Monthly Archives: March 2009
YouTube Symphony Orchestra forms
A little while ago I wrote a post about the wonderful collaborative project, the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. Musicians from all over the world were invited to audition online, and were selected to play together in New York in April this … Continue reading
Spreading the word to stop the word
Twitter informed me that Jenny Luca was spreading the word to stop the word. In her post, Jenny joins the push for awareness to stop the inappropriate and discriminative use of the word ‘retard-ed’. The post is a response to … Continue reading
Filed under language
Finding your passion
Of course, I’m referring to Sir Ken Robinson’s book The Element which I’m not going to summarise here because I’ve only just been dipping in and out, chewing bits and gazing out, pondering. What I have taken out with joy, … Continue reading
Filed under creativity, Education, learning
Houston,we have conversation!
A couple of posts ago I wrote about Thinking and writing about biology, and featured a NING called ‘Principles of biology: bringing life and living things into focus’ created by Sean Nash. I wanted to show off Sean’s NING because I love … Continue reading
Filed under 21st century learning, Education, learning, network literacy, Web 2.0
Powerful Learning Day
Today was the second face-to-face get-together of the Australian teams involved in Powerful Learning Practice. We had so much fun listening to Will Richardson, connecting with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, skyping Dean Shareski, having powerful conversations, problem-solving, making connections, deepening friendships. Thanks … Continue reading
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Will Richardson speaks in Melbourne
Will Richardson’s networks I’m guessing there will be several blog posts about the SLAV conference, Perspectives on learning V2 today. I have considered whether to leave it to others, but a post always deconstructs my own thinking, and creates an archive … Continue reading
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Thinking and writing about biology
Sean Nash created a biology NING. One that even I want to join. Why is that so remarkable? Because I’m not a science person. Sean Nash has created a NING called ‘Principles of biology: bringing life and living things into … Continue reading
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Tinkering as a mode of knowledge production
Listen to John Seely Brown’s talk where he addresses the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Stanford, CA, 2008. I am what I create is how John Seely Brown defines our new identity. I’d like to paraphrase what John … Continue reading
Filed under 21st century learning, creativity, Education, learning, play, teachers, teaching, technology, Web 2.0
The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello
Love science fiction? Watch this. The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello is an amazing, award-winning short animated film which has been nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA award. The silhouette-style science fiction animation has been developed by director Anthony … Continue reading
Filed under animation, creativity, film
What is School? Look again
As educators, we all want to engage our students in learning. We also know that this can be challenging, and some of us wonder what we can do about it. Sometimes I think we need an artist to show us … Continue reading
Filed under 21st century learning, Education, learning, teaching, Web 2.0
