Author Archives: jameswilding

As regular readers know, I publish a weekly blog on things digital.  This week, the headliners include a Blue-Man book, a Spaceman, a Shoot-em-up and some pretty nifty driving software making use of Google’s Street view images. I am indebted to ISANet … Continue reading →

The return of Sherlock Holmes in the modern idiom, as characterised by Benedict Cumberbatch, has brought this Victorian sleuth back into the limelight. I am certainly not the only viewer of ‘Sherlock’, the BBC series, to be moving my status … Continue reading →

In this month’s Scientific American, there is one of those lovely research articles that summarises what we know about reading things for the purposes of learning, understanding and retention. The article specifically contrasts the effectiveness on reading text on a slate/screen against … Continue reading →

 http://goo.gl/ObzP0 takes you to the text plus pictures! If you are old enough, you’ll remember the great Frankie Howerd. “Infamy, Infamy, they’ve all got it in for me”.  Here’s Frankie speaking  at the Oxford Union in 1990 – it all kicks off … Continue reading →

Regular readers of my blog know that I find myself as often as not wondering  from where does Mr Gove gets his policies and his evidence?  I am indebted to the same readers for keeping me up-to-date, though it must … Continue reading →

With the news from the states being so rotten at present, I fear clicking on the BBC news button in case of jinxing something worse to happen.  Sadly, beyond the news button on the BBC webpage is the Education button, … Continue reading →

…is it always gets worse – Bruce Cockburn (1981) I won’t be the only one who is unfamiliar with the musical ouevres of the Canadian singer song-writer, Bruce Cockburn, but I like this quote lots*.    Today (at the time … Continue reading →

I have recently come across the writings of another headteacher, John Tomsett, in which he refers to some difficult classes he is currently teaching, illustrates his actions with some graphic detail, and suggests that by taking on the children at … Continue reading →

I am not the only educator to be drawn in principle to the Massive Open On-line Course structure that the American Ivy Leaf and now UK Universities are making available to students across the world. In many ways it seems a no-brainer … Continue reading →