As an educationist who is currently focusing on DIY learning, I believe we need a radically different approach to crediting learning that occurs in our daily lives. Informal, low-cost learning can play a huge role in developing human capital, communities, and businesses and I love to connect with those who share my passion.
6 Months to Spain: Week 13
January 23rd, 2012 | 
Author: Thanks so much for joining me for week 13 of my 6 Months to Spain series. I accidentally skipped a week because I wanted to include the photos below and I just didn’t ‘act’ on uploading them as quickly as I thought I would. I was able to tackle a few more lessons with the Berlitz Spanish Guaranteed collection: Unit 7: Talking about your family, Unit 8: Talking about occupations, Unit 9: Making appointments, Unit 10: Asking and giving directions, and Unit 11: Asking for information/store hours.
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Tags: Berlitz Spanish Guaranteed, Dia de Los Reyes, La Tienda, Roscón de Reyes | 
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InstaGrok: Potentially the New Way to Learn
Instagrok is a brand new search engine for learners. It not only helps learners find quality educational materials, but it helps learners make sense of them. Results are rated and assigned a difficulty level and a set of keywords. You can then detail your searches by narrowing by key concepts.
6 Months to Spain: Week 12
Thanks so much for joining me for week 12 of my 6 Months to Spain series. Last week, I finished the Discover Spanish system as was searching for a new system to work with. I had a lot of choices because my husband tried to pick up Spanish before… which meant he bought the lot when it came to Spanish guides. I chose the Berlitz Spanish Guaranteed collection of CDs, so I can continue to practice on my commutes. The first two CDs were missing from the stack, so I started with CD 3 and have so far covered Unit 5: Offering Food and Drink and Unit 6: Buying Things in a Store. I am finding it trickier to work with this system. I have to go over each lesson twice because it is very fast paced and you can’t always understand what the people are saying (reviewers on Amazon also mentioned the same). Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Berlitz Spanish Guaranteed, estancos, gelato, ice cream |
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Open Badges and the Future of Education and Learning
As you may have read, one of my goals this year is to study different forms of learning credit. By ‘different forms of learning credit’ I mean alternative means of certifying someone has learned something. Degrees and certifications are usually used in formal settings, but what about informal settings? What about badges? Read the rest of this entry »
6 Months to Spain: Week 11
Thanks so much for joining me for week 11 of my 6 Months to Spain series. Last week, I focused on ordering, clothing, and directions with Discover Spanish Unit 6c: checking into a hotel, talking about what you are going to wear, and asking for directions. Read the rest of this entry »
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