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19 November 2014

November 2014 Autumn Newsletter

Congratulations to new Fellows
Research with associates: GroupCall, IRIS Connect
MirandaNet seminars at BETT15
A MirandaNet chapter in Pakistan
Miranda at the House of Lords
Challenges of 21st century knowledge management
EU MOOCs:Learning Design Challenge, Move-It-Online
EU MOOCs: Hands On ICT, third pilot
Open and copyright free resources for schools
Book reviews
Miranda at the BERA conference

30 June 2014

June 2014 Newsletter

Contents

Events: Two MirandaMods: 27th June, 9th July
Our ETAGS submission on elearning technology and policy
Five new MirandaNet Fellowship awards
The death of the book is imminent?
MirandaLink is buzzing
Croydon, the new Silicon Valley of South London
Current research projects- Group Call
Our team is expanding

28 April 2014

Welcome to New Members and Site Information

February 2014

Welcome to New Members
Logging in
Profiles
MirandaLink
Case Studies
Membership List
Security

19 May 2013

Might be Spring Newsletter 2013

Whatever the weather....
Symposia and a MirandaMod about the Computing curriculum, July 9th
A call for collective professional action
The price of beauty and usefulness in learning
Eating a Raspberry Pi with custard
MirandaNet Fellows articles, case studies and books: James Abela; John Galloway; Daniel Needlestone; Haldor Lønningdal; Keith Turvey; Luk Vanlanduyt
Naace Lifetime Achievement Award
A critique of Govean Strategy
Our associates

5 March 2013

Newsletter Headlines

The next MirandaMods, workshops and conferences
The ICT curriculum: what next?
BETT13 review
New Fellows
Recommending members' blogs
Events coming up
The Last Word

14 December 2012

MirandaNet Winter 2012 Newsletter

STOP PRESS MirandaNet lounge: BETT13 Jan 30th – Feb 2nd
MirandaNet supporters
MirandaNet as a community of enquirers
Articles by MirandaNet Fellows
Fellowship news
Endnote

27 July 2012

MirandaNet Summer 2012 Newsletter

Next activities

Exploring Educational Futures, a MirandaNet CPD event, Nov 5th - 7th, 2012, Bedford;
MirandaNet development of Open Educational Resources for HEA/JISC/ITTE;
MirandaMods at the Education Innovation Show, Manchester, March 8th/9th 2013;
ITTE conference including a MirandaMod : July 10th - 13th, 2013.

Reports and resources from activities

A MirandaMod, St Anne's College, Oxford, July 5th, with ITTE colleagues: report;
Miranda's 20th birthday unconference, Poskole, Prague, June 2012: report;
Poskole proceedings and resources: June 2012;
MirandaNet awards in Prague.

MirandaLink debates

The disapplication of the ICT Curriculum in England;
Nobody died of PowerPoint!

MirandaNet Associates

Membership offers from LightSpeed, Iris Connect and, Immersive Education;
Three new partnership with: HANDSON, an EU project; Education Futures Collaboration Trust; and the Future Learning Research Centre.

Research opportunities

Research exchange
Call for papers from Greece

15 December 2011

MirandaNet December Newsletter

Introduction
- BETT12 events face to face and online
- The Future of Learning MirandaMods
New Fellowships
- Roger Broadie
- Donna Burton-Wilcock
- Stephen Fessey
- Glenys Hart
- Simran Kaur and Marion Scott Baker
- Trevor Kerry
- Jennie Martin
- Simon Shaw
- Chris Yapp
Company associates
- Sharon Middleton: Radio Waves
- Donna and Gary Burton-Wilcock: Immersive Education
- Jane Richardson: Oracle
- Jennie Martin: NelsonThorne

1 November 2011

MirandaNet November Newsletter

Introduction: Miranda’s new ventures
News
Educational Innovation at University of Bedfordshire
MirandaNet Fellowship in partnership with Achievement for All
Celebrating Parliament Week over at Radiowaves
Articles
- UK ICT ministers undecided about ICT
- Digital Initiatives in UK education since the election of the Coalition
- Giving netbooks to learners in Argentina, Colombia, Thailand, Uruguay and the USA
Events
- BETT12 Achievement for All MirandaMod programme January 11th – 14th
- MirandaMod programme at University of Bedfordshire: 30th Nov and 1st March
Meeting members at conferences around the world.
- Barcelona, Spain February 1-3 2012
- Austin, Texas March 5-10 2012
- Birmingham UK, Education Show, March 15-17

