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How To Fill The Void of Missing Powerpoint Clipart

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Due to the “internet of things,” Microsoft Office decided to kill off their Clipart library in December 2014. Inconvenience and inconsistent access aside, the main thing that can complicate this approach to sourcing images is the fact that royalty free and Creative Commons may not always be what they seem.

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2014 - the year of the wearable?

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Will 2014 be the year when wearable technology emerges as the next stage in our connected future? In the January 2014 issue of Wired Magazine , he argues that whilst the last decade has been about smart mobile technologies, the next decade will be about wearable computing. Ben Hammersley seems to think so. Unported License.

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What is authentic assessment?

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These have their uses, but there is much more available in the assessment repertoire of effective teachers. 2014) Constructive alignment in university teaching. by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 References Biggs, J.

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Writes of passage

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There is a growing corpus of research that suggests handwriting can improve our ability to think and learn through note taking (See for example Mueller and Oppenheimer, 2014). Which can you use more effectively to articulate your ideas? 2014) The pen is mightier than the keyboard: Advantages of longhand over laptop note taking.

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The drama of Facebook

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The world''s largest and most successful social network, Facebook - celebrated its tenth anniversary in February 2014. One social anthropologist in particular might have had a great deal to say about the Facebook effect. Boasting a growing membership that is currently well in excess of 1.2 For many, the drama of Facebook is very real.

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The Only Person Who Behaves Sensibly Is My Tailor

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Effective Metrics for Learning and Development I wonder what Shaw would think if he saw the way learning and development is predominantly measured in organisations today. For example a study of 829 companies over 31 years showed diversity training had "no positive effects in the average workplace."

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Teacher Voices: Naomi Hancock

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Here's an interview with Naomi Hancock (@Hancock_Naomi on Twitter), who graduated from Plymouth University in 2014. Live Skypes also have had the same effect giving the children a window of opportunity to immerse themselves in the topic and conversation. 1) What made you decide to become a teacher? What/who inspired you?

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