This was a thought from James Townsend, who works for the Church of England, about just how important education is…
What did you learn from your Saturday Job? I used to pick potatoes for my uncle - which taught me…
Following some table discussions, this thought emerged about the gap between school and work - and how learning and earning…
This was a comment by Jamie Dunn which resonated with me. Surely there are better ways to give young people…
I really enjoyed listening to George the Poet talk about social ties within the community he grew up - both…
I wrote this visual poem in 2014 when the social business I had founded (wapisasa) and its vision were struggling - I…
This thought came as a result of an event organised by NIACE, and was comment made by their CEO, David…
This is version two of the Badge Taxonomy - the purpose of which is not to classify rogue badges -…
Here's another thought emerging from a conversation at @dotcomrades - with reference to the vote for Independence in Scotland. I'm…
I came this Laura Hilliger blog post, and this simple message jumped into my head...
This is my understanding of British Weather. As an Irishman, I'm perfectly qualified to make such judgements...
I really liked this idea from the Education Design Lab blog post Are Badges College Ready?. What would a 3D…
I'm big fans of Kieron Kirkland and Dan Such - both ex Nominet Trust - and their desire to see…
I met @urban_teacher recently and he asked me to apply a visual metaphor to his teaching routine. I'm not sure…
I created this image to go with Doug Belshaw's blogpost on "Setting an Agile School Rhythm" ...
Doug Belshaw suggested we take a Know - Do - Reflect approach in the building of an Open Badges 101 course, which…
When we took on our first young people at wapisasa last year, I really didn't appreciate how important self-confidence in…
How do you design an Assessment System? Patrick Craven from City & Guilds says that credibility is formed of three…
I really enjoyed listening to Andreas Schleicher, Director of Education at the OECD. I worry about how the stats that…
I really enjoy trying to find visual metaphors for abstract concepts. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No,…
It took me a while to come up with this pathways metaphor, following a conversation with @dajbelshaw - oddly enough…