1 July 2011

Newsletter July 2011

New MirandaNet service for consultants
Free MirandaNet services
New Fellows
MirandaNet chapter launched In Zimbabwe
Research news from Australia
Summarising MirandaLink debates
Blog roundup
Stop Press

1 May 2011

May 2011 Membership Roundup

Resources for members
New Fellows
New Scholars
Zimbabwean Chapter

3 April 2011

MirandaNet Spring Newsletter

Disasters around the globe
Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
Supporting members in Zimbabwe
Working with Achievement for All in England
Brave New World: Changing Times in Education
Mobile learning: Crossing boundaries in convergent environments
A more creative approach to education
How to improve schools
A MirandaMod on Social Justice: 14th April

28 January 2011

January 2011 post-BETT Newsletter

Shifting political landscapes
Endorsements for ICT in schools
BETT11 MirandaMods
MirandaMods at the Education Show, Birmingham, March 17th- 19th
ICT CPD Landscape Research findings
MirandaMods at CAL11, Manchester April 17th- 19th
The transfer of Becta’s ICTRN mail list
Web publications worth reading
Conference speeches to review
Geoff’s corner

11 January 2011

MirandaNet January 2011 Newsletter

Introduction
Two invitations to MirandaNetters
- BETT11 Events
- Be a partner in our EU proposal
Becta Research Publications
Becta’s ICTRN Network
MirandaNetters in conference 2011
MirandaMod programme 2011
1. MirandaMods at BETT January 2011, London
2. Achievement for All National Workshops 17-19 March MirandaMods, Education Show, Birmingham 2011
3. Mobile learning: Crossing boundaries in convergent environments 21-22 March 2011 Bremen (Germany).
4. Learning Futures: Education, Technology & Sustainability April 13-15 2011, Manchester, UK
5. British Education Research Conference (BERA) Annual Conference 2011, September 6-8, Institute of Education, London
Recommending conferences

16 December 2010

December Membership News

And, of course, very best wishes to all MirandaNetters for Christmas and the New Year!

A new Zimbabwean chapter of MirandaNet
Senior Fellows
An Overview of New Scholars in November
November New Scholars

1 December 2010

MirandaNet BETT11 News

MirandaNet needs speakers for BETT11
MirandaMods on Stand 97
Open House @ BETT Workshop

1 November 2010

November 2010 Membership Update

MirandaNet’s International Strength
Meeting other members face to face
MirandaNet Fellowships
New members

1 October 2010

MirandaNet Membership Update October 2010

New Fellows
New Scholars in September 2010
Professional Development Publications

21 September 2010

MirandaMod at the Pan-Hellenic Conference on ICT in Education

Next MirandaMod

Dear MirandaNetters

Not everyone takes MirandaLink, so we are advertising our next MirandaMod in Greece on 24th September on MirandaNews as well.

20 September 2010

MirandaNet Conference Listing and MirandaMods Update

Stop Press! Call for Papers for CAL11
Face to face and online international MirandaMods 2010/2011
Organisational details
A challenge to members
Events at BETT January 2011
Events at the Education Show Birmingham, March 2011
CAL11 Conference Manchester, April 2011

1 September 2010

MirandaNet Membership News September 2010

A new post for Professor Marilyn Leask
A new World Ecitizens Trustee
Lorian and Lloyd Mead
Gaynor Sharp
New scholars

22 July 2010

MirandaNet Newsletter July 2010

July Newsletter

Welcome
The axing of Becta
- Low-priority IT
- Harnessing Technology funds ransacked
- Harnessing Technology funds ring fenced
- Technology in Schools - is the clock being turned back
- Lord Puttnam and YouTube
Schools want professional development in ICT
MirandaMod Resources
Survey request
Interesting tidbits
- Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price
- The Digital Library 25,500+ Documents
- The Risks of Parenting While Plugged in
- The Thinking Stick
Events
- TeachMeet locations
- Hand Held Learning Festival and Conference (NB Change of date)

