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There is little in life that can take the place of experience. – CMK 2012 guest speaker and incredibly popular filmmaker, Casey Neistat On many occasions over several years, Dr. Papert and I would discuss the need to build bridges to the wider (non-computer-using) community of progressive educators. We discussed the idea of hosting a [...]
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The NMC Horizon Report describes technologies that are likely to impact teaching and learning within the next five years. I was excited to see that so many of the innovations and ideas we have been blogging about are mentioned in the report. It even says, "Digital literacy is less about tools and more about thinking." I was also pleased to read that so much of the report is devoted to cloud computing. Google Apps for Education is mentioned several times as one method that many schools are using to help students and teachers create, communicate, and collaborate. (Maybe we should call these the 3Cs?!) http://msitnext.blogspot.com/
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