I started a  new role on a Friday, the 1st March 2019. In this role I decided to use weeknotes to reflect on my new role and the work I will doing in this space. I also post my top tweet over the last seven days….

• Happy Retirement Paul – Weeknote #291 – 27th September 2024
• It’ll be reyt – Weeknote #290 – 20th September 2024
• Weeknote #289 – 13th September 2024
• Autumnal – Weeknote #288 – 6th September 2024
• Change is needed, but can we change? – Weeknote #287 – 30th August 2024
• Record numbers – Weeknote #286 – 23rd August 2024
• Tough times – Weeknote #285 – 16th August 2024
• Down Solent Way – Weeknote #284 – 9th August 2024
• Mandatory – Weeknote #283 – 2nd August 2024
• Reviewing the role of the OfS – Weeknote #282 – 26th July 2024
• Weeknote #281 – 19th July 2024
• Weeknote #280 – 12th July 2024
• We have a new government – Weeknote #279 – 5th July 2024
• Driving value – Weeknote #278 – 28th June 2024
• They’ll never take our freedom! – Weeknote #277 – 21st June 2024
• Marking – Weeknote #276 – 14th June 2024
• Time back – Weeknote #275 – 7th June 2024
• When it’s three o’clock in New York, it’s still 1938 in London – Weeknote #274 – 31st May 2024
• Calling it – Weeknote #273 – 24th May 2024
• There may be mergers ahead – Weeknote #272 – 17th May 2024
• Accessible Maths – Weeknote #271 – 10th May 2024
• Immaturity Framing – Weeknote #270 – 3rd May 2024
• Play Away – Weeknote #269 – 26th April 2024
• The challenge of time and space – Weeknote #268 – 19th April 2024
• Back in the office – Weeknote #267 – 12th April 2024
• Taking the elevator – Weeknote #266 – 5th April 2024
• A history of attempts – Weeknote #265 – 29th March 2024
• Deck of Cards – Weeknote #264 – 22nd March 2024
• It’s a secret – Weeknote #263 – 15th March 2024
• Setting a vision – Weeknote #262 – 8th March 2024
• Surviving – Weeknote #261 – 1st March 2024
• Visionary – Weeknote #260 – 23rd February 2024
• Space, the final frontier – Weeknote #259 – 16th February 2024
• What makes a smart building smart? – Weeknote #258 – 9th February 2024
• By the waterside – Weeknote #257 – 2nd February 2024
• The lines were closed – Weeknote #256 – 26th January 2024
• It was rather cold – Weeknote #255 – 19th January 2024
• And now, from Norwich, it’s the quiz of the week – Weeknote #254 – 12th January 2024
• Just doing stuff – Weeknote #253 – 5th January 2024
• Happy New Year – Weeknote #252 – 29th December 2023
• Merry Christmas – Weeknote #251 – 22nd December 2023
• Cylinders of excellence – Weeknote #250 – 15th December 2023
• Soaking – Weeknote #249 – 8th December 2023
• A bit chilly – Weeknote #248 – 1st December 2023
• Time for breakfast – Weeknote #247 – 24th November 2023
• It was a really BIG Crane – Weeknote #246 – 17th November 2023
• What Was Wonkfest – Weeknote #245 – 10th November 2023
• Storm Ciarán – Weeknote #244 – 3rd November 2023
• Busy, not packed – Weeknote #243 – 27th October 2023
• Star – Weeknote #242 – 20th October 2023
• Tulips from Amsterdam – Weeknote #241 – 13th October 2023
• Preparation – Weeknote #240 – 6th October 2023
• Traffic – Weeknote #239 – 29th September 2023
• What no trains! Yes there were trains! – Weeknote #238 – 22nd September 2023
• Back to York – Weeknote #237 – 15th September 2023
• Twenty years and a week – Weeknote #236 – 8th September 2023
• Remembering Eventedness – Weeknote #235 – 1st September 2023
