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15 August 2011

BLC11: Glyn's BLC Tr'weets!

RT @johndavitt: "Give me a lever long enough ..& I shll move the world"said Archimedes-the web is that lever-time to find yr fulcrum #blc11

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#blc11 Rob Evans: Schooling should prepare learners for a lifelong learning journey ...

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#blc @dkuropatwa Darren, great session as always! Thank you so much! ;)

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#blc Look how @dkuropatwa 's students have created their own math stories using everyday photos http://bit.ly/ocozG7

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#blc @kuropatwa Teachers must engage students' preconceptions; often their errors & misconceptions are based on prior learning

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#blc @dkuropatwa Recommends reading this book http://bit.ly/pVQkXM

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#blc @dkuropatwa BBassler simplifies complex ideas in 1.5mins-story told with passion & laughter http://bit.ly/rkdL2E ..making ideas stick

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#blc11 @dkuropatwa The most responded to vid on YTube .. a world message http://bit.ly/pHqJaq

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#blc11 @dkuropatwa Need to tap into the 'storyteller' in us to engage our learners. This vid http://bit.ly/qropzX from http://bit.ly/nH4FGf

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#blc @dkuropatwa Darren Kuropatwa's session exploring the intersection of visual, practical and instructional design

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#blc11 Wolfram: Calculus doesn't require a tower of previous mathematical knowledge to be understood; shdn't be the math terminus for many

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#blc11 Computer-based Math Education Summitt 10-11 November 2011 The Royal Institution, London. Info here http://bit.ly/qL41VZ

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#blc11 http://bit.ly/qBJKZX .. if you're interested in browsing Wolfram apps

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#blc11 My eyes have been opened re the W Alpha website: so often it's displayed by presenters as a quick means to solving maths h'work only!

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#blc11 What a fascinating website Wolfram Alpha is - computations based on vast built-in data, algorithms &methods http://bit.ly/r0GZb4

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RT @AnnikaSmall: RT @nominettrust: Good luck to everyone shortlisted for the #NIA2011 Have fun this evening. nominet.org.uk/about/internet…

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#blc11 Stephen Wolfram's New Kind of Science book for the iPad - http://bit.ly/oebdwU Simple maths operations >> complex rules of universe

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#blc11 Wolfram Demonstrations Project http://bit.ly/p11Nu8 .. see the Smiley Changer http://bit.ly/pOhCGL :)

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#blc11 Dr Wolfram keynote at BLC11. Mathematica http://bit.ly/qiC3Zj & W Alpha http://bit.ly/nQ571V sites for mathematical computations

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#blc11 The Flipped Class Network - http://bit.ly/qkUG0u groups, forums, ideas sharing, latest news Thank you Jon and Aaron!

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#blc11 video laws-kp short, animate voice, +partner, +humour, don't overdo humour, annotate, vid clips, PIP, callouts/zooms, copyright ok

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#blc11 @thomasdaccord So sorry to have to leave your BLC session early Tom-really interesting. EdTechTeacher site here http://bit.ly/nxMGHT

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RT @khund: Puffin web browser app will allow iOS device to play flash!! How did I not know this?? #blc11 <http://bit.ly/nnW4jY

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#blc11 @cgagliolo http://bit.ly/nbGD6L recommendations of apps and other resources for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch in classrooms

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#blc11 Camilla Gagliolo demos potential of iPad to xform learning environments. And this vid http://bit.ly/qxLjfp describes next gen books

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#blc11 Thank you, Marco @torres21 for a wonderful session .. standing ovation fully deserved!

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RT @alasmedia: Photos of yesterday's Main Conference Day 1 are now posted, check them out on #alasmedia http://bit.ly/owgbYv #blc11

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#blc11 Marco Torres: flight so long to Oz that he watched peeps in front of him get drunk twice! ;)

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http://maps.google.be/maps?sll=42.350607,-71.069235 http://maps.google.be/maps?sll=42.350607,-71.069235 http://m http://twitpic.com/5x553o

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#blc @ewanmcintosh Children learn faster if not hindered by other students .. or their teacher!

