Mark Pentleton

Today is a special day on 365songs as my dad celebrates his 70th birthday! When asked if he had any special requests he asked for ‘O Sole Mio, so I hope he enjoys this performance! ‘O Sole Mio is a Neapolitan song dating from 1898. It has been recorded by hundreds of artists worldwide, from [...]

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This afternoon I’m running three workshops at the Apple Leadership Conference at the Cumberland which is running alongside BETT and involves educationalists from Europe, Africa and the Middle East. I’ve been asked to focus on creating resources for the languages classroom, and I’ve created a video version of my presentation. There are a few blips [...]

This was around 1am in the bar of the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow, after a long day on the Adventi stand at the Scottish Learning Festival and a great Teachmeet over at the Beeb. That’s Derek Robertson doing his best Harry Connick Jr performance. A great night!

I’m just back from a great week in Leigh Academy where I was part of a team of Apple Distinguished Educators delivering workshops to the students of the school. It was a fantastic week, although at times the 35°C+ temperatures outside and glass roof in the work areas made the workshops a bit hard-going to [...]