creativity, ideas and innovation

Educational Mashups Part four: creativity boosts from the wise

In this fourth part of Educational Mashups (see 1, 2 and part 3 here) we’re looking at a range of ideas from a cross-section of industries which can encourage us to become even more creative, or if the worst case scenario has already kicked in, break that dreaded writer’s or thinking bloc.
Take a Mini Retirement?
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Educational Mashups part three: creative ideas from the ‘Industry’

As teachers we strive to perfect our practice by observing colleagues, reading good literature as well as communicating with other enthusiasts at conferences, workshops and online. We also seek out new resources whenever the opportunity arise or wherever we may be in the world. We generally know what to look for because it tends to [...]

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Create meaningful and relevant stories with a difference

One way of creating meaning and relevance behind stories is to use illustrations and photos of various kinds. An even more powerful way is to add sound to a story to really capture a particular moment or event. Imagine including all of these features and add them to the exact location on a map. This [...]

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Educational Mashups part two: The 30 Circle Test

This post refers to an previous post added in July on  educational mashups.
Students need to see how units of work tie together, link up, sequence and that there are recognizable patterns across what they have learned. It is of course our job to do this well but sometimes it can be very hard to make [...]

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Reflections on Social Media in Education part 1

The world we live in today shows “…the largest increase in expressive capability in human history”, according to Clay Shirky.  He explains the significance of new and emerging technologies such as Social Media and demonstrates clearly that the way we communicate with each other has changed immensely. Clay Shirky gives the example of the Sichuan [...]

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