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The school I want for my son

Like most parents with young children, I get a lot of joy from imagining what type of boy my young son will turn out to be (here's my best guess: sporty, intrigued by the world, cheeky, and a giggler).

11.01.2013

Nesta's Failure Fest

The following is a guest blog post by Gavin Dykes, independent education adviser and consultant, and director of Cellcove Ltd, following our Failure Fest event.

20.12.2012

Resolutions for a digital new year

The trees are up, the mince pies out, and the garlands hung. As the days get shorter and colder, we at Nesta have begun to look forward to the new year and reflect on our progress, challenges and achievements over 2012.

19.12.2012

24hr Code and Pi party at Nesta

Coming into the office on the weekend is usually avoided, but sometimes the reason is too worthwhile to pass up. Last weekend Code Club and Raspberry Pi took over Nesta's lab-like first floor to run an experiment of its own: its first ever 24hr hack day.

18.12.2012

Technology offers the best chance of taking effective learning practices to scale

On Monday, I attended the Education Endowment Foundation's Evidence in Action Seminar, which was full of good people, proposing good ideas, for closer aligning what goes on in the classroom with what we know about learning.  However, I was struck that there was no talk of how technology can support this aspiration.  As I often do, I thought I would collect my thoughts in a blog post.

30.11.2012

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