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It is the calibre of teaching, not the size of the class, which should be the most important issue Scotland’s most senior education watchdog has told MSPs that the number of pupils in a class is less important than the quality of the teaching they receive.

Conditions for Innovation 1. Never be hoodwinked into thinking one device or approach is the answer 2. Raise the expectations bar – one of biggest dangers occurs if are prepared to expect too little, if we lavish praise on pointless uses of these new tools! 3. Keep learning from past as we build for the future. Don’t be afraid to combine ancient and modern approaches – that’s where the gold is often buried. 4. You can’t impose uniformity in a world of difference – you’ll be underachieving to an enormous degree. Start by just acknowledging it – "Wow, you are different!" 5. Some of the best learning is “illegal learning” – like when you listen to a song on your iPod on a train and learn it. 6. Keep finding and sharing resources and activities that help release the endorphins of enthusiasm. “Teachers know you have to smuggle challenge and fun into learning in equal measures; let’s keep designing struggleware and smuggleware.”

Political discussion website Slugger O'Toole is to benefit from an investment by a Channel 4-run innovation fund. 4iP said it was adding to its range of websites "running along the theme of keeping an eye on money and power". It said a relaunch in the new year would make the site more welcoming to newcomers and easier to navigate.

Maybe Slugger O'Toole and my colleagues in the Northern Ireland blogosphere would like to adopt their cases too and chip in with some Freedom 2.0 campaigning.

In short, Facebook is not a network driven by ambient awareness, it's more batch mode driven. And I have come to this startingly obvious conclusion: Social networks driven by ambient awareness will win.

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