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Nigel Robertson

The Most Audacious 'Class' I've Ever Seen - Blog - HappySteve - 0 views

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    Wonderful example of giving learners agency. Intermediate age kids on an induction day. 180 kids, no teachers!
Tracey Morgan

9 Essential Skills Kids Should Learn| The Committed Sardine - 0 views

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    "And here's the thing: we still don't. We never do. We have never been good at predicting the future, and so raising and educating our kids as if we have any idea what the future will hold is not the smartest notion."
Nigel Robertson

From Fear to Facebook: review - 0 views

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    Review of book on implementing OLPC in the class. Interesting paragraph on boundary issues - by giving kids a laptop, school was impinging on home life and parental decisions on whether their kids should have  alaptop at home.
Stephen Harlow

Kids today need a licence to tinker | Technology | The Observer - 1 views

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    "Where governments dream up projects like the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL), the resistance seeks to grant kids a "Licence to Tinker" - to demystify the technology by providing tools and ideas that enable them to understand how modern networked devices work."
Nigel Robertson

The perils of "Growth Mindset" education: Why we're trying to fix our kids when we shou... - 0 views

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    Critique of telling kids to have a growth mindset.
Nigel Robertson

Google Docs Research Template - A Stepping Stone - 0 views

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    Template based activity for school kids but idea could be adapted for other levels.
Stephen Harlow

Ti Point Tork » Blog Archive » Questioning University - 1 views

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    "So what do I tell my kids? Should I urge them to go to university? Should I tell them to jack it all in and run off and join a startup? This is what's occupying my mind now."
Nigel Robertson

The dumbest generation? No, Twitter is making kids smarter - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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    Very interesting article highlighting the dramatic change in teenage writing over the years. Nowadays we make no more grammatical errors than we did 100 years ago, but what we write is much longer and more complex.
Nigel Robertson

Cybersafety Poster - 0 views

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    Simple poster aimed at kids and very commonsense to share with anyone.
Nigel Robertson

Forty-thousand years of Indigenous maths can get kids into numbers today | @IndigenousX... - 0 views

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    Interesting post after our discussion of the CEP and need to include different cultural perspectives on learning.
Stephen Harlow

AcademiX 2010 :: MacLearning.org :: - 0 views

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    via Apple evangelist Peter Mellow an Apple seminar on open access learning in higher education. Streamed via iTunes... kidding ;-)
Nigel Robertson

jokaydia Minecrafts! | A site to support jokaydia Minecrafters! - 0 views

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    Jo Kay does Minecraft.  Seems to be with kids but could be a useful resource.
Nigel Robertson

How Social Media & Game Theory Can Motivate Students - 0 views

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    "Social media and online games have the potential to convey 21st century skills that aren't necessarily part of school curricula - things like time management, leadership, teamwork and creative problem solving that will prepare teens for success in college and beyond. Making the transition between a highly structured environment in high school to a self-driven, unstructured environment in college can prove a huge challenge for many kids. Educators spend a lot of time thinking about how to fix this problem. The solution doesn't lie solely with games, but a lot of the psychology that motivates teens to play games holds potential. We need to figure out how to tap in."
Stephen Harlow

Clive Thompson on Why Kids Can't Search | Magazine - 1 views

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    Hypothesis: Students judge quality of information based on position in Google search results. Intervention: Switch the order. Result: Students "used the (falsely) top-ranked pages".
Nigel Robertson

Stumbling Blocks: Playing It Too Safe Will Make You Sorry | Edutopia - 0 views

  • How teachers are working around overprotective content filters to use Web 2.0 tools in the classroom
  • "Being online with five-year-olds is something I don't take lightly," she says. "On field trips, we work to keep kids safe. This is the same thing.
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    How teachers are working around overprotective content filters to use Web 2.0 tools in the classroom.
Nigel Robertson

The Challenge and Promise of "Generation I": In a speech at the New York Institute of T... - 1 views

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    Press release by MS on Gates statements, including reference to Gen-I
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