Threnody for #egypt
A “transmedia found poem” dedicated to those whose voices were being silenced. The story behind why and how it was made is below the work. View “Threnody for #egypt” on Storify When I woke, on the...
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Download YouTube videos the super simple way
Wouldn’t it be great if the YouTube site had a big Download Video button? It’s actually very simple to make the official site do this. You can easily download YouTube videos in MP4 format (for playback...
View ArticleFinland’s Visual Arts Curriculum for Schools (Architecture, Visual Arts and...
My friend Esa Helttula lives in Espoo, Finland (also home of Rovio who gave us Angry Birds). Over the past few months, we’ve been sharing some fascinating discussions about education in general, and...
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Pam Burnard RSCON3 Keynote – Creativity and Creative Learning: Redefining the...
As part of the amazing lineup of courageous, insightful educators from around the globe presenting at the 3rd Reform Symposium, my friend (and my actual Grade 7&8 music classroom teacher from many...
View ArticleA transliteracy manifesto for #RSCON3
Earlier today, some of my PLN were bantering about their #rscon3 experiences. It led me to reflect on an earlier transliteracy text that summarised many facets of the Reform Symposium these past three...
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Growing networks of learning – part one
I’ve been thinking and studying networked learning since last December, when I stumbled into the world of educator personal learning networks, spread across the world. From my first blind stumbles...
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A housewarming gift for Anastasis Academy
To celebrate my friend Kelly Tenkely fulfilling her vision of opening a school based around her deep thinking about how 21st century education should be, I made a small housewarming gift for her...
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Making Game Based Learning #gbl – research & principles
My friend Professor Sara Grimes was looking for some research on game based learning and put a tweet out looking for resources. We’ve spent the last 9 months researching, thinking about learning and...
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