An Al Jazeera documentary about the work we did at the London Nautical School Department of English
Presentation to Media and Technology course at UCL
Our Presentation at Northern Rocks #NRocks
Presentation: Unlock Achievement
As part of my Deus Ex Machina series, here is the information that went with my presentation to Teachmeet Islington. Heaps more detail about our Unlock Achievement project can be found in my Journal entry on the topic https://vimeo.com/122935524
Unlock Achievement – Microcredentials for the secondary classroom
In another step towards restoring authenticity to the secondary classroom, our department has completely re-created our process of assessment. We have abandoned the old ‘curriculum levels’ model and replaced it with a standards-based badged achievement system.
Deus ex Machina
Presentation to the Sunday Times Festival of Education, exploring the "God in the Machine". The notion that it is through setting up a class environment that concentrates on the imperatives of authenticity and agency, the aspects of learning that we care about...
Research in Action: Presentation to ResearchEd 2013
Presentation to Teachmeet BETT 2014
You can also read my "It Takes a Village" Post
Agency through Authenticity
Presentation to the #i2ipartnership teachmeet, held on 24 October 2013
Build a New English Department: Step One – The People
He aha te mea nui? He tangata. He tangata. He tangata. (What is the most important thing? It is people, it is people, it is people.) I start a new year in a new role, Head of Department for English. As part of my application process for the position, I was asked to...