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It’s the same old story… YouTube is blocked and so are so many other potentially powerful learning sites. Why? Because we do not trust the user to actually use the sites responsibly. Someone, somewhere has made a decision about our potential behaviour. Read More...
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Image via Wikipedia I have just read a really interesting post from a Blog that I follow “Broken Airplane” called “The Watchman’s Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction” This post made me think of the many challenges that we face in order to survive Read More...
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Until a few days ago I hadn’t really come across Google + but a chance Tweet from Kevin Mclaughlin, a Twitter friend, got me an invite into the magic kingdom! (well the Beta Test anyway). In just a few days I have set up a PLN Circle with many of the Read More...
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I was watching the introduction to the recent ISTE 11 Conference in Philadelphia. I was particularly taken by the short speech of ISTE’s “Young Educator of the Year” Adam Bellow. Adam runs the wonderful Edutecher site which I discovered about a year ago. Read More...
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This link leads to a real internet experience. In a world where visual literacy is fast becoming the choice of the digital generation, we have a central video that builds up with a number of other video links coming up, until eventually you are able to Read More...
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I am an avid follower of Sir Ken Robinson . yesterday I received a a Tweet that read: Youth Arts Transforms Lives – FACT! Take a look at this important resource from @artsworkLtd – http://tinyurl.com/3nf3xu7 This led me to a report from an arts project Read More...
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Image via Wikipedia Tomorrow is the 4th of July . Even growing up in Great Britain I was aware that this date had a particular importance. The 4th of July is “Independence Day”. It got me thinking about the word “independence” and what it really means. Read More...
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Image via CrunchBase Youtube is valuable aid in the modern classroom. I find it hard to believe that many schools ban it. Basically, it encompasses a world of ideas, presentations, talks, songs, and films. At a rate of about 600 uploaded videos per minute Read More...
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Image via Wikipedia I have been asked to go into a local secondary school tomorrow and talk about blogging . I decided that I would try and show the students what blogging was all about by actually writing a blog entry. So here goes… By blogging you will Read More...
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Richard Byrne has produced an excellent Issuu presentation called “How To Do 11 Techy Things in the New School Year” . If you know of anybody who wants to get to grips with this “new technology” in education thing, then this is a must read. His blog, Read More...
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This Beatles song says it all… “Do what you want to do….. Go where you want to go… Think for yourself because I won’t be there with you” It came to mind today as I was working with a young student on problem solving in maths. She got to a particularly Read More...
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The video above is a reading from Carl Sagan ‘s 1995 book “ The Demon Haunted World “. It is the part of the book where he reflects on his education and his early interest in astronomy in particular and science in general. Sagan is scathing about his Read More...
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I was sent an e-mail today from The National Schools Partnership. This is an organisation that has developed a number of free resources for schools. I have received regular e-mails about their resources and occasionally have passed these on to schools. Read More...
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The fight was worth it. The Educational Fixer leant back and admired the sheet of paper in his hand. The paper stated that every school in the land was now perfect. The students in every school were all A students and had achieved previously unimaginable Read More...
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On Thursday, my wife was on her laptop when I heard the strumming of a guitar. I asked her where the sound was coming from and she said that it was from the playable Les Paul Google Doodle I have seen these wonderful “ Doodles ” on many occasions and Read More...
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