I'm helping to run the code club at my kids primary school. Kids being kids, and adults being bombarded with…
Maybe if we change it to a Union Jack Tree, they'll think we're that too?
What is the open web anyway? Maybe the contrast with the closed web is helpful: platform silos, sticky enough to…
I was struck by a comment by Will Richardson on twitter this morning, about creating the conditions for learning.
This thinkery about Creative Commons attribution might feel mildly annoying, but when it comes to attributing an author or creator…
This off-the-cuff comment by Lucy Crompton-Reid at the recent OER conference resonated with me, and it illustrates one of the…
I carry around a lot of stuff in my bag, and as such I can work from anywhere. Some of…
I really enjoy being in a Co-op (WeAreOpen.coop), especially when we get together to make something, or think about something.…
I love the idea of the Creative Commons, and the more I create the more of a Commoner I become.…
Some times I wander around art galleries trying to quickly reproduce what my eye sees. Simply by forging a direct…
I often listen to podcasts when I'm drawing something. However, recently I tuned into Audrey Watters and Kin Lane's Contrafabulists…
Conversational thinkery is where it's at. Armed with a pen and paper, there are gems to be uncovered and captured.…
When a friend of mine asked if I'd be interested in forming a Co-op, I had to admit, I'd never…
I must be getting old. I've really enjoyed watching Ireland in The Six Nations rugby - its my favourite sporting…
What gives an open badge value? Well, apart from the fact that value is a conversation between two parties, I…
Speak out. Listen. A radical must do both... I was first introduced to Paulo Freire by my wife, who asked…
...following a conversation with writer Ruth Culham about the relationship between formative assessment and instructional decisions— and the learning that…
This thought, born in a session at Mozfest, where Mark Surman related back to the kookiness of the origins of…
I have to say - I hadn't even thought about this. As an adult I'm very aware of what light…
What's the collective noun for doodles? An infusion? A gung-ho of doodlewry? I thought so. One of the highlights of…
Whilst slacking in the Creative Commons Slack channel, a few people were sharing their remote working setups (or for distributed…