The Art of Digital Learning: Why Context Beats Content
Two examples of art and technology, ten years apart, might provide a useful lens through which to look at edtech and how to make it effective. The first example, and most recent, is from a couple of weeks ago. Google and Samsung’s recent announcement made it fairly clear that there is some jaw-dropping technology around […]
Making better use of Kindle Highlights 2
Getting your Kindle Highlights from Readwise to Roam isn’t hard but getting them in the way you want them takes some playing around. Step 1: Connect Once you’ve logged in to your Readwise Dashboard, you need to connect Roam as a service. There’s a good step by step tutorial here but the short version is: […]
Making better use of Kindle Highlights 1
I love how easy it is to store highlights on Kindle. Swipe and that’s it. But I hate how hard it is to then do something meaningful with those highlights. Getting them “out of Amazon” is a pig, and I wonder sometimes if I should just go back to my old ways – dog ear […]
Books on Leadership for Teachers
Leadership is difficult, I think. Part of the problem is that those who believe they are good at it aren’t, and those who are reluctant to be involved are the very ones you want leading. There are a number of teaching-specific leadership books, but I tend to prefer a broader palette. The below are books […]