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Python's got legs!

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If you're a computing teacher your ears will prick up at this. Actually, if you're a teacher who's interested in anything to do with critical thinking, creativity or logical reasoning you should definitely be interested. If you're familiar with Purple Mash , you'll notice some similarities. Python definitely has legs.

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Remix culture and education

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Sometimes several works are combined or 'mashed up' to create new versions. In the digital age, where many have access to the participatory web such as social media, it is easier than ever to remix and mashup content. One of the most widespread examples of digital remix is Wikipedia. Unported License.

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Games based learning

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Take David Samuelson for example. They are often 'in the flow' and don't have any hang ups about expressing themselves. He is interested in mashups - where augmented reality can be embedded within games. What excites him most is the story telling that is seen in the latest games, for example Heavy Rain.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Emerging Technologies in e-Learning

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Emerging" = kinds of e-learning that are just starting to show up -- in labs, new company offerings. Self Serve Can also pick up packaged food -- self-service from a vending machine, etc. example: Google Earth + local pizza parlors + your personal photographs on top of that. About Gary: Classroom teacher in the early 70s.

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The changing Web

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Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. Delicious, Diigo), microblogs such as Twitter, mashups (e.g. This is number 4 in the series of blog posts entitled 'Shaping Education for the Future.'

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The survival of higher education (3): The Social Web

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Military students for example may be serving overseas, or in submarines. The MentorBlog project for example, employed the use of two-person blogs to connect students with their professional mentors, who may never have had the opportunity to meet face to face (Wheeler and Lambert-Heggs, 2008). Unported License.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Cognitive Flexibility Theory & Multiple Representations

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Provide a variety of examples or case studies that get to the concept in different ways. Provide lots of examples as a way of beating that path through the woods; helping the learner make connections to ensure successful transfer of knowledge to a real-world situation. Makes sense. Jean Marrapodi 11:39 AM Cammy Bean said.

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