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I was somewhat taken aback by the interest in my last blog posting entitled "The first ever BYOD (not BYOT) class I taught…" I have now analyzed it against a piece by Earnie Kramer called "Thinking about embracing Bring Your Own Device in your school?"

Including parents in the ecosystem of teaching and learning with technology - a short blog posting -

A place for Moodlers to share their Moodles. 145 courses and counting. New courses to be uploaded frequently.

A repository of moodle courses that have been shared - open source courses for reuse.  Includes subject areas and professional development courses.

"Today Papert is considered the world's foremost expert on how technology can provide new ways to learn. He has carried out educational projects on every continent, some of them in remote villages in developing countries. He is a participant in developing the most influential cutting-edge opportunities for children to participate in the digital world."

Some thoughts I have on data and the implications about how it might be used against us or the students we teach. This is not a negative piece - it is simply awareness-raising!

Some thoughts on WordPress projects my 1st Year (about 7th Grade) students are doing right now...

Nice explanation of MOOCs. This is a new wave in online learning and professional development. It emphasizes the power of networked learning, as well.

This will be of interest to history and geography teachers and to that group of people who are calling themselves digital humanists! For anyone of Irish Ancestry the 350 year old digitised maps are a must!

Schools must regard 100Mbps Broadband not as an opportunity to do existing things faster, but to do new things altogether. These are things that some of our students are doing at home (and occasionally in school) - creating music, animations, sound, music, programming, curating, remixing - that should be given a voice and a place in our schools. this type of work will help support at least four of Hargreaves gateways: Learning to Learn, Assessment for Learning, New Technologies (ICT) and Student Voice.

SMILE - Social Media in Learning & Education - A short update on my involvement in this project from European Schoolnet supported by a Digital Citizenship Research Grant from Facebook.

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Some further thoughts on ORACY....a person's ability to efficiently communicate with others via the spoken word as well as to fully understand oral communication

Some thoughts on eBooks after an interview with Audrey Niffeneger developed into a discussion of same!

This is a blog I wrote after I read an academic article 'Power on': Googlecracy, privatisation and the standardisation of sources (Souto-Otero and Beneito-Montagut 2013). I have related the article to teachers in the Second Level (high-school) system of education.