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#blc11 @ewanmcintosh Learning maths alongside drinking a smoothie has worked well for one school in New Zealand!

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#blc11 @ewanmcintosh We're not just encouraging students to be problem finders/solvers & critical thinkers ..but their family members too!

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#blc11 @ewanmcintosh Formative assessment isn't the infrequent oil check! More like the GPS where learner chooses & directs learning path!

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#blc11 @ewanmcintosh Learning Futures Project .. more information here http://bit.ly/qOIXzz

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#blc11 @ewanmcintosh A teacher's curiosity can be infectious .. it doesn't matter if the teacher asks ?s that they don't have the answer to!

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#blc11 @ewanmcintosh Expressing concern about teachers not fully understanding critical nature of formative assessment

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#blc @ewanmcintosh Effective learning comes from problem finding, as well as problem solving!

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#blc11 @ewanmcintosh Students need these for successful engagement-Responsibility, Respect, Real things, Choice, Challenge, Collaboration

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RT @tonyparkin: RT @ewanmcintosh: RT @tombarrett: Watching the live stream from #BLC11 http://goo.gl/961tq wave people wave!

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#blc11 Prensky: reference paper from 2005 on 'Search vs Research' http://bit.ly/o8MdSu ..differences and skills req to optimise activity

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#blc11 Prensky: Yesterdays literate person wrote letters, reports, essays; todays write emails, blogs, tomorrow's will make vid, write progs

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#blc11 Prensky: can we think of learning as a set of questions, or perhaps as a set of problems to be solved? What probs optimise learning?

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#blc11 Marc Prensky: 5skills framework for problem solving-right thing to do, getting it done, working w others, creative working, improving

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@dkuropatwa Hi there Darren .. well, you were busy talking to folks so thought I'd catcha later! In Statler now listening to M Prensky ;)

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#blc11 Thank you @dkuropatwa for a gr8 session as always!

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#blc11 @dkuropatwa Developing Expert Voices - http://bit.ly/oheOyP students told on day1 they will b creating maths not just rec instruction

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#blc @dkuropatwa Think of value of video for inc interactivity in lessons: http://bit.ly/mS8hy0 and http://bit.ly/pEEL7T are gr8 examples

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#blc @dkuropatwa Sets students challenge-to make calculus commerical! http://bit.ly/qFjIJx -what about this response- http://bit.ly/pV7qIv !

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#blc11 D Kuropatwa: students contribute maths solutions to questions on a wiki http://bit.ly/odwayM Result=collaborative solutions manual

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#blc11 Darren Kuropatwa See http://bit.ly/p8zIQ1 -gets students [maths] to photo everyday objects & overlay hotspots to reinforce learning

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#blc11 #blc11bling HEAT rubric - highter order thinking, engagement, authenticity and use of technology http://bit.ly/nOarWm

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#blc11 #blc11bling SAMR model- substitution, augmentation, modification, redefinition. From ICT as enhancement to transformation

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#blc11 #blc11bling Looking under the hood of TPACK - Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge http://www.tpck.org/

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#blc11 #blcbling Shelley Paul & Sara Wilkie giving 'Bling vs Bang' sesh. Having given stu 'bling' how do we design curr to give them 'bang'!

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#blc11 #lectyr Mazur's Learning Catalytics technology being piloted at Harvard currently

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#blc11 #lectyr Mazur demonstrating his learning catalytics technology using intelligent algorithms and data analytics to optimise learning

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#blc #lectyr Mazur: Discussions about education are often anecdotal. We need concrete data to ascertain learning gains.

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#blc #lectyr Mazur: Rectangular plate with circular hole in centre. When uniformly heated does size of hold inc, dec, stay the same?

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RT @tonyparkin: Cdn't get to #BLC11 ths year but I'm watching "BLC Welcome & Keynote with Eric Mazur" live NOW via BLCconference.com. Gr8!

