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A few months ago I was solicited for my thoughts on the top priorities of 21st century education. At first, I thought of the general technologically-defined contexts of web2.0 social and participatory learning. I thought about blogging, social media, virtual worlds, mobile technology, classroom technologies and, of course, multi-tasking. But the more I reflected on [...]

TED: Larry Lessig – How Creativity is being strangled by the law
Scaffolding 101
I’ve been talking a lot lately at conferences and consultations about the idea of “scaffolding” content. Scaffolding isn’t new. It’s teacher talk for supporting a resource or learning objective with various structures such as: questioning sequences, introductory discussion, activities or some form of [...]

Beyond Blocking: Embracing the Social Web
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The slides above were prepared for a talk I gave with the Canadian Association of Communicators in Education, which represents Canadian information officers from school boards and principals associations.
Designed for non-techies, my presentation provides an introductory overview of web2.0 social media tools and [...]

I recently crowdsourced my Twitter network for their perspectives on internet blocking in schools. The above flash slideshow is a collection of their responses. A gallery of the individual tweets is here.
Taking part:
There are several ways you can contribute and collaborate to this evolving discussion:

Twitter: If you wish to contribute your thoughts on this issue, [...]