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School’s out Friday
This is John Green. He of ‘Looking for Alaska‘ fame. He of the number 1 position on the New York Times Bestseller list for Children’s chapter books right now for ‘The Fault in our Stars‘. He of ‘Vlogbrothers‘ fame on … Continue reading
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Storify your English classroom
This year, I’m teaching Year 10 English. In our team discussions early on, we decided to apply some SAMR thinking to modify a task that was normally completed as a paper folio, with pictures pasted in and students adding their … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
Here’s one of the commercials that was aired for the first time during the Super Bowl in America. It’s the new Volkswagon commercial, ‘The Dog Strikes Back‘, and it pays homage to the Darth Vadar commercial they aired last year. … Continue reading
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Thank God it’s Saturday
OK, a departure from the norm. It’s the sign of a busy week when I don’t get a School’s out Friday post up. I just could not keep my eyes open last night, and now I’m feeling bad. So, for … Continue reading
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How do you deal with a world that is messy? danah boyd at RMIT.
I had the privilege this afternoon to listen to danah boyd * deliver a talk entitled, ‘Privacy in Networked Publics’, at RMIT. danah is a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research, a Research Assistant Professor in Media, Culture, and Communication at New … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
Ever played Angry Birds? I became addicted while I was travelling through Italy last year. I had no Internet access in my room at night, and the only game on my phone was Angry Birds, something my kids had played. … Continue reading
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First day, 2012
I’m home. Tired. Just tweeted that I felt overwhelmed. It’s the first day back. No kids, just meetings. Laying out the year ahead. Thinking about all that needs to be done. Overwhelmed. Tomorrow, more meetings. I’ll be overwhelmed. Wednesday … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
This is the winner of the 2012 Chevy Superbowl competition, designed to outsource production of a commercial that would appear during the American NFL Superbowl final. Interestingly, one of the comments in the YouTube comment thread was this, “Ok, I … Continue reading
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Contextualising life
Watching an episode of Modern Family had me thinking about the importance of being able to have a context for understanding of so many things we are confronted with on a daily basis. Cameron, the big gay guy, was wandering … Continue reading
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Freedom vs Control – important lessons to be learned
Cyber crime expect Mikko Hypponen delivered a talk at the TEDxBrussels event that has made it this week onto the TED site. If you’re at all interested in conversations surrounding privacy in this digital age, then it’s 10 minutes well … Continue reading
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