A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

No matter what education circle you are in, AI is likely a topic of conversation. Some see it as the holy grail of education, and this has manifested in countless books and presentations, especially at technology conferences. Even events that are not focused on digital have sessions dedicated to the topic. On the other hand, there are an equal number of skeptics and opponents of using AI in schools.

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Perspectives in Anthropology

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Written by Keith Hart The classical liberal revolutions were sustained by three ideas: that freedomand economic progress require increased movement …

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Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

September 1st is the change over day for GA Presidents. For the first time in the GA's history we have two successive female teacher Presidents. Good luck to Hina Robinson for the year ahead. Her entry on my GA Presidents blog is now live. Good luck also to last year's President Denise Freeman who takes on the role of Vice Chair of the GA's Board of Trustees.

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Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

I posted recently about the seeming X-odus from Twitter and how people had moved to Threads. Another option for those moving away from Twitter is BlueSky. I have an account there too , but it gets very little engagement so far. If I asked a question on Twitter (until recently), I could sort of guarantee that I would get lots of responses very quickly, but nothing much happens for days.

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Living Geography

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

An interesting Conversation piece on travel writing. It explores how COVID changed things, and also the wealth of travel pieces as a result of social media and other options, which democratised travel writing to an extent. I also liked the image, which I followed up for another post on the blog.

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