Lost Generation

Julie Lindsay found this. It is very powerful, and very clever in how it works. It made me think that there must be a ‘teacher‘ version that could be applied. I refuse to believe teaching is changing or that I can bigger difference with technology to improve learning if I engage with it … could [...]

Infinate Learning

Image via Wikipedia It is an exciting and challenging time for education. In the 20th century we perceived information as scarce while in the 21st century it is over abundant. Now students have the ability to search, work or publish at will, using text, audio, and video, or any combination these. The have un-precedented access [...]

Diigo Update (weekly)

YouTube – Controversy Over The Photoshop Effect tags: controversy YouTube – Mr T. World Of Warcraft Commercial tags: wow, warcraft Lovely Charts | Flowcharts, Sitemaps, Organisation charts, Wireframes, Family trees, Network diagrams With Lovely Charts’s dedicated symbol, you will be able to create great looking wireframes in no time! Check out these samples to see [...]

What is good teaching?

I was reminded in a student-panel session last week that just maybe I have to deal with the ‘ethics’ committee before recording the views of volunteer students. Academics enrolled in a Foundations of Learning and Teaching course were there to listen to the ‘student perspective’ on what is good (and bad) learning and teaching at [...]

They are just not that into you

Image via Wikipedia More ‘yeah buts’ … and more solutions. “I’d love to give students more personal feedback, but it’s impossible! I have 900 students!” … “there’s no way I could deal with 900 students in on online discussion!” … “if I put my lecture online, half the students stop showing up!”. So, here we [...]

Creativity, Curiosity, Consideration, Consistency Part 3

Image by skasuga via Flickr The final part of this three part look at how we got here, looks at engagement. In just a few years, Web2.0 has re-energised teachers to discuss and share ideas about learning frameworks on a global scale. Learning is changing on a global scale, the personal learning network is the [...]

The founding question

How is information organised on the internet? This seems a fair question to ask anyone using it for learning and teaching. I imagine the answers will include ‘on websites‘,’on computers‘,’using webpages‘,’web addresses’ or perhaps ‘URLs‘. But the word we are really interested in is the one upon which 21st Century Learning hinges – organised. If [...]

Leadership 2.0

I listened this week to people talking again about the ‘skills’ students need as 21st Century Learners. They spoke of their frustration that their community leaders didn’t ‘get it’. This made me think about the polorisation they were discussing; advocates talk of media literacy and collaboration while many schools focus on ‘skills’ that deliver the [...]

What are those things?

Someone asked me today if used Firefox. “Yes, I said”. After a pause they said “What are all those icons where the site address goes”. I thought for a moment and replied “waypoints”. After a slight nod of acceptance came “what do they do?”. My waypoints – Delicious, Diigo, Zotero (still scares me), zemanta (awesome [...]

HeyJude

I found this fascinating quote today: The internet was up and running! History is captured in this neat summary – perhaps you can pinpoint your entry point into the revolution of communication!HeyJude, Jan 2009 You should read the whole article.