• Twitter is dead – Weeknote #234 – 25th August 2023
• Weeknote #233 – 18th August 2023
• Weeknote #232 – 11th August 2023
• It’s a new year – Weeknote #231 – 4th August 2023
• A sense of belonging – Weeknote #230 – 28th July 2023
• Stuff happens – Weeknote #229 – 21st July 2023
• Mainly leave again – Weeknote #228 – 14th July 2023
• Mainly leave this week – Weeknote #227 – 7th July 2023
• SURFing a report – Weeknote #226 – 30th June 2023
• Exploitation of the Intelligent Library – Weeknote #225 – 23rd June 2023
• The Smarter Campus – Weeknote #224 – 16th June 2023
• Weeknote #222 – 2nd June 2023
• Phygital is not a word, ever…. – Weeknote #221 – 26th May 2023
• Even more personalisation – Weeknote #220 – 19th May 2023
• Personalising – Weeknote #219 – 12th May 2023
• CX – Weeknote #218 – 5th May 2023
• In the spotlight – Weeknote #217 – 28th April 2023
• Punting on the river – Weeknote #216 – 21st April 2023
• Weeknote #215 – 14th April 2023
• Personalising – Weeknote #214 – 7th April 2023
• Planning stuff – Weeknote #213 – 31st March 2023
• A Hard Day’s Night – Weeknote #212 – 24th March 2023
• Secret life – Weeknote #211 – 17th March 2023
• Back to Birmingham – Weeknote #210 – 10th March 2023
• London’s Calling – Weeknote #209 – 3rd March 2023
• Reviewing the use cases – Weeknote #208 – 24th February 2023
• On the right foot – Weeknote #207 – 17th February 2023
• The digital camera is back – Weeknote #206 – 10th February 2023
• Is this appropriate? – Weeknote #205 – 3rd February 2023
• Planning, discussing, and conversing – Weeknote #204 – 27th January 2023
• Listen to the sound of my voice – Weeknote #203 – 20th January 2023
• The lights are on – Weeknote #202 – 13th January 2023
• Back to work – Weeknote #201 – 6th January 2023
• Happy New Year – Weeknote #200 – 30th December 2022
• Merry Christmas – Weeknote #199 – 23rd December 2022
• End of term – Weeknote #198 – 16th December 2022
• Chilly – Weeknote #197 – 9th December 2022
• Ich bin ein Berliner – Weeknote #196 – 2nd December 2022
• Under the weather – Weeknote #195 – 25th November 2022
• One reason why Twitter will eventually wither and die – Weeknote #194 – 18th November 2022
• Review time – Weeknote #193 – 11th November 2022
• There was rain – Weeknote #192 – 4th November 2022
• Another one – Weeknote #191 – 28th October 2022
• Weeknote #190 – 21st October 2022
• Visiting the See Monster – Weeknote #189 – 14th October 2022
• Who turned out the lights? – Weeknote #188 – 7th October 2022
• Oncoming vehicle approaching – Weeknote #187 – 30th September 2022
• Threads – Weeknote #186 – 23rd September 2022
• In Dublin’s fair city – Weeknote #185 – 16th September 2022
• Warm and nostalgic – Weeknote #184 – 9th September 2022
• Preparing to pack – Weeknote #183 – 2nd September 2022
• Weeknote #182 – 26th August 2022
• Back from leave – Weeknote #181 – 19th August 2022
• Weeknote #180 – 12th August 2022
• Weeknote #179 – 5th August 2022
• Quiet – Weeknote #178 – 29th July 2022
• Record temperatures – Weeknote #177 – 22nd July 2022
• Return to the Moodle – Weeknote #176 – 15th July 2022
• I am not going to resign – Weeknote #175 – 8th July 2022
• Blast from the past – Weeknote #174 – 1st July 2022
• It’s challenging – Weeknote #173 – 24th June 2022
• Moving forward – Weeknote #172 – 17th June 2022
• Disengagement – Weeknote #171 – 10th June 2022
• You can only have your files if you buy a coke! – Weeknote #170 – 3rd June 2022
