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Naturally curious
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In a curriculum based on facts and box-ticking, creativity is often overlooked. "The government emphasis on data, evidence, results and league tables is not to do with the quality of learning," says Penny Hay, Director of Research at 5x5x5. "The performance-led agenda is closing down possibilities for children rather than opening them up."... Read more
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Becta report drops security bombshell on schools
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Becta consultants worked with the Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF) and the Information Commissioner to clarify and update guidance on information security in light of the latest Cabinet Office report (link below). The new report expects schools to immediately audit their systems and needs, and warns that many schools should no longer allow data to be taken off the premises unless its security can be assured... Read more>>
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Education for the 21st Century: A Charter
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The world is changing rapidly. The globalised economy creates opportunity, challenge and unpredictability. The great challenges of sustainability and the shifting demographics of our population will require new thinking, and collective action... Read more >>
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Gateway to 21st Century Skills.
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Join educators sharing and networking with other educators. Our focus
is on the community discussion surrounding learning resources
facilitated by Web 2.0 technologies. Make suggestions, highlight best
practices, add academic standards correlations, give helpful hints and
more... Read more >>
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Learning styles... again
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Once again, because I found the material logical and easy to
understand, it never occurred to me to question the validity of the
theories or the research. I embraced it enthusiastically, to the extent
that I developed a resource for my students at the IT learning centre,
by means of which they could identify their own learning style and
adopt some tactics that would enable them to maximise their learning
experience at the centre... Read more >>
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My-E
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My-E (My Education) is a prototype online visual environment that can
support very young students to explore and express their own personal
learning experiences, interests and aims... Read more >>
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Making the Online Classroom a Learning Organization
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Learning organizations are proficient at two types of learning:
"adaptive" learning and "generative" learning. To survive, an
organization must solve short-term problems. This is the realm of
adaptive learning. But, what sets learning organizations apart from
other institutions is generative learning. Generative learning enhances
the capacity to create... Read more >>
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