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EDEN in the Land of the Midnight Sun

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It''s always difficult to sleep in the land of the midnight sun, where in mid summer the night skies are so bright and the sun never seems to fully set. Photo by Marcus Ramberg on Fotopedia Land of the midnight sun by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Sun, Sangria and Spanish flies

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So, one evening as the sun was setting, a whole bunch of us ended up down a side street in a tapas bar enjoying the culinary delights of the Catalan capital. It was a lot of fun to be in Barcelona at the same time as Doug Belshaw , Martin Weller , Audrey Watters and several other members of my PLN. The moral of this story? Unported License.

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The realms of possibility

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And yet such people brought us an understanding that the earth orbits the sun, time is relative, computers can do more for us than mere calculations, and much more. Many of the great ideas across history were dreamt of by mavericks, people who were considered to be a little unconventional, or simply downright strange. Unported License.

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Chance encounters

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It was wonderful weather, the sun was shining down, and even the infamous Wellington winds were nothing more than a gentle breeze. Photos by Dermot Donnelly-Hermosillo Chance encounters by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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#EDENchat Up close and personal

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I attended the first ever Personal Learning Environments conference in Barcelona, about 5 years ago, and spent three glorious days in the sun, learning from others about the PLE and how it would revolutionise learning. We were all excited about the potential of PLEs, their subversive nature and their inherent informality. Unported License.

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Maker pedagogy

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A change of mindset is the first step, she says, in creating an environment in which students can explore, discover and create and go beyond the sun of the mill, every day learning that occurs in schools across the globe. They learn from their own mistakes and express themselves more creatively through their own endeavours.

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Selfie number 7

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She was one of the founders of the Reform Symposium, a very popular 72 hour, follow the sun online event with facilitators on 3 separate continents. Photo by Steve Wheeler Selfie number 7 by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0