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Subject: ICTCo-ordinator Simon BourneWhat, if anything has been transferred from the old document into the new framework?There has been a change in the language used in the new framework. This modernized approach sees many similar areas, but with re-worked names.Such as: Finding things out (old) - Find and select information from digital and online sources making judgements about accuracy and

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◦Redefining what literacy means, what is the “new literacy”? Does everything 21st century mean “just technology”? What about collaboration?◦How do we hold ourselves accountable for addressing 21st century teaching and learning (beyond “you have to have 2 technology projects each year) information literacy, visual literacy, inquiry, collaboration◦How do we stay on top of all of what we need to

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Digital literacies Quote The Ed Techie: Digital literaciesReuse as an artform - Steve Jobs is fond of quoting Picasso's "Good artists borrow, great artists steal". The same might be said for new digital literacies "good educators borrow, great educators mashup". Taking existing material be it content, data, tools, and remixing it isn't just a shortcut or convenience, it is an independent skill

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TED Blog: Clay Shirky: How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history Shared via AddThis

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Having got a new version of Office 2007 I Thought I'd try and blog from it.This hopefully is the answer. I have tried putting in the settings and so on.Only a short go.

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http://thetoolbox.wikispaces.com/http://www.go2web20.net/http://delicious.com/eastercarmuirs/web2.0 just a few links to web 2.0 apps, must take time to look at them.

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Good listening

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I came across an great site today and wanted to share it with everyone. I am always networking in search of new Web 2.0 sites that are relevant to classrooms. Today I was introduced to www.bubbl.us This is a web based mind mapping site. You can create a mind map of ideas using connected bubbles. Students can use this at home or at school.These “bubbl maps” can be printed or saved. If you

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Hope you enjoyed?

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What would the state of education in England be like if the Government were to give every pupil from year 3 to year 11 a laptop?What would the cost of this be? Not really in comparison to the amounts given to banks to keep them afloat in their time of need? Hence cost should not be a point against!So then looking at the education side, what benefits and negative?Over the 15 years I have taught

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So much stuff and so much being created. When will I know it all and When will I no longer have the desire to know more?The cloudy net is becoming so busy with new innovations, how do you find about all the new ones?I often use Twitter and rely in my social network there to help me.My latest gem is blip.fm, which i'm guessing is using some interesting file sharing technology to do it's thing.Off

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Tv- its there in almost every house in the UK. What does it offer us in the next decade?How will Tv's influence us?I am amazed by how little it seems to be changing, okay here in the uk we have the switch over to digital tv beginning and this for many will see new tv stations being available and at hopefully a better quality resolution. BUT.. what do they offer.. I must admit that since being

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Don't you know when Spring is finally here. The sun is out the clouds are gone and the daffodils are popping up everywhere.This is mainly a chance at using picassa with blogger.

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There probably isn’t anything you can do with Diigo bookmarks that you can’t with Del.icio.us. But sharing and focused collaborative assembly of resources seems built into Diigo. Perhaps this is what sets Diigo appart, that content becomes the place. It isn’t the place that’s the place. It’s the content. Looks very like facebook . Will explore further

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http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/A must for the spring of 2008, Microsoft have a go at exploring the universe.Will certainly be worth looking at.Maybe getting the universe to come to us is a great way of seeing the night in the daylight.Lets wait and see.http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/

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What a great idea, is the web 2.0 a reservoir or a river.One of the great problems of web 2.0 is the complete dynamic nature of it. Rapidly changing technologies meaning the feeling of never being at ease, due to the latest version being introduced , can cause you to feel that you're never in pole position.How many times have you heard of a new website, you surf there and find it's great, has

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Well a couple of weeks in and its still here.I am impressed with the ease of catching e-mails, via the wireless network setting. It works really well across both home and work networks. I was disappointed the BBC didn't work with its media, but slowly it is getting better as the BBC iplayer now plays okay on it.As a quick store for photos its great, I've frequently downloaded a few photos and

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This is looking good, almost a mini computer.It remains to be seen if they allow much customisation, but they are very intuiative. I'll have to see what I can about them on the net.Liking halft term holiday.

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Is this a good thing? Watch this space.

