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I find this stuff so you don’t have to: The power of technology for learning and why creating together is better | Helen Milner Barcamp NotForProfits | dxw (I’ll be there representing @tasksquadhq) Digital local government: a future in Google Glass and the internet of things GDS becomes political as Labour launches digital government review … Keep reading

Five for Friday – 7 March 2014

Five for Friday is WorkSmart’s weekly roundup of interesting stuff from the week’s reading. Attention, Please! PC Programs to Stave Off Distraction – can technology help you stop wasting time with technology? Oppia – a Google 20% project to “enable students to learn by doing online” The trajectory of ‘cultural change’ matters, as Microsoft demonstrates … Keep reading

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I find this stuff so you don’t have to: Redefining the Digital Divide | @helenmilner The system is failing, hack the system – via @annemcx The Four Freedoms – wonderful piece on #opensource by @photomatt The dangerous appeal of the Silicon Valley narrative G+ Hangout: open source CMS for local government Interested in social leadership? … Keep reading

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I find this stuff so you don’t have to: ongoing by Tim Bray · Software in 2014 Joho the Blog » What blogging was – *sniff* Is Local GDS a good idea? « @demsoc Let’s Replace Council Websites with Local.Gov.Uk – a GDS for Local Government – @copley_rich Joined Up Philanthropy data standards: seeking simplicity, … Keep reading

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I find this stuff so you don’t have to: PLN or CoP? How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses Big data: Ten level taxonomy in learning Five characteristics of authentic social innovation – @andy_williamson 4chan’s Christopher Poole: I Was A Teenage Coder—And Then I Stopped Rebalancing our Cultural Capital Teenagers … Keep reading