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Definitely a project to watch as it continues to develop over time
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Definitely a project to join in and help it continues to develop over time;-)
Commented Oct 31, 2014 on The Open Content Toolkit - Great resource for schools [@TheoKL] at OllieBray.com
The Open Content Toolkit - Great resource for schools [@TheoKL]
Information technology can help to equalise the distribution of high quality educational opportunities throughout the world. In particular, having learning materials freely available for adaptation and re-purposing can expand access to learning of better quality at lower cost. A campaign to ...
Hi Derek,
It has been a pleasure to follow your consolarium adventures, you certainly did some moving and shaking that vibrated through Scotland and beyond.
Looking forward to read about the next stage.
Commented Jul 15, 2013 on Cheerio to the Consolarium - it has been brilliant! at @derekrobertson's...
Cheerio to the Consolarium - it has been brilliant!
Tomorrow is my last day working at Education Scotland. I have worked under this banner for the past two years but previous to that and prior to Government restructuring it was with Learning and Teaching Scotland that I earned my crust! This working relationship began in August 2006 when I left m...
Hi Derek,
Is is perhaps that pupils just don't worry about failing, when they fail to do something in minecraft they jump to YouTube and fix it. If they didn't fail they would not know what they didn't know and would not learn new stuff.
Personally I think I am in the zone when I am constantly making micro-fails that I can either correct myself with a bit of thought or with a quick google(perhaps it is age or the sphere of my learning put I'll take text of video any day).
You are probably right in thinking that failure is not the best word here, failure implies a car crash rather than a flat tyre.
Mind you my ventures into Minecraft have been fails, as I am never going to take the time to watch enough videos;)
Commented Apr 29, 2013 on How computer games can help us learn why kids don't fail at @derekrobertson's...
How computer games can help us learn why kids don't fail
Minecraft mania! Dressed as a Creeper for Halloween. During the middle of last week I found myself in a Twitter discussion about the word failure. When speaking about the development and evolution of the use of tablet devices by teachers in his school one of my Twitter contacts commented tha...
A great pity for all the folk who find your posts inspiring & useful.
I though about this again yesterday after reading:
http://www.marco.org/2012/07/03/stop-not-linking
I wonder if it would be worth calling the folk who steal content from you out?
A few examples may make it obvious what is going on and therefore less attractive for potential rewriters.
cheers
Commented Jul 5, 2012 on An Explanation at | Digital - teacher | Education in a technological world
An Explanation
A while ago I made the decision to quit using Twitter. It came as a surprise to some people, and since then, when I've met many others in the "real" world, they've all asked the same question; why? I've found the reaction of others interesting when I explain my reasons, and I'm amazed when they ...
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