15 June 2010

MirandaNet Newsletter New Members May 2010

MirandaNet New Members May 2010

15 May 2010

MirandaNet Newsletter May 2010

MirandaNet Fellows around theWorld

1 May 2010

MirandaNet Newsletter New Members April 2010

MirandaNetNew Members April 2010

1 April 2010

MirandaNet Newsletter New Members March 2010

March 2010 New Members Round-up

15 March 2010

MirandaNet Newsletter March 2010

March 2010 Contents

MirandaMod: Computer games, learning and the curriculum: uneasy bedfellows?
Doctorate
Fellowship Award
- Opportunities for members
- Achieving a senior Fellowship
Fellowship debates
- Accessing the MirandaNet archives
- Starting your own discussion thread
- Where we you in the snow?
Will iPads change what we read and how?
Computers in Classrooms Special Announcement
BETT 2010
Conference News 2010
MirandaNetters in the US, New Zealand, Australia and Japan in 2010
The HandHeld Learning conference October 2010

1 March 2010

MirandaNet Newsletter February 2010

Do we need a new Vision Statement?

Round-up of new members in February 2010

26 January 2010

MirandaNet Newsletter January 2010

New Members' News

Another spread of outstanding experts in digital technologies in education from all over the world have joined MirandaNet in order to share in our discussions. What is so inspiring about all your profiles are your aspirations as a members. Have you updated your profile recently? It is often the first information that comes up on Google about you. Check it out...

1 January 2010

MirandaNet BETT Newsletter January 2010

The annual BETT Exhibition will take place this year from Wednesday 13th January to Saturday 16th January. We hope to see many of you on the MirandaNet stand at BETT10 this year.

We suggest four additional events where we can also meet, one for each day of the show.

26 December 2009

MirandaNet Newsletter December 2009

MirandaNet December 2009 Newsletter

MirandaNet at BETT10
Two new Fellows
Mobile Learning or Handheld Learning: What do we mean?
Win a new Apple iPod Video Nano (8GB)
Learning in the Age of Web 2.0
Computers in Classrooms
2009 e-learning debate at the Oxford Union?
Call for papers: Immersive Education Summit
Blogspot: Doug Belshaw

1 November 2009

MirandaNet Newsletter November 2009

A Call especially to our International Members

Conferences, MirandaMods and Miranda seminars
December 2009 - April 2010

1 October 2009

MirandaNet Newsletter October 2009

Editorial
MirandaMod Round Up
- Etienne Wenger at the CoPs MirandaNet
MirandaMod Programme 2009/2010

5.09.09 Handheld Learning: MirandaMod; Monday 5th October
22.10.09 Balancing digital literacy with digital safety: a growing dilemma for schools
08: 12.09: ‘Mobile learning; handheld learning?’ What do we mean?
23.02.10: Multimodal? Digital? Visual? New literacy? What are the CPD and assessment issues?
29.03.10: Computer games, learning and the curriculum: uneasy bedfellows? Engaging underachieving learners and NEETs

Books Live!
- Free Web 2.0 Projects Book
- Web 2 tools for teachers
- Developing Professional Practice 0 - 7
Digital Resources
- A free mapping tool: South Beach
Blogspot
- Leon Cych: Learn4Life

15 September 2009

MirandaNet Newsletter September 2009

Editorial

New Members round up

1 August 2009

MirandaNet Holiday Newsletter August 2009

Editorial: The holiday edition
Events
- MirandaMod, Communities of Practice 22nd September
- Second Life Adult CPD
Concerning Concept Maps
- Developing International Partnerships
- Handbook of Research on Collaborative Learning Using ConceptMapping
Reading for the holiday
- A style perspective issue: Reflecting Education
- Blended Learning: Part Two
- How to make ICT lessons excruciatingly dull
- The End of the mLearning Revolution
- Developing Professional Practice 0 -7
BlogSpot
- So you want to be perfect?
Endgame
Endnote
New Scholars
New Members

26 June 2009

MirandaNet Newsletter June 2009

Contents

Communities of Practice, Etienne Wenger: 22nd September
Resources from the Blogging MirandaMod
Personalised learning; a Fellowship
Research on Collaborative Learning Using Concept Mapping
e-Learning Foundation Home Access Awards launch
Emerging technologies for learning
QCA Public consultation- reminder
New Scholars
New Member

26 May 2009

MirandaNet Newsletter May 2009

May Newsletter

Contents

Collaborative knowledge creation
Should Teachers Blog? : MirandaMod, 19th June
Communities of Practice, Etienne Wenger, 22nd September
Why were Cinderella's slippers made of glass?
ICT Research Network - help needed
Knowledge and Interaction in Online Environments
New Scholars
New Member

