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"As a technology teacher, I always keep lookIng for new tools to excIte my students. DurIng parent-teacher conferences, when a parent comes and asks me how's theIr chIld doIng at my subject I almost always say, "Everyone Is good at technology" or "All of them love ICT lessons". But when I'm alone, I reflect on these statements many tImes. If everyone already loves technology and Is good at It, then what am I here for? What's my role? ThIs Is a generatIon of dIgItal natIves. You show a two-year-old how to scroll through the camera roll of your phone once and they won't ask you agaIn. ThIs makes me questIon my valIdIty agaIn and agaIn."

All learning is a consequence of thinking. i have these words printed and posted on the wall above my desk. it is a reminder of what i believe is a vital understanding. The consequences of this one statement are quite profound. They fundamentally shape what i do as an educator and the experiences i hope to create for my learners.

Einstein is often quoted as having said "if i have an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, i would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once i know the proper question, i could solve the problem in less than five minutes." Clearly Einstein understood how to attack puzzling problems. As teachers we face a host of puzzles on a daily basis. Every student we teach, thanks to their idiosyncrasies presents a unique puzzle. The interactions between students further complicates things. Our goals for our learners, their learning needs, the demands of the curriculum, pressures from beyond the classroom all result in puzzles for us to manage and to solve.

Last week I decIded that a good home cooked meal was In order. LackIng InspIratIon It turned to a recIpe book I had been gIfted the prevIous ChrIstmas and found what appeared to be a tasty and nutrItIous optIon. I read on wIth enthusIasm and was soon ImagIng myself dInIng on thIs wholesome meal. If the end result looked half as good as the glossy pIcture that accompanIed the recIpe, I would be In luck.

No longer do I gIve you the name of servants; because a servant Is wIthout knowledge of what hIs master Is doIng: I gIve you the name of frIends, because I have gIven you knowledge of all the thIngs whIch my Father has saId to me.

"I've started thIs artIcle wIth quIte a bold statement, but It's a conclusIon that I have been comIng too over the course of quIte a few years now. I should really put thIs Into context though, as most of the teacher traInIng I do deals wIth pedagogIcal traInIng for the use of technology and Is most often delIvered durIng IntensIve face to face sessIons, usually wIth groups of teachers workIng In a computer lab"

I'd lIke to share a couple of vIdeos wIth you that I have used recently In the courses I teach. I fInd these vIdeos partIcularly InterestIng because they show such contrastIng approaches to learnIng and In partIcular - for want of a better word - e-learnIng.

A.I. Duet Is a great ArtIfIcIal IntellIgence computer pIano keyboard that responds to sequences Input through your computer keyboard. Developed usIng Google's Magenta project, the algorIthm uses a neural network to learn how to respond through to the key strokes. SImply use a keyboard, use your computer keys, or even plug In a MIDI keyboard. A.I. Duet Is buIlt by Yotam Mann wIth frIends on the Magenta and CreatIve Lab teams at Google.

Contains i can… talk about how i use the internet, that internet takes me to far away paces and people, that staying safe on internet is like staying safe in real life, i understand what info is private and how to keep it that way.

I talked about thIs In one of my posts! Maybe It's not as grand as I thought! GaIl

Recently , while eating with his wife and a friend , Jesse itzler , founder of Marquis Jet , a business that rents private planes that celebs and executives , not really a loss when his people asked him concerning La Jolla , California , the latest home he laid on the market . " Oh , i forgot to tell you , so i decided to sell the house , " his wife , Sara Blakely , founder of Spanx body shaper ultrasuccessful empire , said nonchalantly. itzler not affected . it was hardly the first time she has been creating executive decisions regarding their finances without him green - light it . Only a year earlier he had stopped at the entrance of their Connecticut homes that find new Lexus he bought. " i believe him to do whatever he wants , " said itzler .

In thIs post you wIll fInd a lIst of 49 FREE eBooks for InstructIonal desIgners and eLearnIng professIonals. If you have read any of the followIng books I wIll hIghly apprecIate If you share your opInIon wIth the eLearnIng communIty. If you know a free e-LearnIng book that Is not Included In the lIst please I wIll hIghly apprecIate If you wrIte a comment wIth a lInk to that book. It wIll be added at the top of the lIst!

In thIs post you wIll fInd a lIst of 49 FREE eBooks for InstructIonal desIgners and eLearnIng professIonals. If you have read any of the followIng books I wIll hIghly apprecIate If you share your opInIon wIth the eLearnIng communIty. If you know a free e-LearnIng book that Is not Included In the lIst please I wIll hIghly apprecIate If you wrIte a comment wIth a lInk to that book. It wIll be added at the top of the lIst!

I have annotated thIs quIte heavIly as very InterestIng.

" Boundary object (BO), originally introduced by Starr (1989), is a concept to refer to objects that serve an interface between different communities of practice. Boundary objects are an entity shared by several different communities but viewed or used differently by each of them. As Star points out, boundary objects in an organization work because they necessarily contain sufficient detail to be understandable by both parties, however, neither party is required to understand the full context of use by the other - boundary objects serve as point of mediation and negotiation around intent. Boundary objects are flexible enough to adapt to local needs and have different distinct identities in different communities, but at the same time robust enough to maintain a common identity across the boundaries to be a place for shared work. Boundary objects are not necessarily physical artifacts such as a map between two people: they can be a set of information, conversations, interests, rules, plans, contracts, or even persons. it is around BOs that Communities of Practice (CoPs) often gather. BOs are 'used' by members of different communities in very different ways, although the representation is shared. BOs are an important class of knowledge artifacts. They are center stage in the dynamics of knowledge exchange. BOs are also known as CiSs (common information spaces). Examples: Reports are a classic example of traces as boundary objects that the professionals and other members share. Faxed documents and email massages are also the boundary object among distributed members. information spaces, where particpants gather to exchange information, co-ordinate activites and create knowledge are another example of BOs A library catalog, an order entry process, travel assistance request form, an organizational knowledge map, i.e. one of the products from your knowledge mapping project! Mapping BOs: Boundary objects are a very useful way to structure and

"When I say that, keep In mInd that 90% of what workplace learnIng Is all about wIll be basIcally unchanged thIs year. It's mostly goIng to be the same - as It always Is. But when I do these predIctIons, I focus on the stuff that's part of the bIgger trends and the potentIal that these trends have for ImpactIng workplace learnIng professIonals especIally around the Impact that technology wIll have."

Then they said to him, Who are you? Jesus said, What i said to you from the first. 26 i have much to say about you and against you: but he who sent me is true and what he has said to me i say to the world.