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Technology mediated society

Learning with e's

Photo source: Lyncconf Games on Flickr The rapid spread of the Coronavirus and the subsequent social lock-downs by many governments has meant that technology has been thrust to the forefront in many of our daily human activities. This might normally be music to the ears of yer regular humanist, but such gloating would be premature.

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Legends in their own lunchtime

Learning with e's

When I attended AFCENT international school in the Netherlands, I would often find myself in the music room, listening to friends and staff playing impromptu concerts. It was great to sit cross-legged on the carpet, eating your sandwiches, chatting to friends and listening to live music. Does your school hold lunchtime events?

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Issue-based projects increase student engagement

TechSmith Camtasia

Photo courtesy of Visual Maintenance. Photo courtesy of Manchester Library. Each project block also has a digital element, including PSA’s, Pixton study guides, music videos, social media campaigns, and docu‘mini’ries. Photo courtesy of flyingsinger. Hmm.challenge accepted, Mr. Duncan.

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#40years of educational technology: Games

Learning with e's

Many of the best selling video games have been appropriated for classroom learning, including Guitar Hero (used to teach a number of curriculum subjects, not just music), Sim City (Maths), World of Warcraft (Literature) and Grand Theft Auto (remarkably, used to teach citizenship). Unported License.

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Community Engagement, COVID-19 and Big hART – the promises we must keep

Kadenze

Photo by Leith Alexander, courtesy of Big hART. This is what Big hART provides – engagement, self-expression through music, video, photography, animation, dance, an expression of their story, building agency, visibility and safety. Photo by Leith Alexander, courtesy of Big hART. NEO Learning Workshop.

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#40years of educational technology: Games

Learning with e's

Many of the best selling video games have been appropriated for classroom learning, including Guitar Hero (used to teach a number of curriculum subjects, not just music), Sim City (Maths), World of Warcraft (Literature) and Grand Theft Auto (remarkably, used to teach citizenship). Unported License.

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An apple for teacher

Learning with e's

Photo from Pxhere I had the pleasure to do an speak with Sophie Bailey recently, when we recorded a session for Edtech Podcast. Have a listen. An apple for teacher by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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