Links for 2012-11-29 [del.icio.us]

• Technology Innovation - YouTube
  At 3:32, teacher talks about Design Thinking work in the school inspired by a short set of interventions from NoTosh
• C4 Opportunities | Where could your talent take you?
  ‘If you can’t be a good online Journalist, you can’t be a Journalist at all.’
• ScienceDirect.com - Learning and Instruction - Performance-approach goal effects on achievement under low versus high challenge conditions
  In direct opposition to the common premise that performance goals are maladaptive on complex or challenging tasks, both studies found that performance-approach goals facilitated high achievement in the high challenge condition but not in the low challenge condition. Additional findings indicate this pattern may be stronger when the task or class is relatively interesting, perhaps because interest inspires autonomous instead of controlling reasons for pursuing performance-approach goals. Implications for goal theory are discussed.
• Decoding Learning report - Nesta
  Decoding Learning finds proof of technology supporting effective learning, emerging technologies that show promise of impact, and exciting teacher practice that displays the potential for effective digital education.
• Jo Boaler
• Jo Boaler - Enquiry Based Learning for mathematics. - YouTube

Links for 2012-11-28 [del.icio.us]

• The Secret Phrase That Sparks Creative Solutions | Design Thinking
  Within this deceptively simple phrase each word plays a powerful role in spurring creative problem-solving. “How” assumes that solutions exist and provides the creative confidence needed to identify and solve for unmet needs. “Might” says that we can put ideas out there that might work or might not—either way, we’ll learn something useful. “We” signals that we’re going to collaborate and build on each other’s ideas to find creative solutions together.
• Sitting Is Killing You (Infographic)

Links for 2012-11-26 [del.icio.us]

• inkle » inklewriter
• The neuroscience of creativity
  In answer to this question, Greenfield suggests that it is “through developing a sense of identity. Perhaps at the moment, people don’t have a robust sense of identify if they’re constantly connected with others and demanding ‘look at me, look at me! Because if you don’t look at me, perhaps I don’t exist.’”
• Retrofitting Uni Learning Spaces | Space principles
• Research into the connection between built learning spaces and student outcomes
• Impact of a new learning space - research
  This paper examines the rationale behind the design of the LearningHub as a collaborative learning space and evaluates the impact of the LearningHub since its opening five years ago. It discusses the following areas: pedagogical principles that inform the design, impact of the LearningHub on stakeholders and future plans for the expansion and upgrading of the LearningHub.
• The Cool Hunter - Blaxland Riverside Park - Sydney, Australia
  JMD Design of Redfern, Sydney has created a cool kids’ outdoor space that makes us all want to run free and wild, with our hair blowing happily in the wind and our bodies full of positive energy.
• The Cool Hunter - Old Is New Again
• The Cool Hunter - Offices
• Born to Learn on Vimeo
• Stand and deliver at work
  Some days he stands at a high desk and clears his emails, on others he lounges on a comfy couch near the in-house cafe, and sometimes he heads for a communal table. Whelan, who is general manager of consumer marketing at the Commonwealth Bank, said moving around throughout the workday improved his efficiency and provided "a lot more flexibility". Advertisement But it may also help him to live longer, based on the findings of a recent study from the University of Sydney that found people who sat for eight to 11 hours a day increased their risk of dying by 15 per cent. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/stand-and-deliver-at-work-20120612-206zb.html#ixzz2DPDaDtiy

Hi @sgrant14, this evenings collaborate session is 20:00 - 21:00 UK time. Hope you can still make it! #mscidel

Hi @sgrant14, this evenings collaborate session is 20:00 - 21:00 UK time. Hope you can still make it! #mscidel

#mscidel I hope I didnt get the time wrong for the Blackboard Collaboration. Is anyone on please

#mscidel I hope I didnt get the time wrong for the Blackboard Collaboration. Is anyone on please

@philshe #mscidel Welcome ! I'm looking forward to this week . the reading were stimuluating - food for thought

@philshe #mscidel Welcome ! I'm looking forward to this week . the reading were stimuluating - food for thought

Looking forward to a stimulating week 11 #mscidel ! In the meantime, a useful background to all that reading: http://t.co/UPjF3KD5

Looking forward to a stimulating week 11 #mscidel ! In the meantime, a useful background to all that reading: http://t.co/UPjF3KD5

Anyone having issues with moodle and MyEd? I'm getting timed out trying to access reading pdf's and the moodle pages in general. #mscidel

Anyone having issues with moodle and MyEd? I'm getting timed out trying to access reading pdf's and the moodle pages in general. #mscidel

RT @j_k_knox: Hello #mscidel.Welcome to wk11,I'll be guest tutoring with @speedysnail,possibly with 'Twitter lips and Instagram eyes' ht ...

