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It's a long way to the Tipperary Institute... |
| Published: May 13, 2008, 1:54 pm |
| Tags: collaborative learning, tippinst ewanmcintosh berniegoldbach |
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It had to be done. Now it has been. No more poor jokes about my trip next week to Thurles and the Tipperary Institute's Internet Experience in Education Conference. The inimitable Bernie Goldbach (I'm sure he used to be a spy, you know) invited me over to keynote to about 200-odd of Irish education's technologically empassioned. I'll attempt to show why schools need to start shaking things up from the grassroots, and let participation culture leak into their learning spaces, in my talk: Unleashing the tribe. Certainly, that's the impression you get from the young people you meet at the Tipperary Institute. I've only met a few, at Reboot last year. I was impressed, bowled over by their confidence and understanding of how the new web could make things so much better, and by the fact that their 'projects' were actually legitimate web startups. If you're a teacher, lecturer, education person or work in and around Thurles, then get yourself down to the conference next week. It's [ Full article ] |
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