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YouTube Symphony Orchestra forms

Posted in music, Web 2.0, tagged Carnegie Hall, global, internationalplp21, music, New York, orchestra, symphony orchestra, youtube on March 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »

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 year. Here’s the line-up of YouTube Symphony Orchestra musicians The video makes me smile; so [...]

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Spreading the word to stop the word

Posted in language, tagged awareness, competition, disability, discrimination, internationalplp21, language, special needs on March 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »

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 the incredible Laura Stockman’s blog carnival. Laura is donating a flip video camera to the [...]

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Finding your passion

Posted in creativity, Education, learning, tagged element, internationalplp21, Ken Robinson, learning, passion, teachers, teaching on March 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »

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, the joy that comes from connecting your life context with the book’s message, is that [...]

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Houston,we have conversation!

Posted in 21st century learning, Education, learning, network literacy, Web 2.0, tagged biology, collaborative learning, critical thinking, internationalplp21, network literacy, NING, reflection, Sean Nash, Web 2.0, Will Richardson on March 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »

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 the way he teaches biology, incorporating Web 2.0 technologies, critical thinking, creativity, reflection and even poetry. The [...]

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Powerful Learning Day

Posted in 21st century learning, technology, Web 2.0, tagged 21st century teaching, internationalplp21, Jenny Luca, networking, Web 2.0, Will Richardson on March 24, 2009 | 4 Comments »

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 so much to Will for being there, leading and inspiring us, and to Jenny for [...]

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Will Richardson speaks in Melbourne

Posted in 21st century learning, Education, media, network literacy, technology, Web 2.0, tagged Education, internationalplp21, Jenny Luca, network literacy, networking, social media, Web 2.0, Will Richardson on March 23, 2009 | 13 Comments »

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 for later reference. Will Richardson was the keynote speaker, and he spoke about Network literacy: [...]

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Thinking and writing about biology

Posted in 21st century learning, creativity, Education, learning, writing, tagged biology, higher order thinking, internationalplp21, NING, science, thinking, writing on March 21, 2009 | 10 Comments »

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 focus’. Yes, it’s about science. Yes, it contains lots of scientific facts, but it also approaches [...]

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Tinkering as a mode of knowledge production

Posted in 21st century learning, creativity, Education, learning, play, teachers, teaching, technology, Web 2.0, tagged 21st century learning, creativity, identity, internatioalplp21, John Seely Brown, learning, network, talk, technology on March 20, 2009 | 6 Comments »

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 says in his talk ‘Tinkering as a mode of knowledge production’, and also to offer [...]

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The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello

Posted in animation, creativity, film, tagged animation, Anthony Lucas, Edgar Alan Poe, film, Jules Verne, Oscar, science fiction, silhouette, steampunk on March 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »

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 Lucas, and the story has been inspired by Edgar Alan Poe and Jules Verne. What [...]

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What is School? Look again

Posted in 21st century learning, Education, learning, teaching, Web 2.0, tagged Education, internationalplp21, learning, students on March 14, 2009 | 8 Comments »

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 what school is really like. Why do I say that? An artist often presents the [...]

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