The international Open Eye conference I attended two weeks ago received coverage in the national media, including the Telegraph newspaper: They chose the challenging headline “Ban Computers from schools until children reach age 9 says expert”. Dr. Aric Sigman is quoted: “There is evidence to show that introducing information and communications technology (ICT) in the early years [...]
Archive for June, 2010
17 Jun
Consuming kids. Campaign against the commercialisation of childhood.
Wanted to slot this in between blog posts about the Open Eye conference as it is so relevant to bringing up children in this day and age. From the campaign against the commercialisation of childhood. You can find the other six parts of this excellent film on You Tube.
17 Jun
New website: The Unique Child Network. Open Eye Conference “The Child – the true foundation” London, 2010.
News from the Open Eye conference: A new networking site is under construction by one of Open Eye’s members which aims to bring together people worldwide who are concerned about the increasing rigidity of educational systems and wish to ensure that future models: – recognise and fully support the unique potential and wellbeing of each [...]
16 Jun
Open Eye Conference. “The Child – the True Foundation”. London 12th. June, 2010.
What’s that expression? “If you want to get something done, ask a busy person.” I travelled to London at the weekend to attend the Open Eye conference on early years education, taking my press card with me . Here’s a picture of the Open Eye panel. The clock reads quarter past five and after a day jam-packed with fascinating [...]
10 Jun
EYFS Parliamentary electronic petition update. Open Eye Early Years Conference.
During the election and the formation of the coalition government I’d been keeping a very close eye on the EYFS parliamentary e-petition. The petition had been closed down for around six weeks. During this time the site displayed a message saying that all petition deadlines would be extended to compensate for the closure. I hadn’t done a lot of work on the EYFS [...]
