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Ed Tech & Digital Learning leader. Self confessed vintage 🏍️ nut and builder of quality 🏍️ wheels. Views are my own

Norfolk, UK
Joined November 2008
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The UK's verdict on 14 years of Conservative rule – not good enough; too many scandals, public services not working, and little hope that matters would improve. @SWilliamson_CEO urges the new Labour government to invest in education: ow.ly/RMrb50SvKHj #ChangeBeginsNow
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Ageism - a thread 1/14 Did Generation X, who birthed the web & associated technologies, sow the seeds of their own demise? #Ageism #Inclusion
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As a fully-jabbed 70 something currently laid low by the Delta variant all I can suggest is that you pay this thread serious attention. If I hadn't, I'd be dead!
SARS-CoV-2 variants technical briefing 21 was published today. Hospitalisation and death rates are shown for people aged 50 plus with the Delta variant, split by vaccination status. These rates are 11 times higher among the unvaccinated than in the fully vaccinated 1/3
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By chance, we started tracking teacher work-related anxiety in 2019. It means we now have a full year of data, covering how anxiety changed during the pandemic. Quite an astonishing set of data - and shows the outsized impact on headteachers. @TeacherTapp
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Thank you to @BobHarrisonEdu for his unwavering dedication to a balanced computing curriculum and helping raise cpd opportunities for london teachers @janewaite says thank you!
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Today is #NationalPieDay. In celebration of this glorious event, here's our Pi vs Pie poster to help you tell the difference between a Raspberry Pi and a delicious treat. Feel free to print it off for your classroom, office, library, kitchen, bus stop... raspberrypi.org/app/uploads/…
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"in our new computing curriculum, we are going beyond the ability to use apps, to write apps. We are investing quite heavily – £84 billion over five years – to improve the teaching of computer science" @DamianHinds at #EWF2018 – at Godalming, England
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Tribute paid to @TimRylands by @chrisrat in his role as Chair or @besatweet recognising Tim’s huge contribution to EdTech! #inspirational
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Replying to @mikercameron
Agreed; we're always looking for the next big thing, when we should be doing the last big thing properly...
Yup...make people stand in line, sit in rows facing front and turn off all mobile devices... nitter.gq/MrDeach27/status/89715…
Can tchrs be like pilots? I've never been 100% sold on the idea but @misterunwin makes a compelling case here bestpracticeteaching.wordpre…
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Yo @LewisHamilton JOIN A TEAM WITH CUP HOLDERS and come test your speed on the DODGEBALL COURT bit.ly/2sJhiY9
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Listen to @PUrry_TESAuthor & our CEO @r_g discuss how teachers are selling classroom resources @bbc5live (40:30) bbc.in/2gGpORS
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Here's a little something to sink your teeth into...
Please help spread this funding campaign for life saving treatment for one of my best friends justgiving.com/crowdfunding/… @welcomebreak
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Our week has been made by @Priorycsa Exec Principal Neville Coles & school mascot Percy. 1 of many 30th bday msgs to be shown at #SSATNC16!
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Did you wake up today thinking "I wish I had free access to 68k 19th century medical texts"? Well you're in luck! ji.sc/2evL77d
Topmost of those #BritishValues we need to teach is what it means to live in a parliamentary democracy with an independent judiciary
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Join @SWilliamson_CEO & @Tom_Middlehurst as they attempt to answer the question of whether CEOs can be HTs.
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Every child has a right to a qualified teacher, a holistic, context sensitive education & a safe & sanitary school monitor.co.ug/News/Education… nitter.gq/wycklife_okello/status…
Replying to @GrahamBM
@marcandela77 @Newsweek @BridgeIntlAcads every child has aright to learn.keep our schools open
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