Category: Creativity & Innovation
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Are we less creative now?
Part two in our mini series on creativity examines the possible decline of creativity. I say possible because I am going to provide you a link to an article discussing this claim and let you decide. In the process of reading this article you will also learn a great deal more about creativity. So what…
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Creativity – what does it mean?
I thought I would explore over the next few posts the concept of creativity. It is something that has always interested me. In particular what makes one person creative or more creative than others. What is creativity? I will let you read the article in Wikipedia which gives the full explanation but let us just…
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E-Learning tool of the week- Slideshow-maker
I just don’t get the time to play around enough on the internet at the moment. There are so many great little tools and applications being created which can be used to build impressive learning resources. Even better many of them are free if you don’t mind a few little limitations. At least you can…
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Jargon and more jargon
I wrote a post a couple of days ago on How to complicate training and just by coincidence I found this funny website called Unsuck It today which helps you to demystify the world of business jargon. Try it out. If you type in a term and it hasn’t heard of it before you can…
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Predicting the future of education
It is a tough job trying to predict what the future of education will look like. Many try. Many fail. It is precarious because it is changing rapidly as technology changes and as we as people change. Bill Gates has had his go at it (please read article and watch video here) recently and he…
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Overseas internet is crap!
My apologies for not sending out the regular posts but I have been traveling overseas and there is still a lot to do in regards to international internet connection. Because the travel has been constant there hasn’t been much time to sit down, connect to the net and type up posts. The cost overseas for…
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Ken Robinson Again
I have posted a few Ken Robinson videos before and I have also recommended his book. Here is another interview with Ken. He covers education, creativity, innovation and passion. Unfortunately I couldn’t embed the video as it didn’t work so please go to this link to view the video. Let me know what you think.
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ePortfolios, iPads and the future
Secondary school students in South Australia have to develop a personal learning plan as part of their program. To assist with this every secondary school student has been given access to a free ePortfolio system which will aid this process and develop a range of other abilities. The interesting thing is that it is not…
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Cloud computing and training
Cloud computing as a term has not been around for a very long time (possibly since late 90’s) but it is the future of the Internet. Check out this article regarding the importance of cloud computing. The key for educators is what does this shift mean? Personally I can only see good things coming from…
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Radical forms of educational thinking
Watch this video and think about what education and for that matter training will look like in the future. Do we really need to stick to the standard methods and approaches or is it a time for change. What are your thoughts. If you can’t see the embedded video it can be found here.