Author Archives: Mr M Tennant

Moving My Digital Home – End of an Era!

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Mr M Tennant

This is the last time I will be posting to this blog, having been involved in EduBuzz since its inception.  The reason: I’m setting up a new blog on the web, hosted on my own server space.  I’m still building … Continue reading →

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Appeal to Computing Teachers

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Mr M Tennant

I’ve just send the email below to lead teachers I know of, and thought I’d reproduce it here in case anyone is still tuned in… You will probably be aware of several concerns over the direction (and even future) of … Continue reading →

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Lapsed Blogger (sort of!)

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Mr M Tennant

Hello folks! Talk about a long time to update – I could be counted as a lapsed blog, but my excuse (which I’m sticking to) is that I’ve been too busy sorting out a new school website on Edubuzz.  You … Continue reading →

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Future Qualifications

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Mr M Tennant

Update 7/5/08 – the full speech and following questions are available here: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/meetingsParliament/or-08/sor0424-02.htm#Col7863 Did anyone else read the speech by Fiona Hyslop to parliament regarding the new Qualifications that will come in with CfE? http://www.scotland.gov.uk/news/this-week/speeches/smarter/natqual Certainly, there is not a … Continue reading →

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Ex-Student views on Computing

Posted on April 30, 2008 by Mr M Tennant

I got an interesting email from a former student of Dunbar Grammar who went on to study Computer Science. He had seen some of the press coverage about the future of computing and decided to let me know his thoughts. … Continue reading →

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