"It's always been the case that whatever young people are doing now and whatever is the fashion now, there will be crusty and unfortunately ignorant people who think that somehow it has less weight, less heft, less intellectual respectability, less connection with our cultural identity, less seriousness," he said.
"It's nearly always nonsense."
Over 100 ideas for using Twitter in the Classroom | Emerging Education Technology - 2 views
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"I've come across a lot of articles containing examples and suggestions for using Twitter in instructional applications. I've combed through many of these and tried to boil down the redundancies to create a rich set of idea-laden resources. "
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Nice collection of articles and links to support microblogging in the classroom.
Stephen Fry on the dawn of the digital age - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporat... - 0 views
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"In what could be one of the great misjudgments since the record company that turned down The Beatles, one of Stephen Fry's teachers once described him as "feckless, fickle, flamboyant and evasive .. He told ABC Radio's PM of his enthusiasm for all things digital, including micro-blogging site Twitter, which he think has also been misjudged as trivial."
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Fascinating to read this interview with Stephen Fry and consider how he has engaged with social media such as Twitter.
ABC News - Brisbane floods: before and after - 1 views
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"High-resolution aerial photos taken over Brisbane last week have revealed the scale of devastation across dozens of suburbs and tens of thousands of homes and businesses. The aerial photos of the Brisbane floods were taken in flyovers on January 13 and January 14. Hover over each photo to view the devastation caused by flooding."
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Interactive visualisation of before and after images from the QLD floods.
TodaysMeet - 0 views
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@jnxyz shared this tool for encouraging back channel discussions. You can save a transcript and the hyperlinks people share are active.
iPad Resources for Administrators - 1 views
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"iPad Apps Recommended for Administrators"
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Nice list of interesting iPad apps and tools for school administrators.
Twitter Customer Support The Right (And Wrong) Way | Lifehacker Australia - 1 views
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"Twitter can be a great way to offer service and support at minimal cost for companies. But if the process goes wrong, the outcome often isn't pretty."
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How Twitter should be used by organisations to provide helpdesk support. Don't switch channels!
YouTube - Google Demo Slam: Epic Docs Animation - 0 views
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Awesome!
10 things you should do to prepare for holiday time off | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com - 1 views
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"Just as some of us are last-minute shoppers, we also may be last-minute vacation planners as the holidays approach. For the network administrator, taking any vacation time can be a challenge. And if you are the only person in the IT shop, it can be a little daunting for your users. Here are a few tips that will help you plan effectively so you can get away!"
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A handy list of 10 things to think about before school network administrators clock off for the year.
10 Tips to Help Master Prezi - 1 views
Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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"computers and cellphones, and the constant stream of stimuli they offer, pose a profound new challenge to focusing and learning. Researchers say the lure of these technologies, while it affects adults too, is particularly powerful for young people. The risk, they say, is that developing brains can become more easily habituated than adult brains to constantly switching tasks - and less able to sustain attention. "
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Interesting article about growing up with disruptive technologies.
Connectivism: Changing Times - 3 views
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Presentation slides from George Siemens on Connectivism
Digital Citizenship - 1 views
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NSW Dept of Education site with games, videos and lessons.
Bloom's Taxonomy Blooms Digitally, Andrew Churches - 2 views
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"In the 1950's Benjamin Bloom developed his taxonomy of cognitive objectives, Bloom's Taxonomy. This categorized and ordered thinking skills and objectives. His taxonomy follows the thinking process. You can not understand a concept if you do not first remember it, similarly you can not apply knowledge and concepts if you do not understand them. It is a continuum from Lower Order Thinking Skills (LOTS) to Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS). Bloom labels each category with a gerund."
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Some interesting challenges fitting this into our new ICT enabled classrooms.
http://xkcd.com/802_large - 1 views
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Such an excellent description of the web!
askSKR Question 4: Educational Hierarchy « Sir Ken Robinson - 0 views
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"Following my video about school subjects, here are my thoughts about Educational Hierarchy. "
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Nice response by Ken Robinson that reflects on the hierarchy we see with education subjects.
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