George Orwell was a smooth man like myself, so this is obviously what he was getting at when he uttered…
This looks all wrong, doesn't it? The thing is, it's not at all easy to change your current world view.…
Due to the nature of the system, we start with the Credential and work backwards. Ah. This is further illustrated…
Sandwich anyone? I do love a good sandwich. If potatoes are the king of carbs, then surely bread is its queen?…
This nugget of cheesy thinkery came from hearing Sal Khan speak at the BETT show. He talked about kids having…
It's easy to look at what you've created and see it as either good or bad. The more you create,…
Twitter. Its like this thing, yeah, that you tweet stuff, yeah, but like you're only allowed like 140 characters yeah…
I had a very enjoyable conversation with Giles Anderton before Christmas, and this thought appeared. I see myself as a catalyst for…
I'm now in the habit of carrying around a sketchbook and scribbling down a thought as it jumps around in…
I watched this video clip of Dylan Wiliam talking about how important creativity in schools is. I worry - and…
I met John Webber from Sussex Downs College recently, and discovered a number of common interests, including Open Badges. He…
Oh, the need for a creative process in order to ideate and innovate! In my experience, people have different strengths…
I was reading this bit of fluid thinking by Aaron Davis and this thought popped in to my head, so I had to…
Dr. Doug Belshaw and I got together to think visually about Open Badges resulting in the blog post "3 reasons…
Blockchain, the underlying technology used by Bitcoin, is cool. At least, I think it is, if I could only get…
I’ve been asked many times about how I go about creating visual thinkery - so here's a first stab at illustrating…
I’m fascinated by how the brain takes meaning from its visual sensory input. By adding highlights and shadows, suddenly drawings come…
Ok. If you're an academic, and Higher Education and formal learning is the pinnacle of all knowledge and wonderment, then…
There's always inspiration to be found - even at Heathrow's terminal 5, which (since the day after halloween...) is featuring…
The recent Digital Leaders conference was entitled “Building Digital DNA”. Jacqueline de Rojas (VP at Citrix) spoke about women in tech (or…
With any solution there are often three different approaches: bespoke, modular and off-the-shelf. Choosing the most appropriate path is more…
A while ago, Doug Belshaw and I were working on the #OB101 course, in order to help others think about OpenBadges…
This thought came out of the table discussion amongst Primary and Secondary teachers. Other subjects deemed less important than Maths…