Author Archives: chris
Wrong to bear arms
Today is a day of mourning for the people of Norway and especially for the families of the innocent young victims whose lives were claimed by a so-called Christian with a ‘mission’. I shudder to think how many Americans believe … Continue reading
Reflections on the 2011 ECIS IT Conference
What makes a conference special that cannot be found on the Internet? In my experience it is: Personal connections and reconnection that messages and discussions don’t cover. Chance discoveries and random delights. Time out from the regular work place. Answers … Continue reading
Whiteout
Yesterday was a predictable surprise. Take several days of insistent warnings from all the weather stations and keep your fingers crossed it won’t happen – it did. Luckily students were on campus, the roof didn’t leak, power and heating stayed on. There … Continue reading
School of Whales?
There’s never enough education going on overseas. However there’s confusion between a British University and who it lends its name to, in this case a reformed pop star from Malasia. Perhaps the misunderstanding comes from the common idea that whales learn … Continue reading
End of the Line(otype)?
Our school has long celebrated literacy Continue reading
The Play’s the Thing
Next week we begin rehearsals with the O.K. Chorale so right now I’m enjoying the last few lunch hours of freedom. What better place to enjoy them than out on the playground during recess? From a brief set of observations … Continue reading
Old Problems in New Computers
This posting on the BBC speaks for itself, or would if only it could:
Happy Handwash to You
This is a really quick post – where initially the big buzz in schools was “Wash your hands while singing ‘Happy Birthday to you’ twice over” suddenly this has been replaced by ‘Row Row Row Your Boat’ (much shorter with … Continue reading
Back to School (finally)
Reflecting on the first few days of school is rather like trying to see yourself in a rainstorm hitting a millpond. What used to be calm is somewhere between in-motion and churning. All we set up to look so pretty … Continue reading
Microsoft is Updating Your Machine
Poodle training sessions are always full of suspense. Our school version of Moodle has been in place for some four years now, from an abandoned desktop converted to Linux in a corner of the server room, via several hosted servers, … Continue reading