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Tom Barrett

Works at NoTosh

Lives in Nottingham, UK

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‘We all want good results for our young people and for them to learn and develop. However, what we test is the acquisition of a narrow collection of facts, not whether we have the skills to succeed in employment, not whether we have the capacity to build and maintain, the ingredients of a fruitful adulthood… Creative teaching nurtures and develops these skills by creating a learning environment in which pupils are challenged, rather than directed, where learning is relevant to their lives.’

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When you think of edu companies engaging with teachers - who would you say does it really well?

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I would say ClassDojo, Socrative, IXL, and SoftSchools. These resources support teachers in classroom management, data tracking, formative and summative assessments, and readily available check for understandings.

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http://www.google.com/mobile/voice-actions/ Saves my thumbs some work!

Voice Actions for Android

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Voice Actions for Android let you control your phone using your voice. Call contacts and businesses, send messages, browse the web, and complete common tasks.

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Hi,tom Why Google voice can't use in iphone 4?

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Interesting Ways |

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The Interesting Ways series continues to be a great example of crowdsourcing good quality classroom ideas and it has been a privilege connecting with all of

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dear sir come visit to sri lanka

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This is AWESOME!

MorpHex part III

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What a beautiful piece of engineering.

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We worked with 500+ educators from the Early Years sector in Sydney #designthinking #notosh

Design Thinking in the Early Years | NoTosh

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A range of crowdsourced ideas for teachers to help kick start your class blog or consider some new ways to leverage the platform to support learning.

If you find something useful, remember to share it and to consider adding some more ideas to the open presentation.

#classblogs

63 Interesting Ideas for Class Blog Posts to Support Learning | The Curious Creative

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I have always enjoyed supporting classroom blogging and encouraging teacher networks to share and visit each other's work. Blogging was the social media

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I will definitely use this resource!

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http://mashable.com/2012/04/17/google-drive-launch/ thanks to +A.J. Cann for the reminder!

Google Drive to Launch Next Week With 5 GB of Free Storage [REPORT]

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Google's foray into personal cloud storage, Google Drive, is about to launch next week.

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Always have your stuff when you need it with @Dropbox. 2GB account is free! http://db.tt/engsM2UW

You're invited to join Dropbox! Bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere!

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http://mashable.com/2012/04/17/google-drive-launch/

Also will likely keep dropbox (and use both) -- I've 8GB there currently.

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Google Lat Long: Save the date! Announcing Geo Teachers Institutes for Ireland and England

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Monday, April 16, 2012 at 6:00 AM. Educators all over the world have used Google's geo products to help students conceptualize, visualize, share and communicate information about the world around ...

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I'm guessing you're involved in this following your stellar performance at #gtauk ?

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Gmail Attachments to Docs for Chrome Auto-Saves Gmail Attachments to Google Docs

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Chrome: Heavy Google Docs users know it can be a pain when you get an email with an attachment—even if it's in Gmail—and want to save it in Google Docs for later.

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Some good points in this article:

What Amazon's ebook strategy means - Charlie's Diary

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It seems to me that a lot of folks in the previous discussion don't really understand quite what makes Amazon so interesting—and threatening, for that matter—to the publishing industry. So I'm...

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Helping people make learning exciting

Introduction

I am currently working for Notosh as a Senior Consultant.

Topics I am passionate about:

Games Based Learning.
Personal learning networks and why we should all have one.
Using Google tools in the classroom.
A blended approach to using educational technology in the primary (elementary) classroom.
Digital storytelling.
Using technology to engage and inspire learners.

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Social Media News and Web Tips – Mashable – The Social Media Guide
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Social Media news blog covering cool new websites and social networks: Facebook, Google, Twitter, MySpace and YouTube. The latest web techno

5 Interesting Ways* to (possibly) use Google+ to Support Learning
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Skitch for iPad is Here!
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YouTube - Fleet Commander
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Create AccountSign In. Home. BrowseMoviesUpload. Hey there, this is not a commercial interruption. You're using an outdated browser, whi

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Online Drawing and Painting Tools | edte.ch
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After a few tweets, my network have shared with me some fantastic and unique online drawing and paint tools. I thought the list was worthy o

Taxi drivers' brains rewired by 'The Knowledge' - Telegraph
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Taxi drivers are infamous for their obstinate view of life, but a new study shows their brains could have become hard-wired to prevent th

Screenshots & Icons - Google+ Press Site
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8 Great Experimental Features to Enable in Google Calendar's Labs
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We've highlighted plenty of Labs features for Gmail, but Calendar has some pretty great Labs offerings, too. Since it's been nearly two year

Stump The Teacher: I Resign From Teaching
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I Resign From Teaching. Many of you have already read this post. If not take a moment and read. If you have read this look below to see my e

YouTube - Bon Iver - I Can't Make You Love Me / Nick of Time
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Moving at the Speed of Creativity - Lessons Learned using VoiceThread ...
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10,000 Young People: Designing the Future | edte.ch
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Ever wondered what 10,000 young people could do to solve some of the world’s greatest problems? That’s what NoTosh is wanting to find out th

Every1Speaks a winner - Science & Technology - News - nebusiness.co.uk
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IMAGINE a system that allows students, teachers and even parents to contribute ideas to improve their school without putting a huge weight o

How Star Wars Changed the World [infographic]
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Hopefully reading this infographic will give you a nice break, writing about it has for me. I sit here amidst a slew of homework, from writi

Head Over Heels For Haggis | Visual.ly
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The inside scoop on Scotland's most infamous dish.

What grade did I get though? | edte.ch
edte.ch

Over on an open document educators have been recording their thoughts about the challenges of formative assessment in schools. It is a cruci

10 Steps to Kick Start Your Twitter Network | edte.ch
edte.ch

When you join Twitter it can seem a strange little place, with it's own rules and secret ways. Having helped many people make a start I want