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Community
Cohesion
Pupils at The Holy Cross School, Kingston-upon-Thames, under the guidance of MirandaNet Fellow Lawrence Williams, have continued their community cohesion project work and we are now able to add materials dealing with 'Keeping Safe', 'Creating and Using Interactive White Board Games' and ' Acquired Brain Injury' to the existing materials on 'Healthy Eating', together with a paper on 'International Links'
Full details start on the Resources home page.
The axing of Becta
"Since the news broke about closing down the British Education and Computing Technology Agency (Becta) by the new coalition government in the UK, MirandaNet members from all over the world have been debating the potential effects online. A typical response came from Professor Niki Davis, Christchurch New Zealand, 'I can tell you that the shock of losing Becta is being felt worldwide - the UK is risking its reputation as a leader in 21st century education'."
If you log into the members area on MirandaNet you can read the rest of MirandaNet draft article based on our MirandaLink debate (log in to the membership pages, last item on the menu left) and you will see a link to the newly created Members Archive section). It is called Nail Varnish for Lizards? You will have to read it to find out why. Comments will be welcome as well as suggestions for how we can use this braided text. However, please do not circulate beyond the membership until we have publication agreement. I'll let you know when we have some dates.
MirandaMod
at the WLE Centre, Institute of Education
‘Computer games, learning and the curriculum: uneasy bedfellows? (Part 1)
Tuesday 9th March 2010
Chair: Terry Freedman
Speakers: Derek Robertson, Joe Nutt, Dawn Hallybone,
Chris Binns, John Cuthell, Caroline Pelletier, Graham Brown-Martin
This was a lively and exciting event! Go to the MirandaMod
section for further information.
Part 2 of this MirandaMod was held at The Brewery, Barbican, London on 29th March as part of the 2010 international Games Based Learning Event.
Previous
MirandaMod at the WLE Centre, Institute of Education
‘Mobile learning, handheld learning?’ What do we mean?
Tuesday 8th December 2009
Balancing digital literacy with digital safety: a growing dilemma for educators
This MirandaMod took place on 22nd October 2009 and raised a number of significant issues.
MirandaMod at the Handheld Learning Conference, October 5th 2009
Participants in the Handheld Learning MirandaMod raised a fascinating range of issues linking theory and practice about the use of ubiquitous technologies in informal learning, and the ways in which they can impact formal education.
September
MirandaMod: Communities of practice: do they have a role in education?
With Etienne Wenger
This event took place at the WLE Centre, Institute of Education, London, and of course Online on 22 September 2009, 16:00 - 21:00
- More information about this MirandaMod
- Miles Berry's presentation slides
- Katya Toneva's presentation slides
You might also like to see the exciting video of the June 2009 MirandaMod!
New
Etopian Space on World Ecitizens
MirandaNet is trialling another exciting new area, Etopia, which is designed to bring together the theory and practice of braided learning, using practical ideas from schools to exemplify theoretical discussions on the nature of learning. The first items cover an international session which offered advice to the recent G20 Summit 2009.
Feedback on this innovation would be welcome!
The mind map interface for this website has been developed in Inspiration software.
Full information on our World Ecitizens Etopia pages.
New
MirandaNet Visual Learning Site
MirandaNet is trialling an exciting new area, Visual Learning, which brings together vast amounts of information about this area of pedagogy. Follow the links to a concept map which takes you to the appropriate areas of knowledge, which are stored in a blog. You can also leave your own comments on the Home Page of the blog.
Feedback on this innovation would be welcome too!
The mind map interface for this website has been developed in Inspiration software.
Full information on our Visual Learning pages.
MirandaNetters and their Blogs
We have started to compile a list of blogs maintained by MirandaNet members. These make for lively and varied readings. If other members want their blog added to the list, they can do this via their profile page.
Members might also be interested in our Visual Learning - Healthy Eating project.
Archived News Items
Latest News
1 August 2010
Society 21
Social and Community Innovation in Education through Technology
Society 21 is an international community of practice created by Professor Marilyn Leask, Professor Sonia Blandford and Christina Preston with the support...
Latest Newsletter
22 July 2010
MirandaNet Newsletter July 2010
July Newsletter
- Welcome
- The axing of Becta
- Low-priority IT
- Harnessing Technology funds ransacked
- Harnessing Technology funds ring fenced
- Technology in Schools - is the clock being turned back
- Lord Puttnam and YouTube
- Schools want professional development in ICT
- MirandaMod Resources
- Survey request
- Interesting tidbits
- Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price
- The Digital Library 25,500+ Documents
- The Risks of Parenting While Plugged in
- The Thinking Stick
- Events
- TeachMeet locations
- Hand Held Learning Festival and Conference (NB Change of date)
Next Diary Event
No current diary records listed.
Fellows Corner
Christina Preston is part author of this paper published in First Monday, a peer-reviewed journal on the Internet:
Theories and Models Of Online Learning, Caroline Haythornthwaite with Richard Andrews, Bertram C. Bruce, Michelle M. Kazmer, Rae-Anne Montague & Christina Preston, August 6, 2007 First Monday, Vol 12 No 8 Chicago IL, USA
[Archived items in Fellows Corner]
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