Monthly Archives: November 2007

Accelerated Learning- What does it mean for classroom displays?

There’s a good discussion about the Accelerated Learning approach to displays in the History Teacher’s forum : I have a colleague at my school who only displays students’ work outside of her classroom – that is in corridors really. She … Continue reading

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Informal Learning in Social Networks

I’m more and more convinced that social networks like Twitter are a powerful force for informal learning. I do wonder though if people are accessing them ‘in their own time’ then what impact is this having on their work/life balance? … Continue reading

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Staff Blogging at the University of Herefordshire

This video comes from Dr Andy Oliver, a member of the Flickr Classroom Displays group, via another more distant member of my network – Jen’s new Ning group, for professional development in her college. Real people using the power of … Continue reading

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Ruminate- Web 2.0 Tools for Education

Chris Lott is blogging about his approach to running a pre conference� session on Web 2.0 tools. He’s distilled his points down to a really good list I think. He’s put his materials online too, which is becoming the norm … Continue reading

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