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There’s a lot going on. Educators seem overloaded with initiatives and expectations. Students appear weighed down by assessment and intervention. http://dedwards.me/2012/12/16/paddling-the-learning-pool/

Paddling the Learning Pool – 8 Tools That Changed My Teaching

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Innovating Pedagogy | Open University Innovations Report #1

The series of reports explores new forms of teaching, learning and assessment for an interactive world, to guide teachers and policy makers in productive innovation.
When Mattias Swenson, Patrik Ring and their three co-founders first decided to launch a startup out of high school, the plan was to work on it for a year and then move on with their lives. Growing up in Stockholm, they said, they didn’t know of anyone else who gave up university for entrepreneurship. But more than five years later, they’re still at it. And their startup Bloglovin , which is something like a visual RSS reader meets Tumblr for the entire blogosphere, is poised for a new level of growth. http://gigaom.com/2012/05/16/bloglovin-a-design-conscious-rss-meets-tumblr-gets-betaworks-investment/

Bloglovin, a design-conscious RSS meets Tumblr, gets Betaworks investment

The Interesting Ways series continues to be a great example of crowdsourcing good quality classroom ideas and it has been a privilege connecting with all of the people who have taken time to add an idea. It is remarkable what can be achieved and created together if you give people the right way to do it. Thanks for all the help so far. Interesting Ways to… Use Google Tools http://edte.ch/blog/interesting-ways/

Interesting Ways

The Design Thinking School | NoTosh

This programme equips teachers with processes, practices and ways of thinking harnessed by those in the creative industries. Teachers see how these steps complement the most powerful teaching practices surfacing from educational research, and, by putting them to action in the classroom, see students develop a robust learning mindset for their future. http://notosh.com/what-we-do/the-design-thinking-school/
Welcome to Mobile Technology Enhanced Learning In a world were technology underpins communication and collaboration it is imperative that we equip our learners with the skills and confidence to effectively utilise technology throughout their lives. This portal aims to facilitate continuous professional development for mobile technologies. Showcase/Best Practice https://sites.google.com/site/jwmotel/home

MoTEL Academy

Hi. I’m Di Dawson – an independent trainer and consultant who can help you with all manners of e-learning, pedagogical advice for successful online training and I can advise how to use mobile technologies for teaching or training. Why not browse the topics for Learn and Lunch sessions – pick up a new skill in just 15 minutes or if you need to get started with e-learning , as a cost effective way to deliver training to your staff, then I can help you. I am a confident online trainer and facilitator having delivered various online staff training programmes. But, of course, I do enjoy delivering face to face if I can – to meet real people in their own environment.

Di Dawson - About Di

http://didawson.co.uk/blog/didawson