Seth Godin has a trippy blog and a few other sites. He has written 12 bestsellers that have been translated into 33 languages. I’ve been reading Linchpin and quite enjoying some of the messages he offers about being an artist at whatever you do. Anyway, all was well and good until […]
Monthly Archives: February 2013
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3rd National Gifted Education Awareness Week – 2013
This is one of those posts that teachers might take badly. If you think that’s you, go away now. So, there I was giving a talk loosely entitled ‘Teaching in the Geography Classroom’ to 3rd year undergraduate students in Maynooth. I present this talk every year and broadly speaking, it’s […]
Where’s Your Teaching-Mojo?
I’m happy to recommend Ben Curran‘s and Neil Wetherbee‘s (joint web-site here) ‘Learning in the 21st Century: How to Connect, Collaborate, and Create‘. Learning in the 21st Century is published by GHF Press, the publishing devision of Gifted Homeschoolers Forum. Recognising that school does not suit everyone, GHF provides support […]
Must Reads – GHF Press ‘Learning in the 21st Century’
Download my presentation to St. Patrick’s National School, Glencullen, Dublin 18 on Wednesday 6th February 2013. Gifted Children in School Books referred to: – Daniel Willingham Why Don’t Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom Linda Silverman Giftedness 101 […]