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		<title>Maths Don’t Add Up In Olympic Games Cost Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alistair Owens www.keen2learn.co.uk
It ever it was difficult to educate children to understand the practical use of maths this case will dash all hopes of logic. To protect our interests a consortium of surveyors called CLM have been appointed to keep the bill for the London Olympic Games under control. A laudable task and meant to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are We Still Playing Games With Our Children’s In Educational Academies,?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After 10 years in operation the Government plans to extend the number of educational academies. But are they working? Has the right decision been made by the DCSF (department of children, schools and families) based on fact or is this way to offload problem schools to third parties?
The debate looms; the protagonists either claim Academies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have Handwriting Skills Been Superseded By Technology?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 10:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teaching four-year-old children to write is nonsense says literacy consultant Sue Palmer. “As useful as teaching a dog to walk on its hind legs.” So why has the National Curriculum in the UK adopted new assessments to measure handwriting skills in the first year at school?
Concerned opinion asks why the government introduced a scheme which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School Drudgery Swapped for Learning Fun</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 10:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teachers are at the front line and can see the issues and solutions as they develop. Why do we ignore this wisdom and experience and play games with the educational curriculum. The number of children failing in education is astounding and we don't seem to be getting any better ]]></description>
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		<title>Chaos In Teaching Resources Forecast With Changes To Educational SAT Exams.</title>
		<link>http://keen2learn.edublogs.org/2009/05/07/chaos-in-teaching-resources-forecast-with-changes-to-educational-sat-exams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 08:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>keen2learn</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://keen2learn.edublogs.org/?p=87</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Education is at a crossroads. Concern criticism abounds at all levels. We need to enter a brave new world matched to the future needs of a global market. An exceptional navigator is required to lead the way. Previous applicants need not reapply.]]></description>
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		<title>Are We Still Learning What To Teach At School?</title>
		<link>http://keen2learn.edublogs.org/2008/12/09/are-we-still-learning-what-to-teach-at-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>keen2learn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UK primary school curriculum is in the throws of a massive positive update, or another upheaval depending on which way you look at it. Clearly the current system is ailing with many performance targets being missed despite the inclination to manipulate the results -inherent with any target based system.
The “teach to test” syndrome is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids Ditch Toy Guns For Educational Games</title>
		<link>http://keen2learn.edublogs.org/2008/12/05/kids-ditch-toy-guns-for-educational-games/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>keen2learn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kids are seeing the light and preferring educational games from the toy shop rather that toy guns.]]></description>
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		<title>New Teaching Resources To Encourage Children To Attend School</title>
		<link>http://keen2learn.edublogs.org/2008/11/20/new-teaching-resources-to-encourage-children-to-attend-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>keen2learn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stockton Council provides trip tp a bowling alley as an award to entice children to attend school. Is there a better way; should the lessons be made more fun and any award be some form of educational game?]]></description>
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		<title>Why Kids Need Educational Video Games</title>
		<link>http://keen2learn.edublogs.org/2008/10/27/why-kids-need-educational-video-games/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>keen2learn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The big players in video games are looking closely at developing new educational games to be played on games consoles and Pc’s. We look at the top 10 aspects we feel should be considered in the next generation of learning games. This list is just the start, please comment on what you feel would be included in the ideal format.]]></description>
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		<title>Save Energy Through Educational Games</title>
		<link>http://keen2learn.edublogs.org/2008/10/03/save-energy-through-educational-games/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>keen2learn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The assiduous onset of global warming, reducing oil stocks conspire to threaten the world that will ultimately pass to future generations to resolve. Our school children need teaching resources to be groomed on the significance of alternative energy sources, and receive our apologies for getting it so wrong.
The International Energy Agency projects that the world&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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