If we were asked to list our creative heroes, it is probable that we would include many outstanding individuals whose creative endeavours have positively impacted our lives in some way. These exceptional individuals have operated with originality, adding value to society with their works and ideas. My list would include people such as Christian Barnard, a heart transplant surgeon; Michael Morpurgo, an author; Taylor Mali, a poet; Tim Berners-Lee, a scientist; Sarah Jane Szikora, an artist; and more controversially, Wayne Rooney, a footballer. The creativity that we reserve for such exceptional...

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Here is a virtual award sticker that I give to younger students who are getting into blogs. They seem to like it so feel free to use it if you think it might be useful. I’ve also got other versions that I will post here. Why not give yourself one if you missed out on an edublogging award this year. Here it is in action over at Morgan’s Blog.

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.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; } .flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I had a very interesting morning with Charlie, one of the students with whom I regularly work. He walked me through the intricacies of bluetooth on my new phone, beaming a photo that he took with his phone’s camera to mine. He was a good teacher! We then sent it to my Flickr account and it was automatically posted to this blog. The photo forms part of our River Trent project that we are putting...

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