Interesting+research

Research
 ==== I am recording my thinking and sharing examples of transformative learning on this Google site. ====
 * ====Please share any relevant research, blog posts, EDtalks or other new thinking you have come across here. ====
 * ==== Seven Digital Spaces -Ewan McIntosh (posted by Kellie) ====
 * ====My research inquiry this year is to find out more about **'How using iOS devices can transform learning." ** (posted by Allanah) ====

 @https://sites.google.com/site/initialipadsetup/inquiry

 * ====My series of blog posts on using QR codes in my class probably falls into the realm of innovation as well. (posted by Allanah) ====

 @http://allanahk.edublogs.org/category/qr-codes/
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 * ====The Brain -Nathan Mikaere Wallis' research and views on brain development and providing opportunity for kids to reach their potential (posted by Kellie) ====

 Cortisol = **weedkiller for the brain** - Fear, Stress, Anxiety

 * ==== Levels of integration setting up classrooms to foster integrated, student led learning - adapted by Jacqui Sharp from Cuban, L. (2001) Oversold and Underused Computers in the classroom.. (posted by Kellie) ====
 * ==== Small Change Why the revolution will not be tweeted. (posted by Kellie -thanks Isaac) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">by <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; text-decoration: none;">[|Malcolm Gladwell] ====

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">"The platforms of social media are built around weak ties.
====<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> Twitter is a way of following (or being followed by) people you may never have met. Facebook is a tool for efficiently managing your acquaintances, for keeping up with the people you would not otherwise be able to stay in touch with. That’s why you can have a thousand “friends” on Facebook, as you never could in real life. ==== ====<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> This is in many ways a wonderful thing. There is strength in weak ties, as the sociologist Mark Granovetter has observed. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Our acquaintances—not our friends— are our greatest source of new ideas and information. ==== ||