• Why don’t you – Weeknote #169 – 27th May 2022
• Sweet reminiscing – Weeknote #168 – 20th May 2022
• The VLE is not dead – Weeknote #167 – 13th May 2022
• More connecting – Weeknote #166 – 6th May 2022
• Down in the harbourside – Weeknote #165 – 29th April 2022
• Shorter – Weeknote #164 – 22nd April 2022
• I am not that old – Weeknote #163 – 15th April 2022
• Everyone loves group work – Weeknote #162 – 8th April 2022
• I see you BoatyMcBoatFace – Weeknote #161 – 1st April 2022
• Getting it wrong – Weeknote #160 – 25th March 2022
• Transforming – Weeknote #159 – 18th March 2022
• Doing the Digifest – Weeknote #158 – 11th March 2022
• Making it personal – Weeknote #157 – 4th March 2022
• I am not apologising – Weeknote #156 – 25th February 2022
• Nice to see you, to see Eunice – Weeknote #155 – 18th February 2022
• Presenting online – Weeknote #154 – 11th February 2022
• Caught the train – Weeknote #153 – 4th February 2022
• Working from home – Weeknote #152 – 28th January 2022
• Predictions – Weeknote #151 – 21st January 2022
• What did you think when you heard me back on the radio? – Weeknote #150 – 14th January 2022
• And we’re back – Weeknote #149 – 7th January 2022
• Happy New Year – Weeknote #148 – 31st December 2021
• Merry Christmas – Weeknote #147 – 24th December 2021
• Tis’ the season – Weeknote #146 – 17th December 2021
• Mainly leave – Weeknote #145 – 10th December 2021
• Maybe today is the day you start wearing your mask again – Weeknote #144 – 3rd December 2021
• Crisp – Weeknote #143 – 26th November 2021
• Phasing in and out – Weeknote #142 – 19th November 2021
• I’m back…. Weeknote #141 – 12th November 2021
• Weeknote #140 – 5th November 2021
• Weeknote #139 – 29th October 2021
• Weeknote #138 – 22nd October 2021
• Weeknote #137 – 15th October 2021
• Weeknote #136 – 8th October 2021
• I haz no petrol – Weeknote #135 – 1st October 2021
• Making the time – Weeknote #134 – 24th September 2021
• Staff conference time – Weeknote #133 – 17th September 2021
• Away at the away day – Weeknote #132 – 10th September 2021
• Shorter – Weeknote #131 – 3rd September 2021
• Equity of experience – Weeknote #130 – 27th August 2021
• Having an impact – Weeknote #129 – 20th August 2021
• Once more to London – Weeknote #128 – 13th August 2021
• Weeknote #127 – 6th August 2021
• Silver rain was falling down upon the dirty ground of London town – Weeknote #126 – 30th July 2021
• Extreme Heat Warning – Weeknote #125 – 23rd July 2021
• It’s back… – Weeknote #124 – 16th July 2021
• What, still no slides? – Weeknote #123 – 9th July 2021
• What, no slides? – Weeknote #122 – 2nd July 2021
• Ensuring excellence – Weeknote #121 – 25th June 2021
• I don’t know. I’m making this up as I go – Weeknote #120 – 18th June 2021
• It’s lovely outside – Weeknote #119 – 11th June 2021
• Well what did you get? – Weeknote #118 – 4th June 2021
• Unknown Unknowns and Unknown Knowns – Weeknote #117 – 28th May 2021
• Back at Portwall Lane – Weeknote #116 – 21st May 2021
• Affordances of digital – Weeknote #115 – 14th May 2021
• Exhausting – Weeknote #114 – 7th May 2021
• Writing, writing, writing – Weeknote #113 – 30th April 2021
• Not feeling very well – Weeknote #112 – 23rd April 2021
• Where’s my cake? – Weeknote #111 – 16th April 2021
• Quiet – Weeknote #110 – 9th April 2021
• Spring forward – Weeknote #109 – 2nd April 2021