5 May 2009

MirandaNet Newsletter April-May 2009

Teachers as Bloggers: 19th June
30 Funded PH.D places at Brunel
Miranda's Netiquette
A World Ecitizen's shop?
World Mobile Symposium report
Resources - Seeing the Meaning
Computers in Classrooms book
Blended Learning - journal volume
Inspiration Flashes newsletter
What do you want in the newsletter?
New Scholars
New Member

31 March 2009

MirandaNet Newsletter March 2009

The Etopian project: a student perspective on the G20 summit
MirandaNet Continuing Professional Development (2009/2010)
Online debates and activities for students
CPD programmes for teachers and assistants
Seeing the Meaning- a new resource
World Ecitizens Mosaic Workshop
IWB resources
MirandaNet Bloggers
Win for UK story-telling website
ICT Inside the Black Box
New Fellowships
New Scholars
New Members

4 March 2009

MirandaNet Newsletter January/February 2009

Wenger on Communities of Practice (CoPs)
The CoPs view from Sweden
Can you afford to ignore informal learning?
Where are the female bloggers?
Teachers are Heroes just for one day – Open Source Schools @ BETT 2009
Back in the classroom; internet search techniques
Film clips
Harnessing Technology for Every Child Matters and Personalised Learning
Reflecting Education Issues 4.2 and 5.1.
Education Resources Awards 2009
New Fellowship
New Scholars
New Members

11 December 2008

November/December Newsletter

What’s happening at BETT09

Andrée Jordan at BETT09
John Cuthell at BETT09
MirandaMod 2
World Ecitizenship in Beijing
Diplomas, functional skills, national challenge …
Mobile phones for teacher professional learning - ethical issues
Alternative views about controlling Internet access
Face to Face discussion software
Gary Cooke
Members’ blogs - Comenius visit – Turkey
Inspirational News
New Scholars

2 November 2008

October newsletter

Calling all concept mapping enthusiasts

Visual Learning resource

World Ecitizens

SATs Scrapped

Member News
- Lawrence Williams
- Miles Berry
- Daniel Needlestone

New Scholars
New Members

17 September 2008

September Newsletter

Technologies for Visual Learning Unconference 27th November 2008
Where are the Academics? BERA report 2008
New Pedagogy and Interactive Technology Research Group
Mapping Addicts: Members Only
Future Lab Invitation: breakfast event on Games
Tribal: New MirandaNet Associates
Apples at Lanway
Opportunity to hear Marc Prensky
Members' News
New Scholars
New Members

29 August 2008

August Newsletter

Editorial
MirandaNet symposium at Brighton CAL09
Community Capers Unconference
Podcasting Book Information
Blogging
New Maths Tools in Kidspiration 3!
Digital Media and Learning Competition 2008
New Scholars

15 July 2008

July Newsletter

Editorial :

• MirandaNet Fellows are ‘beaming up'

Articles

• Online Unconference: Community Capers
• MirandaNet Members Advancing Virtual Worlds
• Teachers TV
• For Concept Map addicts
• Calling all MirandaNet bloggers

Report

• e-learning/e-safety issues in schools

Members

• New Scholars

23 June 2008

June Newsletter

Contents

MirandaNet afternoon tea : Sunday 29th June
ICT CPD for 2008-2009
YouTube and multimodal concept mapping : Doctorates in Progress
Report on the IWB seminar 9th June
From Pedagogic Research to Embedded E-Learning
The Machine is Us/ing Us
Intergenerational learning - a request
New Scholars

16 May 2008

16th May 08 Newsletter

New MirandaNet events and conferences

• Seminars on Mapping and YouTube - London - 29th May
• Japanese professors e-security tour: June 23rd - July 1st
- E-security seminar - Bath Spa University - 27th June
- Cream Tea with Japanese professors - Croydon - 29th June
• International conference of IFIP WG 3.5 Informatics & Elementary Education in Prague 23rd - 26th June
• MirandaNet Teachers UNconference - London: 10th July
• BERA 2008 Annual Conference Heriot Watt University 3rd - 6th September 2008
• IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2008) October 13th - 15th - Freiburg, Germany

Members' News

• Exploring social networking in schools
• ICT for World Peace
• Online safety
• Emerging technologies for learning volume 3 (2008)
• Publishing in the MirandaNet Etopia E-journal
• New Scholars
• New Members

20 April 2008

April 08 Newsletter

Planning for Miranda's Future

Members' News:
InterCultural Awareness
WACC Photographic Competition 2008
Mechelle De Crane's website recommendations

