Posted in 21st Century Learning, Creativity, ICT, Learning environment, Uncategorized, hyper literacy, new literacies, personalised learning, reading, school culture, social networking, ubiquitous on Jul 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
NECC 2009 Birds of a feather gathered around the common cause of iphones and the exploration of educational uses of APPs and more.
What I learned . . .
kids want to be online all the time and given the choice of an ordinary handheld and an iphone or ipod the majority will choose the iproduct
many [...]
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Walking through the Exhibit Hall the other day we met these two teachers from Chicago. They were really excited because the girl on the right had just won a Promethean Classroom.
She was over the moon! She was so enthusiastic about winning Promethean because she was aware of the company’s all encompassing philosophy of sharing knowledge [...]
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Posted in 21st Century Learning, Blogs, Future Learning, ICT, Learning environment, Uncategorized, cyber safety, professional learning communities, school culture, social networking on Jun 30th, 2009 1 Comment »
Craig Bellamy
In recent times the line between public and private has become very blurred to the point of non existence. Young people, young teachers, students all use social networking spaces to air their thoughts, their feelings and their lives.
More and more I [...]
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John Dewey conceived of schools as “miniature communities” mirroring the social relations and activities of the larger society.
But schools have become silos of isolation – classrooms isolated from other classrooms, teachers isolated from other teachers, schools isolated from the outside world.
Research reveals:
Positive and productive relationships within and outside an organization enable it to carry [...]
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