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Early-years writing lessons 'do no good'  
Teaching children as young as three to write short sentences and use punctuation has little effect on their literacy skills later on, according to research which raises new questions about the government's plan for a curriculum for the under-fives... Read more >>
Kudos and Complaints From My First E-learning Experience  
Not immediately obvious was the fact that the online learning environment embraces—in that strange and virtual way of the Web—active participation by students, who are responsible for discovering and learning more about a subject and communicating in writing... Read more >>
Young People and Social Networking Services  
The project is designed to investigate how social networking services can and are being used to support personalised formal and informal learning by young people in schools and colleges... Read more >>
144 Tips on Synchronous e-Learning Strategy + Research  
The eLearning Guild conducted a survey of its members, asking for their favorite tips relating to strategies for effectively creating, managing, and using synchronous e-Learning... Read more >>
"Edupunk" Rocks the (Virtual) House  
"Edupunk" is an educational approach that combines creative drive with a maverick attitude, celebrating a kind of cocky, do-it-yourself confidence in which the educator—or possibly the student—designs the tools for teaching and learning. It speaks directly to the corporatization of education—and doesn't say nice things about it... Read more >>
Producing Video Learning Objects for E-learning  
A number of trends have combined to make it attractive and feasible for teachers, trainers, and instructional designers to produce video learning objects-short video units as opposed to complete video programs. Video Learning Objects can be included in an online course or workshop or posted on a Content Management System... Read more>>
Journal of Virtual Worlds Research  
The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is an online, open access academic journal that adheres to the highest standards of peer review and engages established and emerging scholars from anywhere in the world. The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is a transdisciplinary journal that engages a wide spectrum of scholarship and welcomes contributions from the many disciplines and approaches that intersect virtual worlds research... Read more >>
Clipbank: A teacher's tool for today's classroom  
Supports teachers by bringing the latest, most up-to-date video learning resources right into the classroom, Engages students with media that they relate and respond to, Uses the technology available in today's schools, promoting a stimulating learning environment... Read more >>
School Design: Be the Change...  
A presentation about school design that I made in hopes of sparking some discussion in the Milton-Freewater School District. The presentation usually has music and slide-timing. Watch the presentation >>
Microblogging: The Future of Participatory Media  
This excellent slide show makes the case for the growing importance of micro-blogging. It makes a case for "social objects" rather than social networking, and then lays out 5 principles for building services around them.... Watch the presentation>>
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