Four months ago I began holding lunchtime sessions based around the world famous TED Talks. These Inspiration Sessions had a simple format with a complex aim: empower anyone in the organisation to change the organisation. Here, I share the format, the resources, the questions and hope that it can be used in your school, your […]

Want to be a better teacher? Want to know what’s really going on? Then you’d better be prepared to share…
Dean Shareski has just posted a really interesting presentation about the importance of sharing on Slideshare. As well as giving a great insight into why he shares as much as he does (and it’s a lot!), […]

Since launching earlier this week the Student 2.0 blog has really pulled in the crowds. Sean is one of the eight highly readable and thought-provoking students having his say on education, and he’s from Perth, Scotland! Until now he had been publishing his thoughts on his own blog, but is now getting an even greater […]

Some days you think you’ve nothing to say and then you chance upon an idea and off you go. I read with interest a new blog by a former depute whom I knew at Knox. Now at Liberton High School, Donald McDonald has launched Head’s Blog.
I was struck in this post by the idea that […]

Interviews with lecturer David Muir from Jordanhill teacher training insitute at the University of Glasgow and with a group of student teachers from University of Paisley about they have seen at the Scottish Learning Festival and what has proved inspirational for them.
See more about this podcast or listen to other shows on Connected Live’s podcast […]

“If they came into my class motivated to learn then I could do anything with them” - Secondary Teacher
The quote implies that the teacher’s job is to motivate so how can we change to create motivatited pupils.
Consider the pupil experience. Following the pupils is like visiting a series of foreign countries… and the pupils cope […]