During my visit to JWA today I saw a constant stream of classes heading to the ES gym to practice for their end of year concert. And I took time to learn my lines too and it looks like I need to practice a couple of songs too!

Ticket reservations are at nearly 200 so it looks like it will be a capacity crowd. Anyone have a pirate costume I can borrow ;-)

See you next week!

This weekend I attended the Apple Leadership Summit in Geneva Switzerland. As per previous summits we were reminded of the incredible changes that are incurring in our lives around us. A qoute that I’ve heard before but always helps put things in perspective is that ” technology is only technology for those born before the technology was invented “. For our digital native kids, technology is just a part of their life, and as such should be a natural part of their school life

Conference speakers quoted research that now clearly demonstrates the gains not only in engagement  in learning – but of significant improvements in student achievement through the use of current technologies. (more…)

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