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Daniel Pink is well known for his book Whole new mind which has become one of the hallmarks in the discussion of thinking and creativity.  In this video he is referring to motivation in the workforce but his message applies equally to schools and the classroom. To achieve engagement and therefore motivation, says Pink, the [...]

The Networked Student video embedded here is modeled on the Common Craft videos and presents an overview of the student of the 21st century. It “was inspired by CCK08, a Connectivism course offered by George Siemens and Stephen Downes during fall 2008 [and] depicts an actual project completed by Wendy Drexler’s high school students.”  This [...]

Last year I visited China for a brief but enlightening 9 days.  It was long enough for me to develop a whole new understanding of the country, it’s people and where they see themselves in relation to the rest of the world.  I was therefore very interested to read the article Documenting China’s ed-tech explosion  posted today by George Siemens.  [...]

By now the news of the closure of Al Upton’s MiniLegends student blogging site at the request of DECS South Australia has circulated widely.   As educators, it’s a discussion in which we must all be involved if we are to assist our own school administrators in establishing a position in relation to the use of these public web tools.  [...]