RT @j_k_knox: Hello #mscidel.Welcome to wk11,I'll be guest tutoring with @speedysnail,possibly with 'Twitter lips and Instagram eyes' ht ...

Hello #mscidel.Welcome to wk11,I'll be guest tutoring with @speedysnail,possibly with 'Twitter lips and Instagram eyes' http://t.co/ZLMhG4Ch

Hello #mscidel.Welcome to wk11,I'll be guest tutoring with @speedysnail,possibly with 'Twitter lips and Instagram eyes' http://t.co/ZLMhG4Ch

The #mscidel Pinterest board is looking even more fabulous post-weekend, thanks everyone, it's been a delight http://t.co/Hm23gqwc #mscel

The #mscidel Pinterest board is looking even more fabulous post-weekend, thanks everyone, it's been a delight http://t.co/Hm23gqwc #mscel

RT @sbayne: There are some great pins on the #mscidel Pinterest board already - take a look at http://t.co/xNCYxqYe #mscel

RT @sbayne: There are some great pins on the #mscidel Pinterest board already - take a look at http://t.co/xNCYxqYe #mscel

RT @sbayne: There are some great pins on the #mscidel Pinterest board already - take a look at http://t.co/xNCYxqYe #mscel

RT @sbayne: There are some great pins on the #mscidel Pinterest board already - take a look at http://t.co/xNCYxqYe #mscel

RT @sbayne: There are some great pins on the #mscidel Pinterest board already - take a look at http://t.co/xNCYxqYe #mscel

RT @sbayne: There are some great pins on the #mscidel Pinterest board already - take a look at http://t.co/xNCYxqYe #mscel

There are some great pins on the #mscidel Pinterest board already - take a look at http://t.co/xNCYxqYe #mscel

There are some great pins on the #mscidel Pinterest board already - take a look at http://t.co/xNCYxqYe #mscel

Perhaps I'm missing something but is it possible to simply comment on a tumblr post? Or is it a reblogging echochamber? #mscidel

Perhaps I'm missing something but is it possible to simply comment on a tumblr post? Or is it a reblogging echochamber? #mscidel

At parents' evening...ink and paper alive and well in Year 1! (And a smidge of rote learning to boot...) #mscidel

At parents' evening...ink and paper alive and well in Year 1! (And a smidge of rote learning to boot...) #mscidel

More super digital identity tips: MT: @redunca: some tips I put together at: http://t.co/PwdWXMUQ #mscidel

More super digital identity tips: MT: @redunca: some tips I put together at: http://t.co/PwdWXMUQ #mscidel

@suchprettyeyes Hi hi, Twitter fail trying to tweet some tips I put together at: http://t.co/qyHv1r0y #mscidel

@suchprettyeyes Hi hi, Twitter fail trying to tweet some tips I put together at: http://t.co/qyHv1r0y #mscidel

Links for 2012-11-18 [del.icio.us]

• Thematic reports - Effective practice in tackling poverty and disadvantage in schools - November 2012 - 2012 - Estyn

@NicolStuart it's a very sound rule ;) fabulous avatar for your identity management btw :) #mscidel

@NicolStuart it's a very sound rule ;) fabulous avatar for your identity management btw :) #mscidel

@suchprettyeyes His rule number 3 pretty much sums it up for me :) #mscidel

@suchprettyeyes His rule number 3 pretty much sums it up for me :) #mscidel

Social media as Mogwai - I like it: The online highway code | Charlie Brooker http://t.co/q7WhRk4f via @guardian #mscidel

Social media as Mogwai - I like it: The online highway code | Charlie Brooker http://t.co/q7WhRk4f via @guardian #mscidel

@ Managing digital identities tips - Be professional not confessional. #mscidel

@ Managing digital identities tips - Be professional not confessional. #mscidel

RT @amywoodgate: Restraint, a fine old virtue for a tweeting world | Henry Porter http://t.co/m4rdPBq1 via @guardian #mscidel #mscel

RT @amywoodgate: Restraint, a fine old virtue for a tweeting world | Henry Porter http://t.co/m4rdPBq1 via @guardian #mscidel #mscel