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Quote for the day

A true tweet from Alexander van Elsa:
Diff between a Social Media guru and the rest of the word is that the guru talks about grandma’s proverbs as if they are new”social rules”.

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Not in the least bit related to edutech, but several people have told me they’re going skiing at Mt Ruapehu and have asked me for tips, so here they are:

Where the life is: there are 2 ends of Ohakune – the main street (which you drive through as you come into Ohakune), & the Junction [...]

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Live from NACCQ!

I was going to say “trapped in a hotel with 150 educators … ” but I’m really enjoying this conference. I always do – this is a regular event for the EIT crowd, & next year we’re hosting the conference in Napier.
This is a group of IT lecturers and tutors from polytechs and some universities [...]

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Lee and Sacha leFever have created a set of excellent “low tech” videos explaining technical concepts like blogs, rss, twitter and more at http://www.youtube.com/leelefever.
This would be a great way to explain concepts to students – simply link to the page or embed the video.

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Why eduMusings?

All the time I’m learning about learning. My research is in different aspects of teaching & learning: mentoring, hidden curricula, learning to learn, educational technology, elearning, … , and I’ m finding new ways to teach and cool educational technologies all the time. I’ve started this blog as a place to muse about the [...]

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