Tim Rylands - RIP

[GrumbleDook]

I've not seen anything on here yet, so wanted to put up a short comments.

 

It is with the saddest of hearts I write this post. Tim passed away on the 30th October 2017 at the age of 54. He had the disease called adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN).

 

The symptoms of the disease first showed signs when Tim was in his 30’s. There is no effective treatment for the disease. If you wish to donate to The Myelin Project, who are endeavouring to find treatments, please click here.

 

Tim loved producing this blog and meeting so many amazing educators and children over the past years.

 

This blog contains many inspirational ideas and resources. I am sure that Tim would love people to still refer to them.

 

In his famous sign off, Cheers Ta

Taken from Tim Rylands' Blog - to baldly go....... Using ICT to inspire

 

Tim was often known as 'that Myst bloke' but he was a truly inspiring speaker. I can remember going to a regional ICT event with a colleague who was slightly jaded around the event and speakers. "Getting kids to write because of games? One trick pony, if you ask me!"

 

Within 5 minutes they were on the edge of their seat, jotting down notes and quotes, eager to sift through every morsel that Tim could share.

 

Afterwards I asked what they now thought.

 

"Blood fantastic ... and it makes sense once it is explained to you."

 

A one trick pony then?

 

"Nah, more like Black Beauty ... pure thorough-bred!"

 

I never got the chance to let tim know that I would often get the Black Beauty them tune running through my head when talking to him as a result.

 

Here is a fantastic session he did at Learning Without Frontiers.

 

His funeral is today and many of his friends and people inspired by him can't make it ... but in the words of Sir Terry Pratchett ...

A man is not dead while his name is still spoken

[elsiegee40]

So sorry to hear this

 

He really was inspirational. A sad loss to education. RIP Tim

[Brimstone]

Do you remember the RPG Game MYST?

 

Tim Rylands was a pioneering educator....

 

[Sylv3r]

Met him a couple of times. Really approachable and always willing to talk and will be a big miss.

[GrumbleDook]

He is even on a video of the takedown of the EG stand in the early days at Olympia. He was tired and not feeling brilliant but wanted to stop, see how it had gone for us.

 

[3s_me]

Just caught up with this.

 

Met Tim several times, a truly inspirational speaker and thoroughly top bloke with a great sense of humour. A very sad loss