Mike Barnes

Well it is the Rainy Season !

January 23, 2018January 23, 2018Africa, Education, Educational Technology, iPads, Malawi, Motor bikes, OneBillion, Schools, Teaching and Learning, The Rains, Training, Uncategorized, UNICEF, Unlocking Talent, VSO, VSOInternationalairports, bags, Friends, Friendship, iPads, Lilongwe, Malawi, Mangochi, Motor bike helmet, Motor Bikes, one billion children, Schools, Unlocking Talent, VSO

Where do I start – since the last lot of jumbled thoughts and generally random events were reported we’ve had Christmas, New Year and now January is almost over. Well many of you will know

It’s spitting – everyone in …….. or out ?

December 9, 2017December 9, 2017Africa, Education, Educational Technology, Malawi, Motor bikes, Schools, Teaching and Learning, The Rains, Training, UNICEF, VSO, VSOInternationalChild friendly schools, Comfort Zone, cultivate, driving, farmers, Floods, Friendship, Life skills, Malawi, Mangochi, Motor Bikes, mud, Rains, Schools, Training, VSO

When they describe this as the rainy season they are not joking. As I mentioned in the last blog the rainy season has begun. And when it rains ……… it rains. When I first arrived

Rain and Locks aren’t a good combo

November 19, 2017November 19, 2017Africa, Apps, Education, Educational Technology, iPads, Malawi, Motor bikes, OneBillion, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Unlocking Talent, VSO, VSOInternationalcompound, iPads, Learning, Malawi, Mangochi, Motor Bikes, padlocks, rainy season, Training, Unlocking Talent, VSO

There’s something about “why put it off till tomorrow when you can put it off today” – or something like that ……. and Ive been meaning to write this blog for a while now but

Creative Challenge – No one said it was going to be easy …………..

October 27, 2017October 27, 2017Africa, Apps, Education, Educational Technology, iPads, Malawi, Motor bikes, OneBillion, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Training, UNICEF, Unlocking Talent, VSO, VSOInternationalApps, challenges, Comfort Zone, Creative, creativity, Girls Education, Inspiration, Malawi, Mangochi, Motor Bikes, one billion children, Schools, Unlocking Talent, VSO

This is a bit of a strange blog post and one that Im not sure where it’s going – which is always a little dangerous ! Normally to use an old analogy its a bit

Twitter, Schools and Sensitisation

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017Africa, Education, Educational Technology, iPads, Malawi, OneBillion, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Training, UNICEF, Unlocking Talent, VSO, VSOInternationalFriends, iPads, Malawi, Motor Bikes, one billion children, Training, Twitter, Unlocking Talent, VSO

About time for another few words of … well certainly not wisdom and possibly not even sense but just ramblings I guess. When I go on Twitter to see whats happening with the educational twitterati

Malawian journey on Tarmac

September 19, 2017September 19, 2017Africa, Education, Educational Technology, iPads, Malawi, Motor bikes, OneBillion, Schools, UNICEF, Unlocking Talent, VSO, VSOInternationalCBT, Comfort Zone, iPads, Malawi, Malawian Houses, Mangochi, markets, Motor Bikes, one billion children, Tarmac, Unlocking Talent, VSO

Well I can’t believe that its been almost 2 weeks since I last wrote on here – ‘Doesn’t time fly when you’re enjoying yourself – as the saying goes. Many reasons I guess – the

Educational Technology might just be part of the answer

August 27, 2017August 28, 2017Africa, Education, Educational Technology, iPads, Malawi, Motor bikes, OneBillion, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Training, UNICEF, Unlocking Talent, VSOComfort Zone, iPads, Lilongwe, Malawi, Mangochi, Motor Bikes, one billion children, Teaching, Training, Unlocking Talent, VSO

Thought it was about time that I went into a bit more detail ( not too much tho ‘cos I already know that some of you have already dropped off/logged off !!) about what it