com, What Michael Phelps Should Have Said. The article is what I would like to have said, only Radley Balko’s said it better. I’m not given to having sporting…