Author: Mike Collins

white and brown cow nearby mountains How can (All) Creatures Great and Small boost employability through apprenticeships?
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How can (All) Creatures Great and Small boost employability through apprenticeships?

Mike Collins
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How can (All) Creatures Great and Small boost employability through apprenticeships?
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Ye gods, we recorded this episode a year ago, a year ago! That’s how far behind we are with our editing. Shameful. In this episode we discuss much loved snuggly sunday blanket TV show All Creatures Great and Small, based on James Herriot’s awesome books, and use it to understand Apprenticeships as a pedagogic model.… Continue reading How can (All) Creatures Great and Small boost employability through apprenticeships?

How does the Zone of Proximal Development make you a better parkour murderer in Assassin’s Creed?
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How does the Zone of Proximal Development make you a better parkour murderer in Assassin’s Creed?

Mike Collins
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How does the Zone of Proximal Development make you a better parkour murderer in Assassin's Creed?
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It’s been a while since we’ve done an old style Mike and Mark jobby – remember when these were all we did? We’re tackling ZPD! Everyone’s favourite flipping long way of saying graspable learning. And we’re bouncing it off beloved stabby franchise, Assassin’s Creed. We mention a few things in the episode by the way,… Continue reading How does the Zone of Proximal Development make you a better parkour murderer in Assassin’s Creed?

Playful Learning 2023

Playful Learning 2023 Day 3 Recap – Theme Tunes, Headliners and Reflections

Mike Collins
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Pedagodzilla on Tour
Playful Learning 2023 Day 3 Recap - Theme Tunes, Headliners and Reflections
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It’s over, and it’s been an absolute belter of a conference. Join us for an explosive opener from write-the-theme-tune sing-the-theme-tune, join our our headliners for the day, and finally Mark Mike and Nic sit down to reflect on the conference, and start mulling plans for next year.

Playful Learning 2023

Playful Learning 2023 Day 2 Recap

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Playful Learning 2023 Day 2 Recap
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It’s another very scrappily pulled together daily update, hastily yanked from the RodeCaster on to Mike’s laptop, clumsily mushed together and then chucked out in to internet land. In it, we’re joined by Alex Mosely and Rosie Jones (Playful Learning Organisers) and Giskin Day the headline act to talk about her keynote, how everyone’s doing… Continue reading Playful Learning 2023 Day 2 Recap

Playful Learning 2023

Playful Learning 2023 Day 1 Recap

Mike Collins
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Pedagodzilla on Tour
Playful Learning 2023 Day 1 Recap
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Bam! It’s Playful Learning 2023! We’ve all had too much wine (well, Mike has), and we’re giving you an unedited flavour of the conference in three chunks! A quick intro from Mike and Mark, we’re then joined by headline act Lara Ratnaraja, and then tailed off with a look back at day 1 with Pen… Continue reading Playful Learning 2023 Day 1 Recap