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100th Blog Post Today! – a reason to celebrate by looking forward

January 13, 2012

In honour of this being my 100th blog post I thought I would make it something a little special, so I am sharing with you my Manifesto for 2012: This poster is now stuck on my window above my computer monitor. If you are interested in creating a manifesto for yourself then you will be [...]

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Can you YouTube in School?

December 5, 2011

I know that YouTube is blocked on many school’s networks so this is a test page to find out which of the following videos you can view. Please use the voting buttons below to let me know which of the videos below you can view on your network. Video A – Vimeo Grow Your Own [...]

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BlueKiteCoach Gets Top Billing

November 15, 2011

We were proud to be top of the bill in the Womens Business Clubs Newsletter this month with our new Eat That Frog Learning PlayTime on Prioritisation. This Learning PlayTime is part our brand new learning series designed to Grow Your Own Leaders launching in the Spring Term. Grow Your Own Leaders from BlueKiteCoach is a unique, [...]

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I’m learning with 40+ teachers and I haven’t even left my office!

November 2, 2011

I have just listened into a National College Live Online Seminar called The Impact of New Technology on Children’s Learning. It was well organised, attended my many more people than would have tuned up at a single venue and the speaker, David Mitchell from Heathfield Primary, was inspiring too! Above all David resonated enthusiasm about LEARNING and in a calm, [...]

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My Best Frog Recipe

October 18, 2011

Thank you to Charlotte Mannion and all the lovely ladies at the Womens Premier Business Club who I spent Friday afternoon with. Together we enjoyed the  BlueKiteCoach ‘Eat that Frog’ Learning Playtime. Here are a couple of short clips for you to enjoy from our PlayTime: More videos and learning on ‘Eating Frogs’  here.

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What do you want to read about here?

September 21, 2011

We need your help to make this blog even more relevant and interesting to you. All you need to do is to send us an e-mail or write a comment below telling us what you would like us to write about for you. Thank you Hannah Jones and the BlueKiteCoach Team

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Book Review: Eat that Frog

August 19, 2011

This is a book I have just finished reading and I thought you would appreciate a summary of the ideas and practical tools that are particularly relevant for teachers. I have included some questions from the book that you can ask yourself straight away and you can watch videos here. Title: Eat that Frog: Get [...]

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Replace the Operating System in Your Head

August 12, 2011

As a visual learner I love discovering new ways that describe the previously indescribable. This is what my ‘Guilt Chip’ looked like. Three years ago I found an image to describe the feeling of guilt that was at my core. It was amazing! As soon as I found an image I was able to describe [...]

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School Therapy?

June 24, 2011

Who’d have known that my school reunion could prove to be such a wonderfully rewarding form of therapy? School was a time I had packaged up in my memory (and put away in my oubliette). On the whole, the strong memories that had remained of my time at school (11-16) were unhappy ones and I [...]

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The internet is an amazing tool for connecting like minded individuals.

June 17, 2011

I think the internet is amazing! On Wednesday I tried using my smart phone to update Facebook and Twitter for the very first time. I was at the National College School Leaders Annual Conference. While waiting in the main auditorium I whipped out my phone only to discover that the free wifi, that was everywhere [...]

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