• Powering up – Weeknote #108 – 26th March 2021
• Social loafing – Weeknote #107 – 19th March 2021
• But the coffee was so much better… – Weeknote #106 – 12th March 2021
• A shared understanding – Weeknote #105 – 5th March 2021
• Pedagogy first – Weeknote #104 – 26th February 2021
• Went out of the window – Weeknote #103 – 19th February 2021
• No snow – Weeknote #102 – 12th February 2021
• It didn’t pitch! – Weeknote #101 – 5th February 2021
• Done a ton of these now… – Weeknote #100 – 29th January 2021
• Inauguration – Weeknote #99 – 22nd January 2021
• Fifty six million articles – Weeknote #98 – 15th January 2021
• Locked Down – Weeknote #97 – 8th January 2021
• Happy New Year – Weeknote #96 – 1st January 2021
• Merry Christmas – Weeknote #95 – 25th December 2020
• No festive meals this week – Weeknote #94 – 18th December 2020
• Strewth, that’s early – Weeknote #93 – 11th December 2020
• Returning – Weeknote #92 – 4th December 2020
• Going home for Christmas – Weeknote #91 – 27th November 2020
• I WON THE ELECTION – Weeknote #90 – 20th November 2020
• Physical in-person face to face including aspects of digital and online as well as asynchronous – Weeknote #89 – 13th November 2020
• The second lockdown – Weeknote #88 – 6th November 2020
• Good afternoon Professor Phipps – Weeknote #87 – 30th October 2020
• Great Scott! – Weeknote #86 – 23rd October 2020
• A highly statistically significant correlation exists between stork populations and human birth rates across Europe – Weeknote #85 – 16th October 2020
• I haz fibre soon! – Weeknote #84 – 9th October 2020
• The future is… – Weeknote #83 – 2nd October 2020
• Creeping back up… – Weeknote #82 – 25th September 2020
• Reflecting – Weeknote #81 – 18th September 2020
• Culturally sound – Weeknote #80 – 11th September 2020
• I am working, I may be at home, but I really am working – Weeknote #79 – 4th September 2020
• Remembering – Weeknote #78 – 28th August 2020
• U-turning – Weeknote #77 – 21st August 2020
• People were angry – Weeknote #76 – 14th August 2020
• Back from France – Weeknote #75 – 7th August 2020
• Weeknote #74 – 31st July 2020
• Shorter – Weeknote #73 – 24th July 2020
• What have I been doing? – Weeknote #72 – 17th July 2020
• Communicating with impact – Weeknote #71 – 10th July 2020
• Going local – Weeknote #70 – 3rd July 2020
• They think it’s all over… – Weeknote #69 – 26th June 2020
• Maintaining the quality – Weeknote #68 – 19th June 2020
• Rightly dunked – Weeknote #67 – 12th June 2020
• What should we do, what can we do? – Weeknote #66 – 5th June 2020
• Weeknote #65 – 29th May 2020
• Wot no lectures? – Weeknote #64 – 22nd May 2020
• I want to be on television – Weeknote #63 – 15th May 2020
• Planning for the future, well the tomorrow – Weeknote #62 – 8th May 2020
• Adapting – Weeknote #61 – 1st May 2020
• Things are going to be different – Weeknote #60 – 24th April 2020
• Challenging – Weeknote #59 – 17th April 2020
• Did I predict the virus? – Weeknote #58 – 10th April 2020
• Merged – Weeknote #57 – 3rd April 2020
• Lockdown – Weeknote #56 – 27th March 2020
• The week when everything changed – Weeknote #55 – 20th March 2020
• Digifesting – Weeknote #54 – 13th March 2020
• Making preparations – Weeknote #53 – 6th March 2020
• Watch out – Weeknote #52 – 28th February 2020
• I have a cold – Weeknote #51 – 21st February 2020
• Asssessing – Weeknote #50 – 14th February 2020
