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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

TMSLF11 - Paper.li

Joe shows us a newspaper style syndication of your Tweets with paper.li

TMSLF - Jaye Richards-Hill - The Simplicity factor

What engages children? Jaye explains how a hammer can be used to teach anything. For example, smash a pot in Art and then be creative with the parts. Got to think creatively but children will have a laugh and will be engaged.

The low-tech hammer can lead to great things.

TMSLF11 - Charlie Love

CompEdNet - A Professional network of Computing and IT teachers.

Any teacher can sign up for it but someone will phone to check you are a "real person".

How do you encourage people to share? "Lurking is not a collegiate activity". CompEdNet tries to encourage participation by tracking activity, bring that you have shared or uploaded material. Helps people make connections: to share expertise, not just material.

System makes it easy to join groups with others who share your interest. Easy to contribute and easy to share.