Mike Tomlinson wants to reintroduce apprenticeships, according to an interview in the Telegraph today (registration required). The key quote: “At 14, some students will spend up to two days a week in the workplace… Junior apprenticeships could easily happen at 14. A lot of people become disengaged at 14, if not before.” I think this…

Video files are large and slow to load over the internet; you can get around this by using “streaming” formats. These slice a video up; you can watch the first slice whilst the second is downloading, and so on. Last year, we experimented with incorporating streaming media into Paperless School. The results were disappointing; very…

So far I’ve only read the BBC’s coverage of the Tomlinson Report. First impression: a missed opportunity to make changes. Consider this quote: Coursework would be replaced by a personal project perhaps spanning a number of subjects, and demonstrating the ability to research and analyse, perhaps through a visual presentation or designing and constructing something.…