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Nothing new under the sun

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"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." - Ecclesiastes 1:9 "In a hunting society, children play with bows and arrows. just about everything you encounter online has either been done before, or it's a synthesis (the social media term is 'mashup') of previously available content.

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Dirty tricks

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Image from Wikimedia Commons It's the silly season. When everyone else is sunning themselves on the Costa, the poor admissions tutors (I know. A series of social media snipes followed from both sides, much like a conversation between a teacher refereeing two little boys caught in a school yard brawl. 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. He had done work on the use of social media. And so the Saturday was spent wandering around the city, in and out of museums ( Te Papa is a must), and taking in the views along the sea front.

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What we don't know

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That is why it is so important for all of us to share what we know and share it freely on social media. Why is the sun 400 times larger than the moon and 400 times further away, thus appearing to be exactly the same size and producing perfect solar eclipses every time? Is there life on other planets? Unported License.

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Selfie number 7

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She talked about how social media was making a huge impact on learning, and gave some great examples from her own professional practice. 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. Unported License.

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The sun sets on Becta

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I see the opportunity here for a modern day version of Illich's 'Learning Webs' where we help each other more, and through the use of social media, it is emminently achievable. This work by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Thanks for what you have achieved Becta.

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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.