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Seriously, what if you're wrong?

May 16, 2015 | Category: blogging

If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered...

Landmark: a million thank yous

Feb 26, 2015 | Category: blogging

I began blogging in July 2011. In January 2012 I signed up with Google Analytics and have clocked up over 2 million pageviews since.[caption id="attachment_6937" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The s...

#Dylan Wiliam #Robert Bjork #Daisy Christodoulou

Don't read these books!

Feb 24, 2014 | Category: blogging

You may have missed it but there was something of a spat on Twitter a few weeks back when one blogger suggested that certain books weren't worth reading. After all sorts of guff about the 'pedagogy po...

#Ofsted #Mike Cladingbowl #The Perfect English Ofsted Lesson

What I learned from my visit to Ofsted

Feb 19, 2014 | Category: blogging

Before reporting on my impressions of the conversation Tom "behaviour guru" Bennett, Ross "the most followed teacher in the UK" McGill, Sheena "Clerk to Governor" Lewington, Tom "head guru" Sherringto...

#Ofsted #lesson observation #Mike Cladingbowl

Who you might like to follow on Twitter

Jan 23, 2014 | Category: blogging

Earlier in the year I made a list of those people on Twitter that I recommended that people interested in education should follow. Since then, two things have happened: 1) I’ve encountered more peo...

#Twitter

What you may have missed on The Learning Spy in 2013

Dec 17, 2013 | Category: blogging

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a teacher in possession of an internet connection, must be in want of an annual review for each of the education blogs to which they're subscribed. As is t...

Ask not what's wrong with Twitter...

Sep 29, 2013 | Category: blogging

And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou s...

#Twitter #John Tomsett

Get ahead of the curve: stop grading lessons

Dec 11, 2013 | Category: blogging

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead Over the past few years I’ve been articulating my obje...

#Ofsted #lesson observation #Policy Exchange

With great power comes great responsibility: an apology

Dec 08, 2013 | Category: blogging

Every now and then I'm faced with the realisation that I can be a bit of a twat.I'm sure I regularly upset people by making carelessly forthright assertions about what they should or shouldn't be doin...

#Dickens #Harry Potter

Awards Season 2013 - my votes in the Edublog Awards

Dec 07, 2013 | Category: blogging

It's that time again. The rhythm of the year inevitably reaches a staccato climax as the Edublog Awards, or Eddies, trundle laboriously into view. And happily the voting process appears much less flaw...

#edublog awards #Old Andrew #Tom Sherrington #Laura McInerney