Prestonpans Primary School
Originally uploaded by Don Ledingham.
I visited Prestonpans Primary School this afternoon to find out about some of the exciting plans they have for the coming session. Learning and Teaching, Curriculum and Timetabling were all on the agenda. A member of staff challenged me to “know” the school better at a personal level.
I’ve been thinking about [...]
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The Dangers of Blogging
Originally uploaded by Don Ledingham.
In our rush to engage pupils in the blogging phenomenon we must remember that there are other forms of communication!
I have to keep reminding myself not to say to people - “you can read about it on my blog”
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Confession time! I lost my nerve yesterday about a post made by a colleague.
Angus McRury had put up a post where he expressed his concern for the long term viability of the school. His school roll is dropping and the numbers entering the school are getting smaller and smaller. On reflection he was right to [...]
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Posted in Social media on Feb 1st, 2006 No Comments »
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Popped into Yester Primary School (Gifford) at 7.45am. The school had been flooded last week due to a leak in the roof. Dorothy Hilsley and her staff have done an excellent job managing the the situation and all classes were back in school today. I will be visiting again before the end of term
Directorate Meeting [...]
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Posted in Admin, Social media on Nov 25th, 2005 1 Comment »
On Wednesday I met with Robert Jones to check out his FreeMIS on-line management information system. As I explained on Wednesday Robert is an advocate and user of open source software. I’d never heard of open source but since Wednesday I’ve been doing a little more homework. It is a remarkable concept - develop something [...]
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Stirling Management Centre. left home at 7.00pm - traffic on the bypass bad as ever.
The summit has brought together representatives from almost all of our education authorities with a view to reflecting upon the strategic direction of the implementation of ICT with particular reference to SSDN Scottish schools Digital Network.
As I listened to the presentations [...]
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No, not one of those days, I mean one of those days when everything goes right!
We had an exceptional meeting this morning involving all secondary headteachers, a Depute from their schools and number of education officers to consider curriculum and timetabling issues. We kicked off with a review of some of the mind maps I'd [...]
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Posted in Social media on Oct 16th, 2005 No Comments »
Last week I was searching for a metaphor for a model to describe how exc-el works.
Sustainability of initiatives is always a difficult thing to manage. Usually an initiative survives as long as funding is available, the key person is in post, or enthusiasm is maintained. We are seeking to create something which is much more [...]
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Friday 7th October
In at 7.00am to clear my desk for the day. Meeting of Education Officers at 8.15am. This is the weekly sweep of school issues arising from contact with HTs. Ive missed the last few EO meetings for a variety of reason but it is proving very useful in tracking problems and improving communication [...]
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