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September 05, 2008
4th ALT-C Edubloggers meetup
September 05, 2008
Really looking forward to our fourth ALT-C Edublogger meetup next week, taking place at Leeds Student Union Mine Bar, 19.30 onwards. The Alt-C evening meal (for those who are attending the conference & have signed up for it) is served in the adjacent Refectory building, and as usual will provide a handy initial meeting point for some of ...
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September 03, 2008
Digital Divide slam invite
September 03, 2008
I'm off to ALT-C next week, along with most of the UKs edtechs and learning technologists. I'll be pretty busy, supporting the 4th annual ALT-C Edublogger meetup, helping host the Emerge reception & live radio broadcast, and contributing to the F-ALT fringe activities. I'm really excited to be teaming up again with with Frances Bell, Helen Keegan and ...
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Reviewing our workshop process
September 03, 2008
It was particularly interesting reading the blog posting from one of the participants at the Singapore workshop on August 8th. Our own discussions have highlighted the fact that face to face workshops are the most successful way we have found to support the process of identifying patterns and anything we can do to enhance this ...
August 29, 2008
“Eureka!” Sketching excersise
August 29, 2008
One of the nice things that happened at the Singapore workshop was the introduction game we played. Every one of us has these Eureka! moments; personal experiences were we learned something in a way that was etched into our memory. Positive, formative events of learning, the kind we wish to engender in the environments and activities ...
August 21, 2008
Validity, Resonance and Aggregation
August 21, 2008
I’ve been chatting with Christian Kohls of Knowledge Media Research Center about pattern languages, workshops, community engagement, and the big picture. The discussion brought up some issues which where floating around EuroPLoP, and resonated with recent discussions on the Liberating Voices mailing list (pss - the book is out). I see three major challenges pattern language ...
August 20, 2008
Better TAG management
August 20, 2008
Some enhancements, bug fixes, and qualitative functionality for a better TAG management.Adding or Editing a BLOG The core changes are when 'Adding' or 'Editing' a BLOG post. A 'personal' TAG cloud containing every TAG that a user used in BLOGs are shown allowing a quick-click selection, plus when typing a new TAG it shows a list of site wide TAGs ...
August 19, 2008
Who would have thought?
August 19, 2008
.. that the dog food principle has a doi ...
Singapore: what our users want
August 19, 2008
Just finished a great workshop in Singapore. We had the great opportunity to work with teachers, curriculum designers and software developers from Singapore’s future schools programme. We heard about a lot of daring experiments, and even more daring plans to use participatory technologies (Web2.0, MUVEs and games) in education. Apart from the 8 case studies and 6 ...
August 17, 2008
Facebook vs. Gmail
August 17, 2008
Social technology generation gap? (spotted in Singapore ...
August 02, 2008
Out of EuroPLoP
August 02, 2008
EuroPLoP 2008 was probably the most fun I’ve ever had a conference. Imagine - strictly no powerpoint, no wireless, lots of games and an inexhaustible supply of beer. Ah, yes - EuroPLoP is the European member of the PLoPs family of conferences, which have been the primary meeting points of the design patterns community for ...
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