Press release: Wyse Introduces Innovative Computing Concepts for Digital Inclusion with “12 Volt Car Battery-Powered” Thin Client and “Cloud-Connected Classroom on a Bus” for Remote Communities in Africa

Wyse Introduces Innovative Computing Concepts for Digital Inclusion with “12 Volt Car Battery-Powered” Thin Client and “Cloud-Connected Classroom on a Bus” for Remote Communities in Africa   Wyse Demonstrates Ultra-low Cost and Green Cloud Client Computing Solutions for Schools in […]

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Whole Education

Whole Education. This is a new Whole Education Alliance, recently set up by the RSA, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and others to ensure that our schools stop wasting

AERO E-News 27.05.2010

Some items from AERO's E-newsletter 27.05.2010 College Without High School: A Teenager's Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College (BOOK) By Blake Boles High school can be boring.

How Education Stops Learning – Laurie Taylor

John Hamilton lecture GIVEN BY: LAURIE TAYLOR Inaugural lecture of the John Hamilton Lifelong Learning Lectures at the University of Liverpool on the 28th June 2010. 5.30pm, Monday 28 June

AERO E-News 25.05.2010

Some items from AERO's  May E-news "Democratic Education: Foundations & Principles," a talk by Isaac Graves (VIDEO). The following talk was delivered at Voyagers' Community School's 2nd Annual Education

BESA Press release – BESA Research ‘ICT use by primary pupils at school and home’ released

BESA Research ‘ICT use by primary pupils at school and home’ released Majority of schools agree home internet access and games consoles benefit children’s education Research by the British Educational

Flexischooling – Independent: Best of both worlds: The new trend of flexi-schooling

Independent: Best of both worlds: The new trend of flexi-schooling. By Helen McNulty. 20th May 2010 Although we'd hardly agree with Helen that this is a new trend Niamh, aged

Lib-Ed Articles

With thanks to David Gribble for the link to the articles below on Lib-Ed http://www.libed.org.uk/articles.html DIE, DIE, DIE A comment on the case of the teacher who attacked a

TED Talk – Ken Robinson – Bring on the Learning Revolution!

Sir Ken communicates ideas very clearly and well. He challenges the obsession with the linear narrative of education. Is he a CPE-PEN member yet?! Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson

TIDE Courses and resources summer / autumn 2010

1.  Secondary Conference. Making it work ~ creative KS3 curriculum development   Thursday 24th June 2010, The Studio, Birmingham This conference for teachers, school leaders and local authority advisors, will

Alternative Education Music

With thanks to Paul Henderson for flagging up these music links There is a new song with an alternative education slant called ‘Free Range’ which I recorded with some

Press release: The First Internet Generation Grows Up – What’s Next For The Net Set?

Internet Explorer launches its State of the Internet Nation findings, revealing the hopes and fears of the first internet generation of 18-25 year old Brits   70 per cent of

Gaming in families report now available from Futurelab

The benefits and risks to children’s wellbeing and learning associated with playing computer games have been highlighted as an area for urgent research by the Byron Review. The

LEARNING FORUM LONDON, 5-7 July 2010.

LEARNING FORUM LONDON, 5-7 July 2010. The forum will feature two high-profile events: The 8th international ePortfolio conference will address the use of ePortfolio among others in healthcare

Press release: Young people tell us the laws they want, with the help of social networking site Radiowaves

Young people tell us the laws they want, with the help of social networking site Radiowaves Bristol Metropolitan Academy students’ proposed law, ‘Young children copy – ban smoking in

EO Campaign Website

A new article entitled DCSF guarantee: LAs can recoup money for college fees 14-16s in AP census January 2011 has been posted on the EO Campaign website,

Education Revolution E-Newsletter 22.04.2010

Report and Video from the 18th Annual International Democratic Education Conference (IDEC); Ash Cloud Grounds Our Flight in England by Jerry Mintz The 18th International Democratic Education Conference was

A Scenario for Change?… Paul Henderson

A Scenario for Change? Thanks to Paul for another thought-provoking contribution. Given the recent attacks on Elective Home Education this is a timely perspective. Government understandings of 'suitable

The OpenEYE 2010 Conference.

The OpenEYE 2010 Conference. The 2010 OpenEYE conference is bringing together some really inspiring speakers, all of whom are concerned about policy-making in the early years. Professor Kathy Hirsh-Pasek - Stanley and

Futurelab e-newsletter April 2010

Maintaining futures expertise report This report is informed by expert interviews with seven futures practitioners, who agreed to share their views, and by desk research. The report aims to

IALA news for Spring

Latest from IALA http://learningalternatives.net Blueprint School by Wayne Jennings I’ve waited for years for this marvelous book, Lives of Passion, School of Hope: How One Public School Ignites a

Press release: Lord Puttnam invites teens to pitch new laws at Parliament

Lord Puttnam invites teens to pitch new laws at Parliament Released by Mango Marketing 16.04.2010  With the election currently at the forefront of the media, it is now time

OpenEYE… items from OpenEYE Campaign news 14.04.2010

Letter of the week - A Danish Lesson  There was an interesting letter of the week in the 18th of February Nursery World http://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/news/984212/Opinion-Letters/   I read with interest Professor

Education Revolution E-Newsletter (Conference Special) 29.03.2010

This AERO newsletter was so jam packed with good stuff we've published it all here!  1) Special AERO Conference Gift (you don't even have to register!) Register or lock in

Let’s get rocking!… Paul Henderson

You can always rely on Paul to make get your brain cells ticking on matters of learning and learning systems. Here he argues that our educational institutions are

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