Futurelab
My 2007 review
2007 has been a year of glorious highs and one or two stomach-churning lows. Nevertheless, this is a blog about optimism so please indulge me while I look back solely over the highs and if you know me personally, forgive me for glossing over the lows. I grow more convinced that the only way to achieve great things is to …
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Futurelab website relaunch
To my delight and sheer relief, we completed and launched the new Futurelab website this week. More about that another time; the important thing is a the launch party. Here is a selection of photos:
Futurelab’s new blog
Futurelab’s new blog, FLUX, which is scheduled for official launch on 3 January, is now quietly available at: flux.futurelab.org.uk FLUX will offer the space to discuss and debate the latest in innovation and education and will be contributed to by a range of knowledgable folks from across the region.
Missing the point about mobile phone cheats
As cited in the Guardian this week, a report for the QCA will conclude there is a significant increase in pupils using mobile phones to gain answers in exams, specifically via text message. Naturally this is a Bad Thing and the report will also suggest ways to combat this problem – one of which is to enclose halls in a …
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Familiar words aid findability
In his latest Alertbox entry, Jakob Nielsen shares his findings that you are more findable on the web by using familiar words and phrases. For example, if a user wanted to search for a spade, they’d sure as hell enter “spade”, not “digging implement”, and less so “excavation solution”. So the lesson is “call a spade a spade”, right? Right. …
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