I love the film Kes (1969). It was still modern when I went to secondary school, nearly ten years later  – some local authorities were still trying to get it banned when I was teaching in the 90s, and it’s still modern now. This scene, where the poor messenger boy from the second form gets beaten seems really resonant.
They had …read the rest of this article

[This is a tad off-topic but has a 2.0 in it and so is fair game. Feel free to disagree.]
I was at a press briefing for the launch of a new report called Learning 2.0 from the CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing) this morning (it’s not online till 21/2). They asked me what I thought of the title. I’m not …read the rest of this article

via. Communities Dominate Brands
 
And apparently the most blogged about video on the ‘net at the moment. The URL of the creators, fleetingly referred to towards the end is http://www.mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/

“… the basic idea is to create a 3 minute video highlighting the most important characteristics of students today – how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, …read the rest of this article