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This was the first of the EDUtalk Conversations<\/a> which are part of EDUtalk<\/a>. You can read about the plan on the EDUtalk Conversations<\/a> page. There were half a dozen or so folk signed up to come along but it ended up with just 3 of us: David @parslad<\/a>, Olivia @owexelstein<\/a> and myself.<\/p>\n Although we were initially surprised at the low turnout we ended up EDUtalking for four hours. I, for one, had a great time. learnt a lot and came away with some food for thought.<\/p>\n The event was held at the Chaplaincy of Strathclyde University which was a great space. There were sets of couches and easy chairs and given a bigger number it would have been easy to split into sub groups an d use the space flexibly.<\/p>\n I felt there were subtle differences meeting in a neutral space: not some ones school and early in the day: not a pub. I felt that this, and the fact the event was due t run for a couple of hours with expansion time available, made the conversation open ended and relaxed.<\/p>\n This conversation ranged over a lot of topics, circling, ict, glow and challenging behaviour a few times. We were each invited to bring some topic to the table, I am not too sure if we covered Olivia’s or David’s but mine was talked about and I saw linked ideas pop up in other discussions.<\/p>\n I was thinking about the way good teaching or classroom ideas bubble up, spread a little and go away again. My example was blogging which I think we are now on the third or fourth wave or bubble. I wonder why something that seems to be a great idea fades and then is rediscovered. Olivia delighted me by recounting using a BBC computer game embedded in her topic work back in 1992 (I was surprised she was old enough to be teaching way back then). I got the picture of the BBC being used as one part of a rich topic. Obviously Olivia’s practice continues to be enriched by here experience (check out here blog<\/a>) but the question remains why this is not now standard practice? It can’t be lack of hardware as Olivia (I presume) would only have had one BBC for her class.<\/p>\n We also talked about the possibility of other EDUtalk Conversations<\/a> and wondered if it might be better badging these TeachMeet 365<\/a> as well. THe idea share a lot of common ground, especially the idea of avoiding sponsorship. David has collected a few free locations that could be used and we could see all sorts of possibilities.<\/p>\n I certainly hope to see more of these events and am kean the idea spreads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This was the first of the EDUtalk Conversations which are part of EDUtalk. You can read about the plan on the EDUtalk Conversations page. 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