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So, I’ve been suspended by Twitter

2016-12-08T00:32:09+00:00December 7th, 2016|Featured|

This afternoon various people started text messaging me to ask why my Twitter account had been suspended. Needless to say, the news came as something of a surprise. No one from Twitter had contacted me and, after filing a complaint, I've been left kicking my heels and speculating. The two competing theories are 1) that this guy complained about me (seems unlikely that Twitter would take him seriously) or 2) that I've breached some sort of ethical code for posting 4 or 5 30 second clips from the Pixies concert I attended the previous evening. (Again, this seems unlikely as there's [...]

Some people on Twitter you may not currently follow but definitely should

2015-07-03T07:45:59+01:00July 2nd, 2015|blogging|

Since writing a post 18 months ago recommending people to follow on Twitter, I've since met lots of other wonderful folk to whom I'd also like to draw your attention. To avoid petty rivalries and bruised egos they are arranged in alphabetical order: Gareth Alcott @GalcottGareth - super enthusiastic cheerleader for the College of Teaching and an all round good egg. Greg Ashman @greg_ashman - Australian based science teacher and edu-blogger. Jon Brunskill @jon_brunskill - Another boy genius. And a primary teacher! I know, right? Jules Daulby @JulesDaulby - If everyone who disagreed with me was a lovely as Jules the world would be a happier place. Pedro De Bruykere @thebandb - [...]

Who you might like to follow on Twitter

2014-08-02T23:33:19+01:00January 23rd, 2014|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 people worth following 2)    The original post has gone mad and for some reason fails to display many of the people I intend it to (in some case this has resulted in people feeling a bit miffed.) So, here is the updated list of top education types to follow: @oldandrewuk - for his ceaseless vigilance and tireless campaign against Ofsted's inconsistencies as well as the patience (yes patience!) with [...]

Ask not what's wrong with Twitter…

2013-09-29T10:28:26+01:00September 29th, 2013|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 see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. Matthew 7: 3-5 What's wrong with Twitter? Nothing. Not a damn thing. Twitter does what it does brilliantly and I for one am jolly grateful. There are few better ways to communicate with people; if you have something worth saying, it will find an audience. The draw back is the 140 character limit [...]

A Universal Panacea? – my homage to Twitter

2013-01-20T19:42:46+00:00January 20th, 2013|Featured|

The number one shift in education I wish to see in my lifetime? In an effort to participate in the Blog Sync project coordinated by @Edutronic_Net I blithely signed up to write about whatever was agreed on as the months's suggested topic. Sadly for me, the subject was not one that's been sizzling up my sleeve for an opportunity to flare into life. In fact, I've really struggled to know what to say about this. Being somewhat cynical about the chicanery which goes on outside, above or below our classrooms, I am, I'm sorry to say, inherently suspicious of anything purporting [...]

A year in the life of an English teacher

2014-06-03T18:38:36+01:00July 12th, 2012|reflection|

What a lot can happen in a year. It was only this time last July that I began my experiment with Twitter and blogging. I think it's fair to say that my professional life (and at times my personal life, but that's another story) has been transformed. Even I don't recognise myself. After a couple of knocks in my bid to be promoted, I began the blog back on 11th July 2011 as a way of invigorating my teaching and with the intention of reflecting on my practice. I wanted to use it as an aide memoire for all the interesting stuff [...]

Election Fever

2011-12-06T19:40:04+00:00December 6th, 2011|Featured|

The last time I canvassed for votes was back in my school mock election in 1987. In typically awkward bugger fashion, I ran as a Trotskyite candidate. As I recall I did rather well and came in third which has got to be some kind of record for any kind of communist in a British election. For the last 25 years I've managed to stay out of any kind of election but now I find myself nominated for an Edublog Award in the Best New Blog category. Which is nice. But I'm not entirely sure how to react. Obviously [...]

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