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#LWF11 – Keri Facer, Prof of Education, MMU
Keri Facer. Can’t continue to argue about whether we focus on the individual or whether we use technology to bring learners together. We need to learn to live with connectivity that we’ve never imagined before. Evolution of non-human-like intelligence. Need a curriculum for collaborative and collective intelligence. Diminishing economy and rapidly changing aging demographic. Need to understand the relationships between…
Google Teacher Academy Application
This is my Google Teacher Academy application video. For more information on 20% time in my classroom please visit this blog post, our class blog and Adeel’s Rubik’s blog. Fingers crossed, I couldn’t apply last time around as it clashed with my wedding! (Source: http://www.google.com/)
Google Wave – Directory of Educators
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Pale Blue Dot – beautiful
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEwdRE8MKQg&hd=1] Thanks to Tom Barrett for pointing out this fantastic video. Great resource for assemblies, Geography lessons, Science lessons etc.