Will only support if you get a few more people to agree with you.

My daughter is a big fan as well so this is making me feel old….

Yeah - this the lizardman constant, isn’t it?

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Let me know the hotel so I can avoid!

I still have one from maybe 2009 and it’s a wonderful piece of tech. Small, beautiful and it reminds me of what a miracle it seemed. (I hated the earlier ones with the clickwheel through).

I feel this might be a contender for the least surprising piece of research this year!

(More generally, the term "isolation" is a misnomer and should be removed from the discourse because it sounds like a prison punishment. In reality, it's a removal from lessons to some kind of supervised environment and there can be a huge range of these.)

The other trending topic in UK education at the moment is the use of "isolation" and its possible effects on students. I found this interesting from Hannah Carter, a headteacher from near where I used to live in the UK. (I think she is @thehonesteducator.bsky.social) www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

But maybe it will all get overtaken by AI developments? Yet another thought-provoking blog from @carlhendrick.substack.com - this one a bit disconcerting. LLMs on their own hinder students but with tweaking could they actually turbocharge learning? substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Shackleton’s Journey just amazing for kids (and adults)!

So sorry to hear. Seems a far too common state of affairs.

I remember when I started my Masters at Birkbeck, we were all ridiculously crowded into a tiny seminar room. 8 weeks in, loads of room to stretch out!

Here's Amber's @instituteforgovernment.org.uk report

Which finds that the equivalent of 23,000 primary school classrooms are empty across England, the highest number since records began

(and there's loads of more fascinating data in there)

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

Really must read this!