New Fellows
New Scholars

28 February 2008

February Newsletter

Plans for MirandaNet Fellowship's sustainability
MirandaNet Oscars
Report: Pedagogies for interactive technologies: IWBs and Visualisers workshop
Video conferencing at the Museum of London
The Education Resources Awards 2008, 29 February

Events
• What Works Where? 12-13 March and, March 14, optional visit to Barnfield School, Luton.
• Multimodality and Learning Conference, Institute of Education, London 19-20 June
• International conference of IFIP WG 3.5 Informatics & Elementary Education in Prague 23-26 June
• International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) 2008 Corfu 10-12 July
• ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide Leeds 9-11 September
• Third International Conference on Concept Mapping 22 -25 September in Estonia and Finland

Members' News
New Scholars

17 January 2008

January 2008 Newsletter

Contents

MirandaNet reports
- A new Chief Executive at MirandaNet
- MirandaNetters building new knowledge about the use of digital technologies
- MirandaNet Fellowship on the Guardian website
- New Discussion Forum: Learning in an Online Community of Practice MirandaNet awards at BETT08
- Theo Keuchel's daily BETT08 blog
- Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age - conference review
Other reports on ICT activities
- The SMELT project
- Prototype OLPC XO laptop
- Website for Individuals with (dis) Abilities
Events
- Pedagogies for interactive technologies: IWBs and Visualisers 7-8 February London
- Visual Learning Workshop 21-22 February WLE Centre London
- The Education Resources Awards 2008 29 February
- What Works Where? 12-13 March
- Multimodality and Learning Conference London 19-20 June
- International conference of IFIP WG 3.5 Informatics & Elementary Education in Prague 23-26 June
- International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) 2008 Corfu 10-12 July
- ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide Leeds 9-11 September
- Third International Conference on Concept Mapping 22 -25 September
Members News
- New Scholars
- New Members

6 December 2007

December Newsletter

Contents

Editorial
This month's online forum - Virtual Worlds used in CPD
Reports on past events
- Social networking between professionals - what is the point?
- A new e-Community of Practice in Varberg, Sweden.
- Handheld Learning 2007 Conference - see the video
Free Publications and Resources
- Latest volume of Reflecting Education on multimodal mapping
Research-based professional development resources to support interactive whiteboard use in the secondary classroom
Circling the square: six activities for listening to teachers and students
- Visual Learning Site
Developing learning through the use of drama, guided by animateurs
MirandaNet Events for 2008 in UK, Czech Republic, Estonia and Finland
Members' News
New Scholars

16 November 2007

November Newsletter

Editorial
Publications :
- Inspirational Mapping ejournal told by teachers for teachers
- Reflecting Education volume on Multimodal Concept Mapping for practitioners engaged in academic studies
- Mobile Learning - Norbert Pachler
- Online learning theories and models - Christina Preston
The MirandaNet diary 2007-2008
Video Research Methods Workshop 6th December Bath Spa
WLE Centre Dissemination Event 11th December
BETT08 MirandaNet meetings London 9th-12th January
Peace Room: Andree Jordan 9th January 4:00pm
MirandaNet Awards 10th January 4:00pm Drinks and meal 6:30pm
Pedagogies for interactive technologies: IWBs and Visualisers 7/8th February: London
What works where? ICT CPD in Czech Republic, England and US: 12th-13th March, London
Members News
- International school project
- Global Messenger 11 Free Resources
- Potential visiting scholar
- New Scholars
- New Member

11 October 2007

October Newsletter

What is new? Visual Learning and ICT CPD
ICT projects about Beijing links, Health and Science
Communities of Practice
Free mobile learning publication
BESA research programme
Xperimania school activities - exploring the properties of materials
EU Kids Online Alert
Creativity Conference - October 2007
Conference in Prague - June 2008
Inspiredata: new from Inspiration
New Scholars
New Members

4 September 2007

September Newsletter

Contents

Articles
MirandaNet research into ICT CPD
Teachers designing adventure games in the 1980s

Conferences
Handheld Learning 2007 Conference
World Concept Mapping Conference September 2008 – Talinn & Helsinki

Courses
Quest Atlantis 3D Virtual World Teacher Training
Courses in Flash for Teachers

Web sites
Interesting blog article on Red halo
ICT as a tool for creativity
Mechelle de Craene shares some web sites

