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“we need to look to the piece of writing itself to suggest its own evaluative criteria” – a truly radical and provocative suggestion.

Thus, the dilemma:  Either our instruction and our assessment remain “out of synch” or the instruction gets worse in order that students’ writing can be easily judged with the help of rubrics.

In fact, when the how’s of assessment preoccupy us, they tend to chase the why’s back into the shadows.

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Social media has become very popular with individuals in their personal lives, but is now moving into the workplace and offers new opportunities for both working and learning.  This new phase of  learning is known as Social Learning. A Guide to Social Learning provides a practical guide to getting engaged with social media, and understanding their use for formal and informal learning. The contents list appears in the Page Navigation area (on the left). Expand and contract the sections as required.  

A Guide to Social Learning is a social resource.  If you are a learning professional, you are invited to contribute to this resource by sharing your own experiences and ideas, and/or to help create supporting materials.  To contribute to this resource, you need to be a member of the C4LPT Social Learning Network. Request an account by emailing admin@c4lpt.net. Note: You don't need an account just to read the resource!

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Here's more of our interview with author Dan Pink, who discusses how schools must adapt to 21st-century needs

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Welcome to blipfoto — the zero-fuss website that lets anyone join in and publish one photo a day. Record your life in pictures, improve your photography skills, or just keep in touch with your family and friends.

Mind Meister's basic account is free and has all of the features that a teacher or student would ever need. With the free account users can collaborate with others, share via email or embedding, and download or export files. One of the features I really like is the ability to add active links to websites. The linking feature is a good one for students trying to organize their thoughts for a research paper. The intuitive piece of Mind Meister is in the creation aspects. To add a new topic or "idea box" users simply click the green "add" button. To remove an item click the "delete" button. Organizing the items with Mind Meister is a simple matter of dragging them to the position you want them in. Changing the size and type of text is as easy as changing the size and type of text in a word document.

Applications for EducationMind Meister could be used by students to record and organize their ideas and resources for research papers. The ability to add active links to websites helps students keep track of their resources and how those resources will be used in their paper. Mind Meister is a collaborative tool so it's very useful for students who are working on a group project or presentation. The embedding codes provided by Mind Meister make it possible for users to include their mind maps as a part of a wiki, blog, or website