The Value of Thinking Out Loud
At the recent ULearn Conference in Christchurch, New Zealand, I was asked (along with many other educators, I hasten to add!) to be part of the EdTalks series. Naturally, I was thrilled to have been asked and readily agreed, although I must admit that in the flurry of preparation for ULearn I really didn't think about it very much until I got to Christchurch. Sitting in the foyer of the Chistchurch Conference Centre, quite by accident, I bumped into Matt Tippen, one of the brains behind EdTalks, who said "Oh, so you're Chris Betcher. Are you ready to record your talk?" I wasn't, but I did it anyway, and essentially just made it up as I went along. EdTalks is a project of CORE Education , a leading New Zealand educational consulting and training organisation, and is described on their website as "a growing collection of videos featuring New Zealand and International educators talking about learning. EDtalks is CORE's contribution to your professional le...