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Venspired | I'm Not Going to Convince You That You Need a PLN - 1 views

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Fantastic blog post on the reasons you should develop a PLN.

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Transforming Schools to Become Innovation Ready - Whole Child Education - 0 views

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Sean McHugh on 25 May 14

Because tests don't require connection and collaboration, classroom education is being driven in one direction, while technology enables creation, curation, and connection.

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Net safety's '3 alarmist assumptions': Researcher | ConnectSafelyConnectSafely - 0 views

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Alarmist assumptions about young people's internet use.

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http://www.nesta.org.uk/sites/default/files/alive_in_the_swamp.pdf - 1 views

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Alive in the Swamp. Assessing digital innovations in education.

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Why extrinsic rewards don't work. - 1 views

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The most motivating factors are getting genuinely better at something, and getting recognised by those around us. Mastery and relationships motivate most.
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we’re bribing students into compliance instead of challenging them into mastery
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Tangible rewards substantially undermine intrinsic motivation,
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Do rewards motivate people? Absolutely. They motivate people to get rewards. When people use rewards to motivate, that’s when they’re demotivating.
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once an activity is associated with an external reward, people are less inclined to participate in the activity without a reward present.
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We want pupils to develop their intrinsic motivation.
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Sean McHugh on 22 May 14

The most motivating factors are getting genuinely better at something, and getting recognised by those around us. Mastery and relationships motivate most.

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How Minecraft Is Educational - 1 views

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Minecraft - reasons for playing.

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Coding - Google Slides - 1 views

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John Macgowan's slides on intro to Google Apps scripts

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Overview of Google Apps Script - Google Apps Script - Google Developers - 1 views

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If you ever wished Google Apps could just do "x"... you can write your own apps scripts.

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The "third"-order barrier for technology-integration instruction: Implications for teac... - 1 views

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Research into barriers to tech integration indicate a lack of design thinking could be a 3rd order barrier.

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Assessment For Learning: Making Classroom Assessment Work with Anne Davies, Ph.D. and S... - 1 views

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NOAA Education Resources: Data Resources for Educators - 0 views

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Home - The Nueva Design Institute - 2 views

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Rob Lowe on sending his son off to college: An excerpt from Love Life. - 1 views

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A beautiful article written by Rob Lowe about his son going off to college.

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flickr cc attribution bookmarklet maker - 0 views

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Great Flickr CC attribution helper bookmarklet from @cogdog.

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Frontiers for Young Minds - science edited for kids, by kids - 0 views

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Frontiers for Young Minds is a web-based scientific journal with an editorial board of kids.

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The Universe Is Programmable. We Need an API for Everything | Enterprise | WIRED - 0 views

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The Universe Is Programmable. We Need an API for Everything - http://t.co/c4J7ey5SDi Wow. Just wow. @jplaman read this yet?

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Jeffrey Plaman on 04 May 14

The Universe Is Programmable. We Need an API for Everything - http://t.co/c4J7ey5SDi Wow. Just wow. @jplaman read this yet?

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Five Ways to Use Online Portfolios in the Classroom | Edutopia - 5 views

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Teaching Adolescents How to Evaluate the Quality of Online Information | Edutopia - 0 views

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BBC Radio 4 - My Teacher Is an App - Episode guide - 0 views

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