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Sunday, 27 November 2016

A Tool to Reflect on The Seven Principles of Learning in Your Class

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The OECD brought out a practitioners guide to innovative learning environments called  The Nature of Learning .  In it, the Seven Principles...
Saturday, 12 November 2016

Provocative.

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In my work, I am paid to be provocative.  By this I mean, provoke thinking in others who may be resistant to change.  So sometimes it makes ...
Monday, 7 November 2016

Preparing for Exams or The Future?

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Are you preparing your learners for exams or are you preparing them for the future?  My work in schools has uncovered some uncomfortable tru...
Sunday, 9 October 2016

A plea to all teachers exploring new digital technologies for computational thinking

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I am fresh back from Ulearn.  My presentation there centred around what I had seen at ISTE (International Society for Technology in Educatio...
Wednesday, 28 September 2016

How to Thrive Online

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I watched this (50 minute long) video of Howard Rheingold, cyberculture expert and academic, on How to Thrive Online.  He is the author o...
Tuesday, 20 September 2016

Teachers Stuck in a Tug of War

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Having just watched Sir Ken Robinson's latest video about the need for a change in education, I am once again prompted to write about t...
Tuesday, 6 September 2016

Sharing - the Moral Imperative for Teachers

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Along the same lines of the last post regarding Tweeting, this video of Dean Shareski doing an online keynote sharing is one of the most ins...