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2032. - “That,” she explained, “is the Nothing Button.” “What does it do?” She took a breath. “Well, you have your other buttons that make it go up or down, left or right. They all do things. Well, this button, the orange one with the big N on it, isn’t like that. It’s the one you push when you don’t...

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Major Update To The PO-EM Project (Music Educator RSS/OPML) - I’ve finished a major update to the PO-EM Project today. Please check out the PO-EM homepage for more information and the latest downloadable OPML of Music Educators’ RSS Feeds: http://mustech.net/projects/poem A SYMPHONY OF MUSIC, EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY- MUSTECH.NET! JOIN OUR...

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10 Things All Teachers Should Know How to Do (Edited) - After viewing @todmafin's tweet about how it's simply not funny to claim 'Luddite' status anymore, I thought about what might be important-from a tech perspective-to know as a teacher teaching in these times. Here's my top ten...with many exclusions. These, to me, are basic competencies I think...

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Where are the notions of challenge and accountability in educational policy? - The ongoing development of educational policy by Gove et al has caused me to wonder about who the winners and losers might be. The key winner, it seems to me, is the Headteacher of your local school. They will be left in a position of unchallengeable power in relationship to their school. Let me...

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And here are Gove’s thoughts on the National Curriculum … - Following on from the previous post, here’s the quote from Michael Gove’s speech about the slimming down of the National Curriculum: I want to ensure our national curriculum is a properly international curriculum – that it reflects the best collective wisdom we have about how children learn, what...

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The ConDem approach to initial teacher education - Here the most detail that we have so far about the ConDem coalition’s views on how to education our new teachers. This extract, from Michael Gove’s speech to the National College for Leadership of Schools and Children’s Services’ Annual Leadership Conference in Birmingham today, signals some...

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The 15 Minutes that Could Save Five Years - If you're over 60 years old and reading this post, it's probably too late. Good for you if you're under 30. You've got a better chance if you're younger. Age discrimination? No. The end of retirement as we know it — an emerging unpleasant reality that will (re)shape the quality of life and...

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Does the National Curriculum have a future? Would we miss it if it goes? - What future does the National Curriculum have under this Government? It is obviously going to be have a major review. Alongside their hasty work on academies, the DfE even have a separate section of materials about it on their website. At the primary level, the decision to scrap the Rose Review...

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06/11/10 PHD comic: 'World Cup vs. PhD' - Piled Higher & Deeper by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com title: "World Cup vs. PhD" - originally published 6/11/2010 For the latest news in PHD Comics, CLICK HERE! ...

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A taxonomy for Learning Design - We are running a Course Business Models workshop tomorrow at the OU to share with staff from across the university the work we have done to date in terms of representing courses. The Course Business Models (CBM) and the Learning Design work complement each other in the sense that the LD work...

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Should young kids be using computers? - It’s become pretty normal these days for kids to be exposed to technology at a very young age. Computers included. But is it actually harmful if this move from innocence to geekdom happens too soon? Parents are increasingly allowing, or in many cases positively encouraging, their children to start...

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The Best Way to Get to a Good Idea? Fail. - Drew Davidson on Curiosity, Doubt & Failure/ View more Spotlight videos Earlier this year, Spotlight asked Digital Media & Learning experts gathered in San Diego at the Digital Media & Learning conference what innovation they’d like to see in education. Drew Davidson, director of the...

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A is for Failure—Helping Kids to Fail Faster Can Help Them Learn - Game design principles of “fail again, fail better” can be used in the classroom to help kids learn by doing. During the last school year, students at Quest2Learn, a New York City public charter school funded in part by the MacArthur Foundation, tried to devise...

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Education Not Scare Tactics Will Help Protect Kids Online - Authors of “Youth Safety on a Living Internet” (PDF), the final report by the federal Online Safety and Technology Working Group, say the best thing educators and parents can do to keep kids safe online is to focus on building media literacy and promoting digital citizenship. --- “What we...

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Who Says Young People Don’t Care about Online Privacy? - A new study shows young adults have become quite savvy about managing their online reputations. --- Photo by opensourceway A recent survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds older generations could learn a few tips about online privacy from young people. When compared with...

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Scratch Here: Collaborating with Kids to Develop the Next Generation of Creative Software - Mitchel Resnick: Scratch/ View more Spotlight videos In this podcast, Spotlight talks with MIT’s Mitchel Resnick about Scratch, a programming language that makes it easy for kids to create and share media on the web. Scratch just won a Learning Lab award for innovation in digital media in the...

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Music iPad App Review #4: LineSpace - Music iPad App Review #4: LineSpace Screen-Shot: (Scroll Down to Watch the Video Review) Developer Description: Learn to play the piano the new, fun way. LineSpace turns sight-reading practice into an engaging and addicting game. Start out learning the easy way, with color coded keys–but...

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Music iPad App Review #3: DoReMemory - Music iPad App Review #3: DoReMemory Screen-Shot: (Scroll Down to Watch the Video Review) Developer Description: mDoReMemory is a music educational app created to teach early pianists where notes belong on the treble and bass clef staffs. This app takes a unique approach. You are given the...

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What School Music Programs Should Look Like - In the last post, I suggested a new paradigm for music education in schools. This paradigm would become less-band/orchestra centric and would have as its base teaching non-band/orchestra/chorus students the tools for music creation, mixing and distribution. Traditional performing ensembles should...

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Education Futures, Teachers and Technology - The changing role of teachers is the focus of a new briefing paper published by Futurelab, a UK-based nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming teaching and learning. --- “Education Futures, Teachers and Technology” [PDF] highlights the key points of a day-long seminar, built on...

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