Archive for June, 2008
School Show
Last Thursday and Friday I had the pleasure of attending the P6/7 school show at Eastern Primary School in Dundee. The show was called ‘Hot Dates’ and the story follows a group of primary teachers on the first day of term planning the big (’hot’) events of the school year - from the nativity play […]
Posted: June 8th, 2008 under Education, Events.
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On Luck
My colleague Ewan McIntosh’s post on ‘Quirkology - there is no career path just luck‘ makes for interesting reading.
I left the following comment:
‘My take on what most people call luck is that it’s where preparation meets opportunity. Hard work is (usually/often) a necessary but insufficient condition for good luck. By and large you also need […]
Posted: June 3rd, 2008 under Books, Education.
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The Scottish Learning Festival 2008
One of the great jobs I have in LTS is leading the Scottish Learning Festival. The event is now in it’s 9th year and has evolved from being an exclusive ICT event into the major national showcase for Scottish Education.
SLF2008 takes place over two days, 24 and 25 September, in Glasgow’s SECC. This year […]
Posted: June 3rd, 2008 under Events, LTS.
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