New Scholars
New Members

11 July 2007

July MirandaNet Newsletter

Contents

Basia Korczak Award - Mechelle De Craene
New MirandaNet Award - Senior Work-based Research Fellows
My first encounter with a computer
The latest research by MirandaNet Fellows on Braided Learning
The Naace report update
Evaluation of the ICT Test Bed project
Global Citizenry - Must Read
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Games Are Good For Learning...But Not Just Because They Are Games
MirandaNet Evaluation for TAG Learning
The iTeach Tutor Bank & Student Recruitment
New Fellow
New Scholars
Project Manager
New Member

15 June 2007

June Mirandanet Newsletter

Contents

An Inspirational Journey
Visual Literacy forum
MirandaNet seminar on mapping on July 2nd, London
MirandaNet in the Guardian Links supplement
What's on:
- National Conference: Children Making Meaning through Talk and Mark Making
- Biodiversity and Climate Change
- Challenging Every Child
- Bebo at In the Wild conference
Resources:
- Know IT All
- Sharing Success - Issues 9 and 10
Panorama programme on wi-fi
freetheteacher.blogspot
New Scholars

14 May 2007

May MirandaNet Newsletter

Contents

A seminar on Multimodal Mapping
Braided Learning: A new theory about online learning based on MirandaNet practice
The Media Zoo
MirandaNetters at the Naace Conference
Books, Blogs and Websites
A Forest of Theme Blogs
Is the impact of ICT measurable?
Emerging technologies for learning- Becta
Global Dimension in ICT
International Women's Day in Bangladesh
Send us news about your country
New, and old Fellows
New Scholars

21 April 2007

April Newsletter

Contents

New MirandaNet Visual Learning Working Parties
- The 25th Anniversary of Inspiration Software
- Inspiration Working parties
Be Very Afraid
Augmented Reality at the Tower of London
Supercomputing & Special Needs
Three Videos on Technological Change
ICT CPD at Naace – correction
Contributing to the newsletter
Do you suffer from Wilfing?
New Scholars
New Members

23 March 2007

March Newsletter

Contents

Prague workshop reports
ICT CPD at the Naace conference
News from Bangladesh
Video Lectures
No Jam tomorrow (or, after the 20th)
New Scholars
New Members

24 February 2007

February Newsletter

Contents

ICT & Strategic Concerns
Netiquette for new members
A thank you to Francis
MirandaNet in many languages
Comments on IWB research
Becta funded research project into ICT and personalised learning
Penguin and DMU launch A Million Penguins - a wikinovel experiment
BETT 2007 video review
Partner’s announcement: Another Winner from 2Simple!
From 2Simple - New for 2007!
Members’ blogs and CVs
New Scholars
New Members

23 January 2007

January 2007 Newsletter

Contents

Report on BETT07
Our new MirandaNet front page
Etopia- Mapping the World WE want
Prague Workshop 15th – 17th February 2007
Put an entry in the Peace Room
A Fellow published in the Reflecting Education e-journal
The Good Guide to Interactive Whiteboards
Working with schools in China INSET
The latest news about Seymour Papert
Fellows in Conference 2007
NAACE conference Torquay 27th February- 1st March
SITE conference, San Antonio, Texas, US 26th – 30th March 2007
Conference in Greece 2007
New Scholars

2 December 2006

December Newsletter

Contents

Prague Workshop
BETT 2007, Olympia, London
BESA’s major pre-BETT International Conference 2007
The Education Resources Awards 2007
Report on Technology in Schools by Cheryl Lemke
FutureLab publish report on teaching with games
Etopian School Uniforms
Invitation to Secondary School Mirandanet colleagues to join a iViva programme
New Scholars
New Members

14 November 2006

November Newsletter

Change of date: Meeting about social web communities has been moved from 1st December at the Institute of Education in London to 11th January at BETT, Olympia

Contents

Prague Workshop Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th February 2007
BETT 2007, Olympia, London
The MirandaNet BETT 2007 Seminars
A Major pre-BETT International ICT Conference
Oracle, Promethean and 2Simple Collaboration
Multimodal Literacy workshop series
'Still Life?' A picture donated to Etopia for teachers’ scholarships
Members’ Profiles
Fellowship Award Certificates
New Scholars
New Members

