By Paul McMahon on Jul 12, 2009 in Ideas for Great Lessons | 0 Comments
CLI – Connecting classes trial
The project involved classes with students from two or more schools who received teaching and learning through “live” interaction using video conferencing equipment and shared interactive whiteboards across the DET wide area network. The combination of these individually “mainstream” technologies created a motivating connected learning environment that was more powerful than [...]
By Paul McMahon on Jul 6, 2009 in Learning for a Flat World | 0 Comments
I have spent some time therefore reflecting on what a platform in a school that really gets 21st century learning and embeds challenge/inquiry based learning into all that they do might look like, especially in the middle years. I mention the middle school years as, in my experience, it is there where more often than [...]
By Paul McMahon on Jul 5, 2009 in Ideas for Great Lessons | 0 Comments
Learn Chinese – Free online mandarin audio courses
Learn Mandarin Chinese quickly and easily!
40 online lessons with audio, including reading, speaking, writing, modern vocabulary, grammar, calligraphy, examples and exercices. All texts and dialogs in mp3 format for download.
tags: mandarin, language, chinese, learning
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