TL:DR: Cut to the puppies.
When I was working on Glow full-time Ian Stuart talked a lot about the Zone of proximal development . Wikipedia says that the ZPD is The zone of proximal development is an area of learning that occurs when a person is assisted by a teacher or peer with a skill set higher than that of the subject.…
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Loading...During spring break I discovered the awesome archive or webinars by EdWeb. I have since viewed/participated in over 17 of them.
It all started with a single webinar on how blended professional development could be delivered.
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I’ve started a new blog Glowing Posts | Collecting interesting #GlowBlogs Posts.
The title says it all. The purpose of this new blog is to collect some examples of interesting ways that Glow Blogs are being used. I’ve found some good ones already.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Recently the Ontario government announced improvements in funding for kids with autism. The idea sounded like a good one — increase funding to support greater access to IBI. Certainly the evidence supports the notion that earlier support can make a huge difference in outcomes for young kids diagnosed along the autism spectrum.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...I’ve got a few IFTTT recipes on the go. IFTT is a useful service from linking up and pushing information around online services.
In the last week or so I’ve seen a couple of posts about the service, received an email and had an interesting incident so though it worth a post.…
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Last Friday I attended a networking event hosted by Connect Chicago, where Street Level Youth Media and The Little Black Pearl showcased work they were doing with young people. Below is a video shown by Armand Morris, of Little Black Pearl.…
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‘Points & grunt’ or ‘eloquently instruct’
A couple of weeks ago Oliver Quinlan was a guest on Radio EDUtalk. The thing that stuck in my mind the most from the episode was this idea. Oliver has now written a bit more about it on his blog.…
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Thursday 12th May 2016
West Brewery
Templeton Building
Glasgow Green
Glasgow, G40 1AW
6-8pm (beers from 5pm)
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Linked from several mac blogs and news sites is the HyperCard episode of Simple Beep (Simple Beep is a podcast looking back at the history of Apple and the Mac community).
HyperCard is a pice of software that certainly changed my life, turning me from someone who had no interest in computers at all to someone who spent 10 years typing HyperTalk.…
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