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Entries for November, 2009

My maths classes were never this good

Nov.12, 2009 in internet, pedagogy Leave a Comment

Complexity Fail

Nov.10, 2009 in pedagogy, resource development Leave a Comment

When communicationg a new concept to students (no matter their age) watch the complexity of your language

Complexity Fail from John on Vimeo.
I wonder how they managed to do this with a straight face?

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Jay Rosen: Rebooting the news in the age of social media

Nov.06, 2009 in eLearning, internet Leave a Comment

Jay Rosen spoke this morning at the Media140 confernece in Sydney about rebooting the news in the age of social media.
His notes reflect some interesting issues for educators as well as we face some similar issues to journalism.
Students now have more tools than ever to pursue knowledge, and are able to bypass the “sage on [...]

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Media140-exploring the future of the real time web.

Nov.06, 2009 in eLearning, internet Leave a Comment

The Media140 juggernaut is in Sydney at the moment and has provided some great (and not so great) talks on the future of the real time web. ABC Sydney has brought out its stars to support the event. You can watch live here:
Free TV : Ustream

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Mark Pesce at Nexus

Nov.04, 2009 in Media, eLearning, internet, pedagogy Leave a Comment

Mark Pesce speaking at the recent independent schools confernece in Queesnland Australia.
Some very interesting points, elequently presented here:

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