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Giant leaps

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Source: California Institute of Technology) Camera Phones In the 1990s, a team at the Joint Propulsion Laboratories (JPL), one of NASA's main sub-contractors, was tasked with creating cameras that were small and light enough to be carried into space. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Five tools for global educators

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But what tools do we use to enable us to connect with these communities, resources, audiences around the globe? Here are my top five tools: Webinar: There are a number of ways to teach and present live from beyond the classroom. Blog: Blogging is arguably one of the most powerful tools for global education.

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Stories without words

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students at Plymouth University Photo by Herby Thyme on Wikimedia Commons Stories without words by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 cameras education history iMovie learning Moviemaker photography Plymouth Technology video' Unported License.

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How will we learn tomorrow?

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In May 2013, between keynote presentations in Ljubljana, Las Vegas and Doha, I found myself sitting in front of cameras in a West London hotel, giving an interview to a French TV crew. Open views on learning by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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Ambient learning

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There is less requirement for direction from others, because the actor is in the best position to carry out the intervention, based on their personal tools and social connections. One clear example of technology supported ambient learning can be seen in the increasing use of Augmented Reality (AR) tools in the workplace.

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Intervention learning

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Sponge's AR tool works within the user's smartphone, providing additional information as overlays to the live image appearing on screen through the smartphone camera. It sounded like a hackneyed line from an old 1970s TV sitcom script. and the laughter stopped. It's a serious issue for all delivery workers. Unported License.

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5 technologies to promote creative learning

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They could use cameras, graphics software, a combination of these, or some other tools to create and capture their illustrations. Students will need to know how to compose and capture good images, and also will need to be aware of the gaps in the image repository on Wikimedia Commons. What kind of questions should they ask?

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