Hong Kong schools to remain closed until after Easter, university entrance exams set to go ahead as planned in March: Thomas Chan Ho-him for South China Morning Post: buff.ly/3a6oCQ1 #COVID19 #internationalstudent #studentrecruitment

An interesting piece here from @microsofteduk on 'The Three Cs of Remote Learning' linkedin.com/pulse/three-cs… #schoolclosureuk #homeschool

Really important announcement from Cambridge International Education regarding IGCSEs and International qualifications. In short. All exams are off this summer cambridgeinternational.org/news/news-deta… #examscancelled #Exams2020

It is a worrying time in the UK independent school sector - with many schools in financial difficulty even before the recent crisis. A 7 min well-researched read here from the FT... ft.com/content/f9289e…

We've been eagerly anticipating this for some time. CENTURY Tech is now available direct to families and learners. With #schoolclosures still on, take advantage of free access to English, Maths and Science adaptive, curriculum-aligned resources and lessons ...

g.co/doodle/elrcs Happy St. George's Day all. #GoogleDoodle team smashed it out the park today Ahem ... I mean knocked it for six as it is #StGeorgesDay

#EnglishLanguageDay A good time for #yourfavouritewords Current favourite, after my 2 year old used it yesterday: Dollop

Agreed. And already beginning to see some contenders (or entrants more accurately perhaps) in the teacher-digital hybrid model

Really interesting and well-researched article here from Vox magazine on some of the pitfalls of online proctoring for exams. At Intac we love digital solutions but see an enduring need for test centres for high stakes examinations in the future vox.com/recode/2020/5/…

I do think this will spark increasing confidence (from teachers, learners and crucially, parents) with accessing and promoting digital learning tech. I think little will change in the short term, but this saga will be seen as the start of significant changes in the future

Super Article in the Observer this weekend on the opportunities to make positive and much-needed changes to some of our learning systems. Well worth a read: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Excellent webinar and panel discussion today from Rethinking Assessment and @ukEdge. Most interesting and some genuine options to explore going forward

Bravely put @BurnhamAusten,

Worth a listen ...

If unis use a variety of assessment methods, we do our pupils a disservice by only exposing them to one type in schools... Robert Lobatto Professor Tamsin Ford 💙 Dr Bettina Hohnen Professor Bill Lucas Peter Hyman Amelia Peterson