• Million to one chances – Weeknote #49 – 7th February 2020
• Data issues – Weeknote #48 – 31st January 2020
• Some things change – Weeknote #47 – 24th January 2020
• You’ve got mail – Weeknote #46 – 17th January 2020
• We built a treehouse – Weeknote #45 – 10th January 2020
• Happy New Year – Weeknote #44– 3rd January 2020
• Merry Christmas – Weeknote #43 – 27th December 2019
• We choose to go to the moon… – Weeknote #42 – 20th December 2019
• Hello Portwall Lane – Weeknote #41 – 13th December 2019
• Netflixisation, is that even a word? – Weeknote #40 – 6th December 2019
• Goodbye Castlepark – Weeknote #39 – 29th November 2019
• 140 characters – Weeknote #38 – 22nd November 2019
• What is the difference between strong, thorough and exceptional? – Weeknote #37 – 15th November 2019
• Not quite a four day week – Weeknote #36 – 8th November 2019
• This is all my own work – Weeknote #35 – 1st November 2019
• The bells, the bells… – Weeknote #34 – 25th October 2019
• Presenting, presenting, presenting – Weeknote #33 – 18th October 2019
• All together now – Weeknote #32 – 11th October 2019
• Reflecting on the informality of learning – Weeknote #31 – 4th October 2019
• In front of the board – Weeknote #30 – 27th September 2019
• The only constant is change – Weeknote #29 – 20th September 2019
• What’s a lightboard? – Weeknote #28 – 13th September 2019
• Not going to ALT-C – Weeknote #27 – 6th September 2019
• Photographic Presentations – Weeknote #26 – 30th August 2019
• Podcasting in Liverpool – Weeknote #25 – 23rd August 2019
• Weeknote #24 – 16th August 2019
• Future of Teaching – Weeknote #23 – 9th August 2019
• Crossing the Bridge – Weeknote #22 – 2nd August 2019
• I’m melting…. – Weeknote #21 – 26th July 2019
• Doing the Inbox Zero – Weeknote #20 – 19th July 2019
• Inexcusable – Weeknote #19 – 12th July 2019
• Looking back – Weeknote #18 – 5th July 2019
• Presentation Styles – Weeknote #17 – 28th June 2019
• Blended Learning – Weeknote #16 – 21st June 2019
• Realising the potential…. – Weeknote #15 – 14th June 2019
• Avoiding the President – Weeknote #14 – 7th June 2019
• Weeknote #13 – 31st May 2019
• Understanding the value more – Weeknote #12 – 24th May 2019
• Understanding the value – Weeknote #11 – 17th May 2019
• What we’re actually saying is… – Weeknote #10 – 10th May 2019
• Student Experience 2030 – Weeknote #09 – 3rd May 2019
• Student Journey – Weeknote #08 – 26th April 2019
• Is Teams a VLE? – Weeknote #07 – 18th April 2019
• Are you a unicorn? – Weeknote #06 – 11th April 2019
• The Intelligent Science Park – Weeknote #05 – 5th April 2019
• What is required of us as educators for the future? – Weeknote #04 – 29th March 2019
• Brave New World – Weeknote #03 – 22nd March 2019
• Intelligent Talking – Weeknote #02 – 15th March
• First week – Weeknote #01 – 8th March 
• …and so it begins – Weeknote #00 – 1st March

My top tweet in 2021 was this one:

It happens so often in my Sainsbury’s that they have had special shelf fillers printed so the shelves don’t look empty. pic.twitter.com/Ji9vP8kSoI

— James Clay (@jamesclay) July 17, 2021

My top tweet in 2020 was this one:

Remembering that time when WHSmith in the centre of Bristol went all Dexter… @WHS_Carpet pic.twitter.com/V1haxBhJVW

— James Clay (@jamesclay) August 27, 2020

My top tweet in 2019 was this one:

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— James Clay (@jamesclay) July 25, 2019