THis is partially cross-posted from my English class blog, http://englishwfc.wordpress.com/ with the addition of what happened since the post was written. I’m teaching collaboratively in a year 7 English class. Since we’re studying Allan Baillie’s Little Brother, I thought I’d muster up enough courage to email the author himself, in the hope that he’d join our [...]
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Science and fiction – The Human Genre Project
Posted in 21st century learning, creativity, Interesting, poetry, tagged creative, creative writing, fiction, Human Genome Project, interdisciplinary, Interesting, internationalplp21, poetry, science, science fiction on July 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Human Genre Project is a collection of new writing in very short forms — short stories, flash fictions, reflections, poems — inspired by genes and genomics. Starting with just a few pieces at its launch in July 2009, the collection will grow and develop over time. The Human Genre Project is an initiative of [...]
Alice in Wonderland trailer
Posted in Children's books, film on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is cross-posted from my other blog, Fiction is like a box of chocolates. Directed by Tim Burton (famous for Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare before Christmas, and Charlie and the chocolate factory) and starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Alice in Wonderland, due out early 2010 (March 5), has already sparked interest from film-goers [...]
Power of photography: Prix Pictet
Posted in art, tagged art, creativity, development, environment, images, photography, prix pictet, progress on July 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I stumbled across this website and have been moved and absorbed by these images, as well as the artists’ thinking behind their works. The information in this post has been selectively copied from the Prix Pictet website. Sponsored by the Geneva private bank Pictet & Cie, the Prix Pictet is the world’s first prize dedicated [...]
Powerful Learning Practice presentation is finished!
Posted in 21st century learning, networking, teaching, technology, Web 2.0, tagged 21st century learning, Marie Salinger, PLP, Powerful Learning Practice, presentation, reflection, Whitefriars College on July 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Well, when I say finished, I mean that the first layer of our presentation is complete. Whitefriars College Powerful Learning Practice cohort has documented their PLP journey on a blog which is the platform for all the projects, experimentation and reflection during the course of this year. Marie Salinger and I have spent long hours pulling [...]
Update. Twitter gets results.
Posted in 21st century learning, blogging, networking, reading, Web 2.0, tagged blog, fiction, review, statistics, student on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a short update on the Recurring External Blog Saga – so far the recent student review has scored 63 hits today! (5 last night when I posted it late) Thanks, Josh, for boosting the fiction blog stats to 127 so far. I don’t usually get that number on my personal blog! Thanks personal [...]
Still kicking.
Posted in 21st century learning, blogging, debate, Education, networking, reading, technology, Web 2.0 on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Forty years ago astronaut Neil Armstrong did something no one had ever done before. On July 20, 1969, he set foot on the moon. We all know what he said when he stepped onto the moon’s surface and looked at the Earth above him: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” [...]
Reflecting again (still)
Posted in 21st century learning, Education, learning, network literacy, teaching, technology, Web 2.0, tagged 21st century learning, Howard Rheingold, internationalplp21, literacies, network literacy, Powerful Learning Practice, reflection, tecnologies, Web 2.0 on July 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last post I wrote a reflection for the culmination of my participation in the Powerful Learning Practice program. Still, I felt I hadn’t drilled down to what was essential for me. Listening to Howard Rheingold this morning, and rethinking things, I wrote another reflection. My participation in PLP has been life changing. I know it smacks [...]
Spider’s web
Posted in 21st century learning, Education, networking, teachers, teaching, technology, Web 2.0, tagged 21st century learning, connectedness, Education, internationalplp21, learning, network, PLP, Powerful Learning Practice, reflection, spider, teaching, web, Web 2.0 on July 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Photo courtesy of moonjazz. The Powerful Learning Practice experience is coming to an end, and it’s time for us to gather our thoughts and share what we’ve done. I’ve been putting off my reflection because, frankly, the thought of gathering my thoughts about this relatively short, but intense, period of PLP participation, is overwhelming. Scouting around in [...]
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