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Using Evernote to record a lesson
I mentioned this on Twitter last night, and quite a few people were interested in it, so I thought I should write a blog post about my use of Evernote in my class this week. We’re in the midst of … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
This was on the front page of Reddit this evening. It is pretty mesmerising – mesmerising enough to lull me to sleep. But really, that wouldn’t be too hard at the moment. After spending the last four and a half … Continue reading
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Sharing New Classroom Tools using Libguides
Today I had the opportunity to run a session with interested staff, showing them new Web based tools they could be using in their classrooms. I spent quite a bit of time over the holidays putting together a page in … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
You have to commit to watching this video. You just have to. Caine Monroy’s summer holiday pursuit will remind you of your childhood, when you had faith in your ideas and quite often, you’d commit to spending time to making … Continue reading
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Is it just me?
Yeah, why would they? When a group like Invisible Children launch an online campaign that ignites teenagers to think of a cause outside of their Facebook stream, they face criticism “…for not spending enough directly on the people it intends … Continue reading
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Coding defeats me…again
Code Academy sounded good, it really did. I signed up at the start of the year, super enthusiastic that this was going to be my successful second go at learning code. I spectacularly failed at the P2PU course I enrolled … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
Really, George Lucas?…. really? What would Harrison Ford say about this? Does he know, in his now near geriatric state (well, nearing 70 anyway), how his seminal character is being portrayed on Xbox machines the world over? Pay close attention … Continue reading
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Hyperlinking text – a skill that needs some lovin’
Silvia Tolisano wrote a post the other day about something that’s been on my mind for sometime now. ‘Wondering About Hyperlinked Writing‘, encapsulates quite a few conversations I’ve had over the last few weeks that have made me consider what … Continue reading
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School’s out Friday
Rives is a favourite of mine. This is an oldie (2006), but from Rives, it’s always a goodie. I think Mark Zuckerberg might have been listening to this, because Facebook can pretty much do a lot of things he articulated … Continue reading
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The Happiness Advantage – need this in your school?
Over the weekend, I wrote a post on the Voices from the Learning Revolution blog called ‘TED in My Classroom‘, with a focus on TED Ed, their latest initiative. I’m still pondering how I might offer something to the project, … Continue reading
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