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Fishbowl Planning is a session led by teachers which uses a technique called fishbowling to initiate discussion about planning. Fishbowling is where a small group of teachers (perhaps 3 or 4) are given a planning scenario. They sit together in the centre of a larger group of teachers who watch the discussion

#ukedchat is a more uk-educator friendly version of the very popular twitter discussion #edchat, that takes place on a Tuesday

Blog post discussing whether ICT is better embedded across the curriculum at KS3, or taught as a discrete subject

Pirate Pad discussion on the Digital Leaders initiative

During the summer of 2008 I began work on my thesis. At this time, the working title was, "How are educators using the 'social web' to enhance teaching and learning, and their own professional development?" I started to develop a three-year, longitudinal study, entitled edonis (educators online impact study); setting out to have 100 participants by time of commencement at the start of November. The research would consist primarily of: fortnightly emailed questions; monthly online surveys via Survey Monkey; quarterly invited response to some stimulus; yearly extended discussion (online or face-to-face); and a face-to-face or online recorded interview.

discussion of different mindmapping tools

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Instructional blogging is a noticeable trend in supporting teaching and learning. Research on the use of blogs and wiki's offers many ways to consider the use of these tools to supplement class discussion. If you have considered using a blog or wiki for your class, this article offers you some important information to consider.

Hans de Zwart discusses Moodle 2.0

At our weekly EdTechRoundUp meetings we often discuss ideas, opinions and case studies from books we've recently read. A few of us thought it would be a great idea to facilitate an informal book swap. This page exists for that purpose

Twitdoc of the archived discussion

top 10 twitter tools

Innovative School Models and Resolve Revisited in·no·va·tion (noun) 1: the introduction of something new; 2: a new idea, method, or device Merriam-Webster online The term innovation is becoming more and more prevalent in education-related discussions. Schools from coast to coast are adopting "innovative" models to address educational needs in local communities. The range of practice associated with these models is wide. Some models are prescribed programs with detailed requirements for professional development and implementation. Other models are more tailored to an individual community and somewhat less specific in structure and delivery. The development of these K-12 programs has been accompanied by university programs designed to facilitate growth, increase successful outcomes, and analyze results.

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article discussing the use of web2.0 to mark work

excellent presentation discussing the pedagogy of interaction using whiteboards

Any software on this page is primarily meant for developers and may not run without proper the development tools installed. Downloading and installing this software is at your own risk, and no support or guarantee is provided with this software. The official discussion forums for my wiimote projects can be found here: WiimoteProject.com

Ning network discussing co-working spaces, hack labs, arts spaces, social centres, community cafes and similar uses of space

@parslad discusses what he found at BETT 2010 on BlipTV

Becta discussion board thread on data handling

A opportunity to discuss the snowy conditions in the UK on 7th January 2010 and distance learning opportunities

A weekly edtech podcast hosted by Darrel Branson (The ICT Guy) and Tony Richards from itmadesimple.com. We discuss all things digital in education - technologies, issues, great websites, web 2.0 and much, much more!