Most
embarrassing moment at
ULTRALAB:
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I
am not sure I had any embarrassing moments in the lab, others may
say different! I think this is because I have found the lab to be a
welcoming place that tolerates the individual eccentricities of which
there are lots to enjoy.
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Why
do you work there?
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I
don't work there anymore, I left Ultralab as the Talking Heads project
graduated out to NCSL, but when I did work there I was a remote worker
living in Devon. Why did I work for the lab? Well for me it is was
being
surrounded by creative people who care passionately about what they do.
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Tell
us about your home
life:
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As
I type this I am sitting at my desk looking out forty miles to Dartmoor
across the beauty of the Devon Landscape. I am based here with my
younger son Jo and in the vacations by older son Liam who is at
University in Coventry. The key asset of where I live, other than the
great set of friends I have, is the Aga cooker that brings core warmth
to the house and especially the social hub the kitchen.
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Favorite
book:
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Oh boy where do you start? As a youngster all the Arthur Ransom books
which helped me to learn to read. Gormangast by Mervyn Peek and in
recent years Feel the Fear but do it Anyway but Susan Jeffers.
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Favorite
film:
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Now
this is an unfair challenge! The ones on my list are the ones which
changed my perception on life: Mary Poppins, Solider Blue, One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Easy Rider, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and
my all time favourite Being There with Peter Sellers as Chancy
Gardener.
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Favorite
web link:
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www.forkbeardfantasy.co.uk/
Other
than goggle my favourite gateway to the virtual world currently this
one: www.forkbeardfantasy.co.uk/ Why because this performance group
combine the medias to transport you into a universe that stretches the
mind?s perception of reality. This is a bit of a posh way of saying
they are wacky.
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About
me...........
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Me
well I grew up in Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight and consider myself
Welsh because of my parents origins. Am an aging hippie having attended
the pop festivals of the late 1960?s on the Island. Trained as a
teacher at Rolle College in Exmouth part of Exeter University at the
time. Went off to join a theatre in education group for a year in
Mansfield in Nottingham. Started teaching in Devon and progressed to
being a head teacher. Was seconded to work with HMI and became an
independent educational advisor, inspector and consultant. This led me
to be President of the professional association and union that looks
after all those working as ?School Improvement Professionals? (NAEIAC).
Then I joined the team working on the Tesco millennium project as an
advisory teacher and project manager associated with HTI and Intuitive
Media. The end result was School net: www.schoolnetglobal.com/ which
was showcased in the Millennium Dome. Joining that team introduced me
to an organisation called ULTRALAB and as the end of the century
approached the DfES (bless their little cotton socks) decided they
needed a team to create the NCSL online communities and here I am. I am
also passionate about the role parents play in education and am a
director of PTA@PTD: /www.ptadevon.org.uk/ Besides all that I indulge
myself in music, gym, theatre, travel and friendship as often as I can.
If I can support you in any way or you just fancy a chat drop me a line.
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