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Although you know your teenager takes some chances, it can be a shock to hear about them. One fine May morning not long ago my oldest son, 17 at the time, phoned to tell me that he had just spent a couple hours at the state police barracks. Apparently he had been driving “a little […]

Soren Gordhamer is the organizer of the Wisdom 2.0 Conferences. Along with its annual event, it is also holding a Wisdom 2.0 Youth Conference for parents and others focused on supporting young people in the digital age. You can follow him at @SorenG on Twitter. “Dad, can I use your phone to play games?” asked […]

http://www.youtube.com/dreamschool http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jamies-dream-school Final comments on Channel 4’s / Jamie Oliver’s Dream School. Well, dream school has certainly been a roller coaster, it’s had it’s good points and it’s bad points, but overall it has reflected the real challenges of young people who struggle with education. Something I’ve done almost every week for the last 18 […]

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jamies-dream-school http://www.youtube.com/dreamschool Jamie’s dream school episode 5. “Sperm, Shakespeare and surgery!”   A big move this week as we (at last!) move out of the classroom a bit more. Jamie has really got it now as the penny drops that a lot of “challenging teens” are kinesthetic learners (they learn by ‘doing’).   We must let […]

  http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jamies-dream-school http://www.youtube.com/dreamschool Episode 4 “Old school” Jamie and his team of celeb teachers take it back to the old school this week and try to teach Latin and Poetry, a brave move. And at first it’s a disaster! Constant chatting from the class (often known as “low level disruption”) causes some big problems in some […]

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jamies-dream-school http://www.youtube.com/dreamschool Episode 3 Some interesting twists and turns in this episode!  Harlem was the main feature after her aggressive outburst and very nearly punch up. Not uncommon in some schools. She went home and told her Mum her side of the story but then she had to take her Mum into school and watch the video of […]

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jamies-dream-school http://www.youtube.com/dreamschoo Episode 2 Well done Jamie! After the last episode and the Dr. Starkey incident things have got much better. The way Jazzy B dealt with the young people was brilliant, he was firm but fair and inspired them to write music, great stuff.  But the start of the show was Rankin who had a class full of young people who […]