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Besides music I have found some tremendous podcasts that I listen to on regular basis. I've listed some of my favorites below. All of them are available as a free subscription through iTunes. I download them and listen on a cheap mp3 player.SMARTBoard Lessons Podcast super IWB hints and tips, great if you're using SMart software. Ben Hazzard and Joan Badger (Got me into Twitter) 2007 Edublog

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So what is the best web 2.0 tool you are using?let me know what you think?simon

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This year see the introduction of VLe's in the uk, mainly in the schools system. I know that locally there be some VLE set up by our local education authority and I guess it will be horrid, as it seeks to be everyting to every type of school.I would much prefer a smaller manageable system such as Moodle, which could be setup and run from school!Again information is key, how easy is this to do?

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Today i have changed my keyboard as the old (10 yr old) mesh one had become sticky on the space bar! I had another in the loft an old microsoft one that I was given by someone getting rid of their old machine, I don't really like the feel of this one much and so I will now begin a trawl of diffferent keyboards to find a better one!Check this out rocketboom.comMake a foxhole radio.

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Why is there never enough?This week has been a break week for me and I've still managed to cram it full, being sick on one day, fitting in 2 football matches (boys not mine), and attended in an online way the k12 online conference!This then led to lots of new 2.0 technologies! I'm going to have to find time to get them up and running!I hope to get onto the school site, but failinmg that, i'll try

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MindomoThis is an online mind mapping program (no linking phrases). It is really easy to use and allows quite a lot of customisation.This has the advantage that you don't need to use up your own hard drive space to store the software or the maps that you make and you can edit your mindmaps from any machine (children can work on it for homework!). You do have the option to download them onto your

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So a curriculum for all,a long shot in the dark, not feasible with classes of 30?What'd you reckon?Have a look here:http://www.devon.gov.uk/eal/daph/some good presentations,

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A week has flown past and it's Sunday again.I found this week that the amount of information on the Internet is too much, and that if children are not to sink in this they need skills to deal with information overload.I feel that children as young as 7 need to be informed on how to search systematically.

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So another week has past and I've found myself again listening to the radio on Sunday morning, not very unusal I guess but the reason for this post is that I've really enjoyed listening to a BBC 7 radio show called" Boogie up the River", I'm not sure who wrote it but I can truely say that it was a great relaxing listen. I have only just found radio7 on our new digital radio, it is great and I

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Had a great weekend, in Dawlish. Didn't have to go far this weekend, as the entertainment came here.A a glimpse of the long-billed murrelet was possible from the sea front, as it was just swimming around.Why the suprise? Well it should be in the Pacific Ocean! The long-billed murrelet breeds in northern Asia, and is known to dive frequently. It bears a black back, white front and has distinctive

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With Winter approaching, although the Autumn has been so mild you'd not notice it, I have begun to start putting out food for the birds.This year I have bought two main types of seeds for the birds to eat, they are sunflower seeds and peanuts.A couple of years ago the local squirrel managed to bite through most of the cages I had, and so I've got metal holders this year.

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Setting up a Blogger blog -- This is a print (pdf) handout that will help you to set up a blog using blogger.com.Setting up an EduBlogs blog -- This print (pdf) handout will assist you in setting up an EduBlogs blog.Setting up a Bloglines Account -- This print (pdf) handout will help you set up a Blogines account so that you can aggregate discussions about this conference.Setting up a flickr

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I guess where this is all leading is to 2 way teaching.The pupils need opportunities to come bck at the teaching they receive and question it, this can only help them gain a deeper undeerstanding of the topics covered.Which leads onto the next question....How does a school facilitate a 2 way conversation? Especially with reference to the internet and web 2.0.Most children have access to the

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Hi there , I have found even more blogs available!Mainly bloglines, which allows RSS feed to be added really quickly, hence allowing me to browse fav sites as and when I want, the downside is you need to set up an account and log in, so not that different from using IE7. As this has the same ability.I will investigate further.I have also looked as Pageflake which allows pretty much the same thing

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Gliffy is a free, easy to use graphical creator/editor, ideal for generating diagrams, flow charts, etc. It provides a set of simple shapes and icons that can be dragged to the campus, edited for size, shape, and color, and can be connected by lines and arrows. You can invite others by email to co-edit the same document. When it is all done, you can export it as a graphic or you can use built-in

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Hi there, I 've just about reached my limit of personal webspaces, blogs, wikkis etc floating around on the various pc's I use. This meant me having to get a space where I can link it all together so I don't loose my marbles!

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