And because of my lifelong interest in creativity, I was thrilled to read the "Creativity and the Joy of Learning" article and reflect a bit on what I've learned and have yet to learn. .... as Jim Groom says "to practice my creativity habit" and to actually learn ... for credit or simply for the joy of learning and creating.

Children are being invited to a Defcon conference in Las Vega, this August 2011, to learn how to become hackers. A major emphasis of the event is the use of hacking skills for positive purposes. The children will be encouraged to put their knowledge to good use and avoid the temptations of becoming a black hat hacker. Apparently the US authorities, intelligence officials and security officers will be attending to keep an eye out for promising hackers who can be hired to help fight cybercrime. How's that for open communication! The Inquirer - Computer hardware news and downloads. Visit the download store today.

This article is designed to help the student retain what is read. Brown and Taylor refer to blogging in that the review of information absorbed will be put into memory by the act of blogging and other methods. The authors start with a few 'learner' tips, then a few 'teacher/trainer' practices and end on some technical techniques.

Donald Clark, Blogger, has quite the following of online community which he is respected and supported. I can agree with some on his comments yet wonder where he stands on how connectivist, constructivist theories and what role making meaning from the information one is learning and making connections to current knowledge base plays when using these tips. Donald Clark reviews Salman Khan's work with Flipped classrooms. "He understands the difference between learning and teaching, between classrooms and self-paced environments between formative and summative assessment, between scalable and non-scalable components in education. Most of all he is not encumbered with traditional methods and thoughts about what education needs to be."

Using Web 2.0 students design and carry out their own service-learning projects, individually, in pairs or small groups. A blog site that shares ideas with utilizing technologies with service-learning. Pam