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Targeted to young people and designed to develop life-long learning, this free site is set to launch in March 2010. Check out the following for more particulars (the link for information for schools and teachers): http://mylo.dcsf.gov.uk/Home/SchoolTeacherInfo
Open university: Joi Ito plans a radical reinvention of MIT's Media Lab (Wired UK) - 0 views
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They have a maker space in a church, a place where the kids can learn how to build a computer, a bike shop where they can learn how to do repairs. The kid who runs this place, Jeff Sturges, is awesome.We're sending a bunch of Media Lab people to Detroit to work with local innovators already doing stuff on the ground."
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in which any bright talent anywhere, academically qualified or not, can be part of the world's leading "antidisciplinary" research lab. "Opening up the lab is more about expanding our reach and creating our network," explains Ito, appointed director in April 2011.
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as Ito sees it, the formal channels of academia today inhibit progress. "In the old days, being relevant was writing academic papers. Today, if people can't find you on the internet, if they're not talking about you in Rwanda, you're irrelevant. That's the worst thing in the world for any researcher. The people inventing things might be in Kenya, and they go to the internet and search. Funders do the same thing. The old, traditional academic channel is not a good channel for attracting attention, funding, people, or preventing other people from competing with you.
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Us and the Game Industry - how indie games are the new counter-culture | Technology | guardian.co.uk - 0 views
Whitehouse Common Primary School - home - 0 views
WikiLeaks: Internet backlash follows US pressure against whistleblowing site | Media | guardian.co.uk - 0 views
Thousands of authors opt out of Google book settlement | Books | guardian.co.uk - 0 views
Amazon.co.uk: Teach Yourself Store - 1 views
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Look over this site with a partner. Together, highlight and comment on sections that address the following questions: 1. How are the resources here dis/similar to those you currently use in the courses you teach? 2. In what ways do students benefit from learning from you as opposed to learning in this way?
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