7 October 2006

October MirandaNet Newsletter

Contents
Editorial
The MirandaNet mission statement
MirandaNet seminars on visual literacy
Etopia project
- Dinner Nov 3rd
- Prague conference 15th – 17th February
Information about BETT07
- BETT 2007, Olympia, London
- A Major pre-BETT International ICT Conference
Peace Room
UK-Japan Science Workshop New area on MirandaNet
Video Games: School Practicalities
Teachers Resources for KS1 and KS2
Recommended conferences
- Mathematical Association of New South Wales
- 2nd International Conference Art in Early Childhood
New Scholars
A List of all the member countries

22 September 2006

Etopia – Special WEB September Edition MirandaNet Newsletter

Etopia - Mapping the World We Want
New Fellow
New Scholars
New Members

18 July 2006

MirandaNet July Newsletter

MirandaNet Seminars and Workshops
Members stories in an e-journal
Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)
Where are your blogs?
Oracle Partnership Update
New Fellows, Scholars & Members

27 June 2006

MirandaNet June Newsletter

Concept mapping workshops 18th November, London
2007 Events
Multimedia resources
Hodder presentation
Digital Take Off Research
ITTE - Education 2010 available on the web
Social Software publication
Site licensing now available for Inspiration® 8!
New Scholars
New Members

26 May 2006

May 2006 Newsletter

Dates for June
- Call for concept mapping papers- abstracts by June 6th
- Concept mapping workshops 17th June / 18th November, London
New Macedonian Chapter
MirandaNet in Monterrey, Mexico
Interactive Whiteboards in Initial Teacher Training and Beyond
How do we know or measure what effect ICT is having on achievement levels?
PELRS project
Enhancing Learning Through Technology
New Fellows
New Scholars

25 April 2006

MirandaNet April Newsletter

Visual Learning & Pedagogy seminar: Thursday 27th April, Bath
Non-Linear and Multimodal Communication seminar 29th April, London
The MirandaNet Fellowship in 2006
MirandaLink: How do we know or measure what effect ICT is having on achievement levels?
Colorado Convention Centre
A review of the SITE 2006 Conference from Mechelle De Craene
The workshop in Prague - 19th - 23rd February 2007
New Fellows and Scholars

22 March 2006

March Newsletter

Contents

MirandaNet face to face meeting ICT CPDs in April – Multimodal Literacy
Thursday 27th April – Seminar on Visual Literacy and Learning at Bath Spa, University, Bath
Saturday 29th April – 17th June, 19th November, London
Multimodal and Non-linear Literacy - Developing a non-linear collaborative e-journal volume - Working party
19th – 23rd February 2007 Teachers as Practitioners : Workshop in Prague
News from our partners, Inspiration
- Interactive Mapping
- Inspired Teacher Scholarships for Visual Learning for 2006
- InspirationR 8 Now Available!
‘Off Sick But In School’ a Teachers’ TV programme
ICT Research Network - Practitioner Research
Psychological Insights into the Use of New Technologies in Education
Peace and intercultural exchange in Italy
Congratulations to Miles Berry on his TES article
New Scholars

13 February 2006

February MirandaNet Newsletter

Contents

MirandaNet Mission Statement
Mexican Cocktails at BETT06
New members from Muslim countries
Stimulating and supporting visual literacy: concept mapping as a tool for learning
Awards
Mobile Media Article
New Fellows and Scholars

7 January 2006

January 06 Newsletter

Contents
MirandaNet BETT06 news
Diary Dates for MirandaNet for 2006
Braided Learning – MirandaNet eJournal volumes
Forthcoming editions of Reflecting Education
New Developments in the STAR Project: AS Level English Work
dICTatEd - we need another 1,000 primary respondents - can you help?
New MirandaNet Chapter in Macedonia?
New Fellows and Scholars

10 December 2005

December Newsletter

Contents

Dates for your Diary
The Inspiration workshop and seminar report – 28th November
Proposals of the project SEN-NET
Bangladesh 1st Grassroots Educational Video Festival –2005
Teachers' TV + Update by Tony Fisher
Becta Ask an Expert
New Fellow
Digital Literacy: Are the new technologies changing the way we read and write? - Albin Wallace
New Scholars

15 November 2005

NOVEMBER 05 NEWSLETTER

CONTENTS
MirandaNet Seminar and Winter Solstice
BETT06 seminar
RSS Bogs, podcasting, memories, et al
Bath seminar 1-2 Sept : Collaborating on the Boundaries of the Possible
Mirandanet World Ecitizen Conference
Castle View and MirandaNet partners in specialist status
A report from Gill Deadman on ‘Pupil learning diaries’
Schome - thanks, update and opportunity
Every Child Matters
The ICT in Education Website and Subscription Service
Miles Berry Fellowship Article
Fellowships gained at the Bath workshop
New Fellows and Scholars

