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TEDx New York on Education On the 6th of march 2010, a very interesting TEDx took place in New York on: 'the role of new media and technology in shaping the future of education'. The event was streamed live, but unfortunately, I...

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Podcast 1 (part 2): my PLE and the influence of the... This podcast (part 2) was recorded as my final project for the CCK09 course. I invited Wilfred Rubens and Erwin van Hunen to reflect and discuss with on my PLE (personal learning environment), the CCK09...

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Podcast 1 (part 1): PLE and the impact of technology This podcast (part 1) was recorded as my final project for the CCK09 course. I invited Wilfred Rubens and Erwin van Hunen to reflect and discuss with me on PLE's (personal learning environments) and the...

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Twitter & learners: love or hate?

Posted by Smetty | Posted in CCK09, Presentation | Posted on 21-12-2009

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I decided to give 2 presentations on connectivism, to finish up my CCK09 course. The first opportunity took place last weekend @Barcamp 3 Ghent. The presentation can be found on Slideshare.

My presentation starts with some observations out of my own classroom. I ask my own students every year (pre service teachers, professional bachelors, 3-years of study) if they think they can learn from and with others via Twitter, weblogs, podcasts, Facebook etc. And every year, I get the same type of answers for all the applications I mention, except for Facebook. I took Twitter as an example here, but it could be replaced with blogs or podcasts or…