Normal service will now be resumed...

It's finished, it's been handed in and it's all over bar the shouting. I should be able to let you know around the 21st of May(ish) if it was all worth it.

Deadline
Originally uploaded by Moonrhino

Towards the end it was more than a little painful trying to finish. I went right to the wire but it was handed in on Monday, so now I just have to wait. I'll try to get back to blogging properly soon.

For now I mostly want to lie in a dark corner somewhere and sleep.

For now I just want to note that shortly after I dropped out of updating and following blogs to concentrate on meeting my deadline David Warlick picked up on one of my posts. I've been following David Warlick since I heard him speak at SETT some years ago so I find it's slightly bizzare (and pleasing) to read that he's been following me since then too. So, I'm about to head over there to leave a belated comment on his post... and then I really need to get on with one of the many things that were put on hold in the last few weeks.

We interupt this service...

I've made a big mess and I'm now in danger of missing a major writing deadline. Everything is going on hold in a desperate attempt to finish on time. There may be an occasional Twitter style update... but don't hold your breath. See you on the 27th of April.

Fun on Friday #26: Twittersheep

Know who your friends are...

Twittersheep produces a word cloud based on the bios of the people following you (or anyone else for that matter) on Twitter. For example, here's mine:

Not surprisingly, teacher features strongly as does education and learning. Compare with Stephen Fry's flock (or at least the part that I could fit on one screen):

Interesting how strongly geeks and students feature! According to the Guardian's April Fool:

Currently, 17.8% of all Twitter traffic in the United Kingdom consists of status updates from Stephen Fry, whose reliably jolly tone, whether trapped in a lift or eating a scrumptious tart, has won him thousands of fans. A further 11% is made up of his 363,000 followers replying "@stephenfry LOL!", "@stephenfry EXACTLY the same thing happened to me", and "@stephenfry Meanwhile, I am making myself an omelette! Delicious!"

Perhaps not my most useful post but I think it counts as Fun on Friday. |:-)

inspirED

I just received an email with details on the latest edition of inspirED:

...a collection of news and stories to inspire anyone interested in innovative approaches to teaching and learning

The email thanked me for "...helping us to distribute inspirED" which made me feel a bit guilty because I don't remember helping in any way. Hence the post.


It's published by futurelab and there a bundle of good articles in this edition so hopefully at least one will catch your eye.