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This video resonated with me on many levels. I'm looking forward to the Deconstructing Devices ECA coming up in block 3. Some of the students have come up to me and mentioned they are looking forward to it :)

New ECA for Block 3: Deconstructing Devices

Deconstructing devices and learning how their component parts make up the whole is a dying art. In this tinkering ECA we will take every-day donated devices and meticulously dismantle them into their fundamental pieces, learning on the tear-down journey how they integrate with each other to make the device work as a whole. We will recycle parts that can be used in other engineering projects, and contact local companies to environmentally dispose of parts that we cannot recycle or re-use. No prior experience is necessary – just a desire and curiosity to find out how things work, sprinkled with some patience and ingenuity. Limited to 10 places only

Source: http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2016/12/successful-people-2/

This quote and many other useful life tips are summarised in this great post and synthesis of advice in Tim Ferriss' new book called Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers.

Google Team Drive

All you need to know about Google Team Drive is here: support.google.com/a/answer/7212025. You can switch on or off the ability for students or other organisational units in the school to use Team Drive.

The full 200+ page report from the OECD is below. I recommend skipping to the executive summary on on page 17:

The BBC article is below:

A balanced response from Cat Scutt in the TES below: