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[Cross-posted from the CORE Education blog – here is my recent post for the Ten Trends series, published by CORE Education] Nā tō rourou, nā taku rourou ka ora ai te iwi | With your food basket and my food basket the people will thrive Most of us now have more opportunities to connect with others […]
Read More Ten Trends 2014: Global connectednessThis year’s Horizon Report K-12 is out now…Check out the introductory video below: It’s always useful to look up beyond the parapet at international shifts and trends and consider what the implications might be for educators and students. And then we ask ourselves,’ so what?’ What does this mean for me, my school, my students? […]
Read More On the horizon for K-12 | 2013This is a quick share of a recent report on the ways in which technology can enhance learning that is: “socially embedded, interest-driven, and oriented toward educational, economic, or political opportunity.” The report – Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design (Digital Media and Learning Research Hub) – sets out to explore ways in which technology can be […]
Read More Connected learning | Making learning inclusive and meaningfulHighly recommended summary of four “big ideas” that underpin the development of the web, from the author of Growing Up Digital and Macrowikinomics. Need three reasons to watch? Tapscott’s fluent linking of stories to illustrate the exponential development of the web, and the shifts in the way we now think about collaboration, transparency, embracing the […]
Read More Tapscott at TED: Four principles for an open worldInteresting argument for not rushing into designing for mobile, from Richard Millington of The Online Community Guide: When To Design For Mobile – The Online Community Guide. He analyses the figures for mobile use in the US, and the traffic via mobile to his blog. With the figures at <10%, he figures that there’s no rush […]
Read More Should we design for mobile by default?Is it ok to walk into someone’s garden and take a photo? How about take a plant? What about walking up to their front door, standing in their porch and listen to the conversation through the keyhole? Would it be ok if you were listening to a conversation standing on the pavement? Where does the […]
Read More Can I borrow your online conversation? | Ethics onlineYes, he’s a mate and a colleague….and so, having declared my interest, I’ll say, without feeling at all ‘promotional’ that the CORE breakfast session this Friday morning with DK on social media was spot on. Here’s why: Social media was foregrounded in the bigger picture, the context of the development of the web, all the […]
Read More Social media: Digital dialogue with DKI’m a bit of a fan of Professor Wesch. I like the way he captures some of the big picture ideas that sit at the point where technology and anthropology meet. In his most recent video (a conversation starter produced for an EDUCAUSE book, The Tower and the Cloud: Higher Education in the Age of Cloud […]
Read More Rethinking education: New video from Mike WeschWe were big adopters of Google Wave at work, even in its BETA version. We thrilled at the excitement of synchronised editing from different places in the country. We were intrigued by the action replay of what we had composed. We found it a great way to live blog from conferences, creating back channels that […]
Read More Wave goodbye…I was recently asked to complete a survey about children (say, under 13) and blogging and I’ve also had a conversation this week about people posting photos of their children online behind limited or no privacy settings. Is this post a hysterical reaction – or common sense? Here are three questions for us to consider […]
Read More 3 reasons why online privacy may be the best gift we can give our children
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