Back in the summer I completed the level 4 Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS). It is first stage of a PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education) in Lifelong learning and is required to gain ‘Qualified Teacher, Learning & Skills Status’ in the UK. Not that I’m becoming a teacher but the…
I’m a big fan of two things, simplicity and transparency. I’ve worked on a few projects lately where communication to stakeholders could have been both simpler and more transparent. However, such is the corporate world that those responsible for projects often feel more comfortable hiding behind complex and vague status reporting. It means it is…
Great article on why you should be producing ‘big content’ for your blog/site.
If you want easy, then stop reading (this article is pretty long, and that sandwich won’t eat itself). The #1 attribute of big content is that it takes time and effort…
We’re just a little bit into January and already the UK government has confirmed plans to get school kids coding.
http://storify.com/slgavin/2012-a-promising-year-for-learning-to-code
Atos, the largest IT services firm in Europe, is going to do away with internal e-mail. Atos CEO Thierry Breton says that only 15 percent of the 200 e-mails his staff receive on average are valuable, and that staff are wasting between 5 and 20 hours a week handling e-mail. Instead of e-mail, he wants…
