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Master of Education (MEd) in Technology, Creativity and Thinking. Duration 12 months full-time or 24 months part-time. You will make the decision whether to study as a full-time or part-time student according to your circumstances - we welcome both full-time and part-time students and your decision does not affect your application. A Distance Learning option is also available. Overview The MEd Technology, Creativity and Thinking Studies programme explores the future of education and asks how it should best meet the needs of tomorrow’s world, its employers and its pupils. There is a general consensus amongst education policy makers that there is a shift towards a global ‘knowledge society’ and that this shift requires that education needs to respond by teaching those general transferable thinking and learning skills associated with communication, collaboration, and creativity.

You will be given the opportunity to develop an individual research project. Digital Leader's Network by on Prezi. City Learning Centre. A City Learning Centre in Lewisham A City Learning Centre is a facility in the United Kingdom which provides ICT-based learning opportunities for the pupils at the host school, for pupils at a network of surrounding schools and for the wider community. The centre aims to enhance learning across the whole curriculum by providing courses and opportunities for individual pupils from schools around the area. The multimedia establishments cater to any age and level of ICT understanding, and some offer conferencing facilities which are pre-bookable by local businesses.

Growth[edit] The number of established City Learning Centres in England exceeded 100, and steadily grew since their introduction in 2001. Many City Learning Centres are established on the same ground as an existing school (for example, South Sefton City Learning Centre was established on the grounds of Savio High School). Funding[edit] Usage[edit] Activities[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] How to Generate a Good Idea | Moments of Genius. Several years ago, Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister conducted a study that measured the productivity of computer programmers. Their data set included more than 600 programmers from 92 companies. According to Susan Cain, author of the recently released book Quiet: The Power of Introverts, DeMarco and Lister found that what distinguished the best programmers was not experience or salary, but privacy: personal workspace and freedom from interruption.

In fact, “sixty-two percent of the best performers said their workspace was sufficiently private compared with only 19 percent of the worst performers. Seventy-six percent of the worst programmers but only 38 percent of the best said that they were often interrupted needlessly.” In Quiet, her manifesto, Cain criticizes the new “Groupthink” model that she says dominates our schools and work places. Social scientists have known this for years. The lesson? The second example comes from a 2010 study by Harvard Medical School researcher Isaac Kohane. Killing Creativity: Why Kids Draw Pictures of Monsters & Adults Don't | Moments of Genius. What's the Big Idea? The Monster Engine is one of the best ideas I’ve come across.

It’s a book, demonstration, lecture and gallery exhibition created by Dave Devries. The premise is simple: children draw pictures of monsters and Devries paints them realistically. According to the website, the idea was born in 1998 when Devries took an interest in his niece’s doodles. As a comic addict, Devires wondered if he could use color, texture and shading to bring his niece’s drawings to life.

But Devries had a larger goal: he wanted to always see things as a child. Growing up, to be sure, has its benefits. Age doesn’t necessarily squander our creative juices, but when we make the leap from elementary school to middle school our worldview becomes more realistic and cynical. A study conducted several years ago by Darya Zabelina and Michael Robinson of North Dakota State University gives us a simple remedy. You are 7 years old. The second group was given the same prompt minus the first sentence.

The secret to starting a website | Money. It's shaping up to be a bleak new year for thousands of public sector workers about to lose their jobs, and for graduates who have not yet found a job to lose. Recession-hit victims have, however, an advantage over their predecessors in the early 1990s. The internet can give wings to private ambition and, if manipulated well, could help replace lost livelihoods. Should you be inspired, you can start building a career from your fireside. The tool is an appealing website that will market you and your enterprise to the wider world. You can ask a professional to do the technical part, or experiment with online DIY kits but, once you have mastered the mysteries of html, CMS and wysiwyg, you need to fine-tune the design and content so surfers are drawn to your site and stay long enough to spend money.

"Ask yourself why you go back to sites that you like," says Paula Wynne, online entrepreneur and author of Create a Successful Website. . • Gratify Google. . • Speed matters. . • Keep it simple. TeachMeet Clevedon - Juicy Learning May 3rd 2012. Win an iPod Touch, 500GB External Hard Drive and Educational books on the night of the event Audio Stream Now Live To join the online meeting (Now from mobile devices!)

------------------------------------------------------- 1. Go to To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link: What is TeachMeet Clevedon? It's an informal and enjoyable gathering of those curious about teaching and learning. The main part of TeachMeet is hearing stories about learning, from teachers and other education professionals. Check out this blog to discover TeachMeet’s humble beginnings and somewhat anarchic ethos: “TeachMeet: the story so far” As with all of the Clevedon TeachMeet events, there will be catering so you won't go hungry. Keynote: We are having TEXMEX supplied to us by Clevedon School's students studying BTEC Hospitality.

Catch up live from the event here When is it? 1. For Educators. SW Showcase - Using new technologies to support teaching and learning in EBAC subjects.