@LiOshy - interesting point. It is a state of mind :) #mscidel
@hamacleod - I agree, there is an implied trust online and sometimes that is why it is harder when it is broken #mscidel
@speedysnail no blogs written over the past weeks. big trouble? too involved in all these! how now? #mscidel
feeling sick. no reading done, no tweeting. off to bed! #mscidel
@chuaelearning Twitter a mix of synchronous & asynchronous. Maybe that's what's refreshing. + some familiarity and some novelty. #mscidel
@CMSinclair - #mscidel- Yes agreed. Rather refreshing for a first time user. Still trying to do the set up but well, got it working
@chuaelearning Have seen your tweet, Chua, and email and blog. Lots of connections across the world! #mscidel
#mscidel - got to get use to writing real short form. limited space per twitt.
#mscidel - my first twitt...Christine.you got this ?
@Cathb22 #mscidel ta for link, my 8yr old is learning programming using the scratch programming language http://t.co/uo8mo0FL, she loves it
School timetables work for so few people, yet it's only a few daring souls that seem to be prepared to change them. A new piece of research adds to the evidence that more flexibility is required to make the most of the latent creativity in our learners and teachers.
At NoTosh we're working with several schools on reshaping their school timetables to create space for teachers and students to conference, one-on-one, on how the day and/or week will look for each student, personalising content and the way learning will be undertaken. We've also been taken with trying to map the energy levels of students and staff to better shape the overall day, discovering, for example, in one school that no-one was fit for learning well first thing on a Monday (quelle surprise), and suggesting we should start and end the day later.
Last night, via Mike Press, I found a new piece of research showing a counterintuitive effect of energy on creativity: the less fresh you are the better it is for your ability to think and act creatively:
"...Tasks involving creativity might benefit from a nonoptimal time of day.” What this means in everyday language is that morning people should try to solve problems requiring creative thought in the late afternoon, and evening people should undertake them in the morning.
So, where an entire school is fatigued first thing on a Monday is where people should be engaged in creative problem-finding projects, perhaps, rather than in learning the core content elements that might act as a foundation for some project work.
This is counterintuitive to many who believe that when we're fresh and full of energy we should invest our efforts in our "best" work - if you want to approach it creatively, it might be best to approach it when you're feeling less than your best.
RT @A_L_T: 15 Feb - NIACE - http://t.co/j9Xo05HS - Implications for pol. and pract. of using Kindles #mscidel This could be good, want to go
#mscidel after following this, need to reread the readings!
#mscidel@carolinedobdav@lizzyronkus good point Lizzy, have you come across any stats of access to internet in different countries?
@thinktosync Some core reading pdfs, but mostly extra books. Reading Turkle's Life on the Screen now. Love the DX's bigger screen #mscidel
@giles_julian I love my kindle! I only use it for fictoin reading, do you use it for core readings etc? #mscidel
should i stop tweeting and start reading? #mscidel
Learning games, augmented/mixed reality & full immersion iED2012 http://t.co/OLEGWGcU #mscidel via @Kalipizzaro
@giles_julian @jar #mscidel yeah, language games are probably a good fit for this. can I get my distinction and ice cream cone now please?:)
RT @eLearningGuild: RT @upsidelearning: 5 Top Game Based Learning Links: GBL Digest 2 http://t.co/k0wnKycW #mscidel may be useful ?
@thinktosync @LiOshy I was the same until I got a kindle- revolutionary! I can still use OK after a day looking at the computer #mscidel
@hamacleod #mscidel two things that seem to be in any remote rural areas (worldwide).. Mobile phones/coke
@mafrado #mscidel -ers, presentation by @daveowhite residents & visitors relv. to embodiment? >> neat! thanks! That 'ambient' word again...