17 October 2005

October 05 Newsletter

Tina's summer blog 'in one'
Next seminar – Winter Solstice: concept mapping: 28th November 2006
Report on the Bath seminar 1-2 Sept 2005
The next MN annual workshop in Prague October half-term 2006
Tina's travels
MirandaNet Discussion forums
The IOE journal 'Reflecting Education' is now live
MirandaNet goes Mexican: BETT 06
Jane's Engraving: News from MirandaNetter Jane Dorner
New Scholars

22 July 2005

Mid-Summer Newsletter

Collaborating on the boundaries of the possible – workshop at Bath
The Basia Korczak Award
Inspiration - a new MirandaNet partner
Digital communities, technology and education seminar - 22nd June
Interactive Whiteboard seminar in Bath - 9th June
WCCE 05 Stellenbosch, RSA report from Lawrence Williams
Teacher Research on-line info from Sarah Fletcher
Centre for the Use of Research and Evidence in Education (CUREE)
New Scholars

29 June 2005

Summer Newsletter about MirandaNetters

The Bath conference Ist/2nd September
The Laurel Award for Paulet Brown
MirandaNet Rose Awards for Lawrence Williams and Maldwyn Pryse
Promethean World ACTIVAmbassadors for ACTIVLearning
A MirandaNet Academy Forum
Reports on CAL05, Bristol and SITE05, Phoenix
A Box of Tricks for Supply Teachers
New post at Nottingham for Mike Sharples
Who is using Blogs in MirandaNet
Next stop WCCE South Africa
New Fellows and Scholars

17 June 2005

MirandaNet People Newsletter

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MirandaNet Fellows supporting World Ecitizens projects
Auntie Edith's donation to WE
New MirandaNet Manager
MirandaNet London Office, Mayfair
New Fellows and Scholars

27 May 2005

CPD Events Special

The summer ICT CPD events
June 9th, ACTIVlearning Interactive Whiteboard Case Studies, Seminar, Bath
June 15th Creative learning under cover Behaviour Management and Special Needs activities using ICT, Seminar, London
June 22nd Digital Technology, Communities and Education, Seminar, London
September 1st/2nd Collaborating on the Boundaries of the Possible, ICT CPD workshop and conference, Bath
New MirandaNet Manager

14 February 2005

MIRANDANET NEWSLETTER

MirandaNet Fellows as World Ecitizens, a new learning environment for Promethean Interactive Whiteboard users, two research publications from the International MirandaNet Research Centre, free accreditation for ICT action research projects in classrooms at the MirandaNet Academy at Bath, Will Pearson requests our help, Congratulations to Keith Phipps and a welcome to the New Fellows and Scholars in 2005.

28 November 2004

AUTUMN MIRANDANET NEWSLETTER

A message from our Chairman, news of the Winter Solstice, lots of new Fellows and Scholars and some interesting information.

19 June 2004

MAY/JUNE MIRANDANET NEWSLETTER

In this newsletter further information about Viruses, and other nasties, Tools for Schools update, Towards a Unified elearning strategy – analysis of responses, British Library and Google on archives, ICT in Practice Awards 2005, and lastly a new MirandaNet Fellow and a new Scholar.

1 May 2004

Viruses, spam, phishing and other nasties

How on earth can we deal with the ever-increasing mountain of junk that arrives in the mail box?

23 April 2004

March/April Newsletter

The NOF ICT programme update, F2F teaching, Learning in eCommunities: new courses, ICT CPD experiences, MirandaNet Members’ Area, Schools Management Information Systems, news from a Fellow and four new scholars.

13 February 2004

January/February Newsletter

This month, the NOF ICT Training Evaluation by MirandaNet, and an article for the TES, IWB update, writing bids and funding applications, news from Pakistan, Education Resources Awards and BESA Conference, a DfES Survey and new MirandaNet Members.

9 December 2003

December 03 Newsletter

Just a short newsletter this December because it is such a busy month for those of us in Education.

Report on MirandaNet seminars given on 4th December
Info about BETT04
11 new Fellows and 1 scholar
Project news
2004 seminar dates

7 November 2003

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