Archive for July, 2011

OS X Lion First 24 hours

This time yesterday I downloaded and installed Lion. There are new things and quirky things and broken things. New Things Full screen apps (Mac Native only) – I’m actually using mail in a full screen in its own desktop & Safari full screen in its own desktop Full screen apps have their own desktop – [...]


Today’s technology/tools/what I’m using today!

This morning I noted in my Google+ stream a comment that Mac OS X Lion is launching tomorrow (US time). I thought perhaps I should make sure my backup was current before the new OS was released. This got me thinking about what I would lose if I upgraded and something went wrong. This then [...]


In the raw – notes from James Nottingham PD session at school

James Nottingham Many schools are about proving rather than learning Gardner quote – teachers obsessed with categorizing kids What is a holiday? Links http://www.jamesnottingham.co.uk/blog/learning-pit http://www.challenginglearning.com/ http://p4c.com/ http://www.youtube.com/jabulani4 The Learning Challenge The Learning Pit Taking kids from a point where they are clear about what they know and down into the pit where they are confused [...]