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		<title>The hidden curriculum of 21st century learning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melaniemcbride.net/2009/07/03/the-hidden-curriculum-of-21st-century-learning/</link>
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		<title>Remixing Wonderland: An interview with Pogo</title>
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Remix music video for Pogo&#8217;s Alice
A few weeks ago I came across this most amazing collision of music, animation and technology via a tweet from Youtube ethnographer Mike Wesch. This led me to &#8216;Alice&#8217; (above), which led me to Pogo. 
Given my own recent explorations of remix culture, I was inspired to contact Pogo via [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melaniemcbride.net/2009/06/12/remixing-wonderland-an-interview-with-pogo/</link>
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		<title>How to scaffold your content: Activating engagement v. passive consumption</title>
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TED: Larry Lessig &#8211; How Creativity is being strangled by the law
Scaffolding 101
I&#8217;ve been talking a lot lately at conferences and consultations about the idea of &#8220;scaffolding&#8221; content. Scaffolding isn&#8217;t new. It&#8217;s teacher talk for supporting a resource or learning objective with various structures such as: questioning sequences, introductory discussion, activities or some form of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://melaniemcbride.net/2009/05/27/how-to-scaffold-your-content-activating-engagement-v-passive-consumption/</link>
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		<title>[slideshare] Beyond Blocking: Embracing the Social Web</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Beyond Blocking: Embracing the Social Web
View more presentations from Melanie Mcbride.

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 [...]]]></description>
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