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What lovely people do… pimping my presentations

Posted on 09/02/2012 by jameswilding

Now I have a number of followers of my digital engagemet project, the ISANet – 450+ to be almost precise. On of them, Dave Orchard at Canbury School, decided my presentations from the Google Stand at BETT 2012 needed pimping … Continue reading →

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Normalising the Extraordinary…

Posted on 09/02/2012 by jameswilding

So this is my end of first Half of Lent Term presentation to the Senior Boys School. Robert, Ben, Michael, Ben are all former students of the school, and proud to be part of our heritage. Stuff happens in our … Continue reading →

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Once a British Citizen, always a Brit, despite failing the test.

Posted on 29/01/2012 by jameswilding

As my school knows, I really enjoy preparing a good assembly. On Thursday last week, we were saying goodbye to Oskar, a bright and engaging German who has spent the last 5 months in our Year 11, improving his English … Continue reading →

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Digital Learning Day – as if every day isn’t?

Posted on 29/01/2012 by jameswilding

The onward march of 2012 is relentless – one month gone, and it is less than 5 months of teaching days before the Academic year as at an end. And in that time, we are going to celebrate a Diamond … Continue reading →

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#AskGove An invitation I can’t resist

Posted on 24/01/2012 by jameswilding

I love having Mr Gove as our Secretary of State for Education; he’s such good value, a man who always has something to say, irrespective about context and occasion.  In the blizzard of stuff emanating de Le Gove, I admire … Continue reading →

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An exemplar ISANet weekly Newsletter from the Principal’s Pen

Posted on 18/01/2012 by jameswilding

The ISANet community is 440+ educators spread across ISA schools and further afield too, with membership in the Americas, Europe, India, South East Asia and Down-under too.  It’s been important for the Association to have a voice about Digital Literacy, to inspire within, to encourage and … Continue reading →

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Digital Literacy v Computer Programming

Posted on 18/01/2012 by jameswilding

It has been really gratifying to be part of the ISANet, to help inspire and develop a national project to take schools and their communities to ‘the cloud’.  As the local paper, the Maidenhead Advertiser reports, we went live this last week … Continue reading →

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A year of Blogging has passed, so what’s for the future…

Posted on 04/01/2012 by jameswilding

Those lovely people at WordPress have summarised my first year of ‘A Princpled view’ with this annual report for the blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 3,800 times … Continue reading →

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End of Term Newsletter

Posted on 16/12/2011 by jameswilding

There is a real sense of excitement around our school this December, and it’s not just because Christmas is coming! The dawn of any academic year heralds renewal but reviewing this term, I can see that exceptional progress has been … Continue reading →

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Some views from the wings…ISANet Newsletter 12 Monday 5 December 2011

Posted on 05/12/2011 by jameswilding

First things first – it’s been a funny old week in the news, as ever.  Increasingly, as the chickens come home to roost, it seems that plain old common sense is the way forward after all.  As one market maker … Continue reading →

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