Glenn Hardaker :: Blog

Interesting addition to Skype 3 (beta). Been testing and looks useful. Teleconferencing for free with text messaging. As with Skype distributed tool and therefore set up for long term contacts I feel. I expect to use it in the near future. Currently just tested https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/home. Just on Skype now as always and just noticed there is currently 4,633,745 users online!!

This is one of the most rich resources around I have visited in years. Massive potential and could make significant impact on HE/FE sector. http://labspace.open.ac.uk/ . It the Open University initiative thats moving fast and based on Moodle. The content is the main thing to check out. loads of it and increasinf fast

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Here is a useful quote from someone who has significant influence on my thoughts in the context of bilingual education - Professor Jim Cummins.

"Nowwhere in this anaemic instructiuonal vision is there room for really connecting at a human level with culturally diverse students. When we frame the universe of discourse only in terms of children's deficit in English and in phonological awareness (or deficits in any other area), we expel culture, language, identity, intellect, and imagination from our image of the child. In contrast .... an instructional focus on empowerment, understood as the collaborative creation of power, starts by acknowledging the culture, linguistic, imaginative, and intellectual resources that children bring to the school"