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#blc #lectyr Mazur: repolls students to probe their knowledge & ability to work out correct answer-or resets task with easier question

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#blc11 #lectyr Mazur: Lever the capabilities of the best students in the class thereby turning them in the 'teachers'

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#blc #lectyr Mazur: question posed .. time to think .. poll thoughts .. discuss with neighbour .. convince neighbour of your answer

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#blc #lectyr 20 yrs ago Mazur flipped trad model of lecturing: xfer of info now outside the class and assimilation of info inside the class

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#blc #lectry Mazur: If you are unable to take what you learn and apply that learning in a new context, then you haven't really learned.

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#blc #lectyr Mazur asks the question: Is education really only about information transfer?

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#blc #lectyr Standard lecture often a replication of experience the lecturer had themselves! ..with handouts distributed at the END

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#blc11 #lectyr Lecturing is predominant method of teaching. Over years, nothing much has changed! Lectures focus on information transfer

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#blc11 #lectyr Eric Mazur asking us what are good at and how we became good at it ..

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#blc11 @globalearner Some notes from Alan November's session-Leadership: Managing the Transition http://bit.ly/blc11lead

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#blc @globalearner Question: are schools contributing to digital divide by not ensuring students get access to right info at right time?

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#blc11 @globalearner Mathtrain.TV http://bit.ly/n7uwC5 11/12 yr olds creating hi-ly acclaimed vid maths tutorials for contemps around world!

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#blc11 @globalearner This wiki is written by the children http://bit.ly/qvMC6d often out of school hours-entire history curriculum >PURPOSE

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#blc @globalearner All leaders should ask their teachers how much of the work they assign to children has PURPOSE (for the learner)

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@oliverquinlan Thank you Oliver ... happy to be doing just that for folks out there! :)

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#blc11 @globalearner Is it enough to give every child a computer? Should we be learning from Singapore MoE http://bit.ly/oLFtEl

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RT @ICTmagic: http://j.mp/MAGlC Downloadable tool that remembers which webpage you copied text frm on internet. http://j.mp/qGU1KB #edtech

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#blc11 @globalearner Leaders to encourage teachers to create assignments that give their students different perspectives & points of view

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#blc @globalearner All leaders need discussion around this- http://bit.ly/hZSF78 & role of teacher when everyone has personal filter bubble

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#blc11 @globalearner The real revolution will be to teach critical thinking around all the information that is now so easy to access online

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#blc11 @globalearner Ref Zuboff [Smart Machine] -all leaders should be questioning whether their learners really are empowered to learn

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#blc11 Wolfram Alpha & Khan leading to 'automating'-encouraging students to be creative w maths is all important 'informating' @globalearner

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#blc Wolfram Alpha http://bit.ly/9883bq -if students can access this & solve equations, what might an alternative homework b? @globalearner

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RT @mashable: Automaker Creates Giant Hide & Seek Game Using Google Street View [VIDEO] - http://on.mash.to/puqmQ3

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RT @triches: RT @kaythaney: Awesome visualisation of US debt in cold, hard cash. http://bit.ly/nR0EkJ (HT @manuscript)

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#blc11 #blc11orchestra Today's Meet b'channel 4 'Orchestrating Collaborative C'room' session - http://bit.ly/oA3502 ..non-attendees welcome

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RT @CreativeEdu: If yr a teacher new 2 Twitter u might find Twitter4Teachers page a help- http://ow.ly/5L0fV #blc11 #blc11orchestra

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#blc11 Gr8 to be able to share examples of UK schools using blogs in the classroom to raise achievement and to engage parents

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#blc11 Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano's session on 'orchestrating a collaborative classroom' using ideas here http://bit.ly/nKrUHg

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#blc11 Always good sesh from @johndavitt - today looking at outdoor learning adventures with tools like qr codes, touchatags, Google maps

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Get Googley in Education - The Latest Resources from Diigo (weekly): - Google Earth: Beginner… http://goo.gl/fb/k62ig

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#blc11 Geoff Gevalt's Young Writers Project http://bit.ly/XO0zj engaging Vermont students in various writing styles & forms of presentation

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