http://neiljones.edublogs.org Adventures in School Management Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:01:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Conclusions - Next Generation Learning The unfeasibly glamorous Educational Psychologist, Tanya Byron, has published the above report, "Oh, Nothing Much", to delve into that Black Box that we know as school.  In what may be a bid to turn us all into Helicopter Parents, she is suggesting that they way to ... http://neiljones.edublogs.org/2009/03/23/when-was-the-last-time-you-told-your-child-about-your-day-at-work/ http://neiljones.edublogs.org/2009/02/07/which-one-are-you/ Goodness!  Has it been that long!  Well, I suppose, as I was told when I started blogging: You need an audience.  Now I have one, in the from of my school community and we haven't looked back.  It has become very fullfilling to have a fantastic CMS driving our web-presence.  ... http://neiljones.edublogs.org/2009/01/25/68/ I was honoured, yesterday, to present the awards and give a speech at my old school's (The Campion School, Hornchurch) Junior Credits ceremony.  The event, not the whole school Prize Giving as it was "in my day", celebrates a wider range of achievement for boys in years 7, 8 & 9.  School ... http://neiljones.edublogs.org/2008/10/25/campion-school-junior-credits/ After the impressive performance of the BBC's online services through the Olympics, they continue to impress with more & more content of interest. I guess we must expect nothing less for our licence fee! In fact, this amounts to a subscription to their website...hmm...best get the most out ... http://neiljones.edublogs.org/2008/08/29/being-brain-concious/ The Olympics, at the top of everyone's (well almost) conversational agenda, ought to be a source of inspiration for us. Yes, I need to excercise more, but actually I've been really fascinated by the work of the various UK Sporting Bodies in the development of their individual performance programmes. ... http://neiljones.edublogs.org/2008/08/18/where-to-draw-inspiration/ As we know with blogging, it makes no sense unless there is a community with, for or to whom you can blog.  The management of our school website, in particular the news pages, keeps me busy but I'm interested in how to make it more "interesting".  It is, after all, ... http://neiljones.edublogs.org/2008/07/22/not-the-end-of-term/ BBC NEWS | Education | Do parents want to go private? As my PA & myself now constitute the marekting team at St. Joseph's In The Park, I took myself off yesterday to a Strategic Marketing Seminar run by AMDIS.  I returned to base today full of phrases like "Key Buying ... http://neiljones.edublogs.org/2008/06/12/do-parents-want-to-go-private/ If you haven't yet seen this, you will be astounded. Igor Falecki. 5 years old. Touched by genius. But more than that, there is sheer, analloyed joy in what he is doing. And for me, an educator and parent, it goes beyond Igor himself. Look at his face 40 seconds ... http://neiljones.edublogs.org/2008/05/25/its-in-the-eyes/ http://neiljones.edublogs.org/2008/04/27/animoto/