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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
It's easy sometimes to get lulled into thinking about oneself and the sometimes small things that occupy our attention or stress. As I prepare for school tomorrow this clip serves as powerful reminder to all us, particularly those in Western countries like Australia, how fortunate we are to be born ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
Yong Zhao a University Distinguished Professor at the College of Education at Michigan State University and international consultant to many governments talks here about the dangers of the narrow use of national test scores to define what students need.
I heard him speak recently at our Statewide forum on the use ...
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Monday, August 30th, 2010
High expectations for all - now that's a trick. Marzano talks about how we stay with students [who get it quickly - brighter? - well in this discipline at least] longer with more demanding questions. One of the tricks is to know your students and have possible prompts [scaffolding questions] ...
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Sunday, July 11th, 2010
Last term our district instructional rounds team visited a school where the leadership team identified differentiation in instruction as the problem of practice. Nina and Jenni posted this clip on the Ning and I have copied it to my blog as I think its a great 20 minute clip and ...
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Saturday, July 10th, 2010
As our second semester begins we at Elsternwick have planned a series of 8 professional learning team meetings [PLT's] on Monday nights to focus on the use of data to improve student learning. This carries on from the 6 PLT's in semester 1.
On a slightly separate topic one of the ...
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Just replied to Chris Betchers post on using IWB's in classrooms. Worth a look
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Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Sometimes its useful to get a reality check on what's important. Have a look at this clip - I think its useful to start conversations with teachers and senior students.
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
This little clip talks about using technology to personalise learning and record individualised assessments online. Its a timely reminded as we move forward with the Ultranet here in Victoria and the power of technology to personalise learning for students.
Stop Press
- talking about 21st century assessment what about teachers getting feedback ...
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Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
New flexible learning environments are being built in schools as rate never seen before [and given the country’s debt probably never again] in this country. The ‘Building the Education Revolution’ Commonwealth Government initiative was part of Australia’s economic recession proofing strategy.
In talking with the builders and the various sub ...
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
This week our assistant principal Demos [pictured on the right] in consultation with 3 other local schools coordinated a series of cyberbullying workshops from ACMA [Australian Communications and Media Authority] for staff , students and parents.
The staff session was well attended and the presentation was very informative. Several points resonated ...
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