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A walk in Glen Fruin

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:42:21 +0000

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Drumgelloch sunset

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:37:19 +0000

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Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:05:52 +0100

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Gawker capture

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:47:46 +0100

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Combined screen from Gawker

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Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:05:31 +0100

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Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:29:11 +0100

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Mini vMac

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:36:06 +0100

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"Pappardelle (sg.: pappardella) are large fettuccine. The name derives from the verb “pappare,” to..."

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:04:07 +0100

“Pappardelle (sg.: pappardella) are large fettuccine. The name derives from the verb “pappare,” to gobble up.”

- Pappardelle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Iphone test

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:05:23 +0100

Iphone test

"I consider that criminal, because children should be making things, communicating, exploring,..."

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:53:10 +0100

““I consider that criminal, because children should be making things, communicating, exploring, sharing, not running office automation tools.””

- Nicholas Negroponte quoted on Canvastic! Finally - A Tool, Not a Toy

Walk map

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:15:00 +0100

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Beinn Ime and Ben Luibhean

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:31:29 +0100

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Photos from a hillwalk

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Macfusion

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:03:36 +0100

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Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:45:46 +0100

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Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:26:32 +0100

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Procrastination (via walt74) I found it on garry’s...

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:15:57 +0100

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"04:32 jgates513 : in an environment where the right click is disabled abd wikis are blocked, is..."

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:30:00 +0100

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04:32 jgates513 : in an environment where the right click is disabled abd wikis are blocked, is a conversation about cell phones in the classroom worth the time?

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from xkcd

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:06:00 +0100

from xkcd

"I don’t want Twitter to become a responsibility; I like having a casual relationship with it...."

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:06:00 +0100

“I don’t want Twitter to become a responsibility; I like having a casual relationship with it. I read tweets when I want to, and ignore things I’ve missed most of the time. I’ve already got people asking me if I get their replies or direct messages on Twitter - I know it will only get worse if reliability improves.”

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"Ask a teacher or a school which learning theory governs their practice and they will be hard put to..."

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:41:00 +0100

“Ask a teacher or a school which learning theory governs their practice and they will be hard put to give a coherent reply. Yet reflect upon the observable practice and the dominant model will have behaviourist undertones, where we believe that we can influence a child’s behaviour through the consistent aplication of rewards and sanctions. Through this process we can make children reflect upon their behaviour with a view to them developing an understanding of what constitutes good behaviour. If we look at how most schools and classrooms are organised we can see such a model permeating our practice. However, Attachment Theory suggests that such a model cannot influence a child who has not experienced secure parenting, nor formed a secure relationship in their early years. If we reflect upon what adults are doing with children under 3 we can characterise good parenting as being caring and empathetic. Recent brain research shows that the brain does not develop the same in an environment where the child has not experienced a secure parenting environment. So such things as neglect and abuse; overt family conflict; hostile and rejecting relationships; or death and loss can all disrupt the normal secure attachment that a child requires to properly develop.”

- Don Ledingham’s Learning Log » Blog Archive » Attachment Theory

A good fit with what I see at school daily. We have a nuture unit at Sandaig to try and help.