Archive for the ‘Video Clips’ Category
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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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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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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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Thanks to Durff's Blog in the States I found this clip that is essential viewing for teachers struggling to reason why we need to adapt our practices to embed the use of technology - in Victoria called the Ultranet.
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
I have just finished hearing a report on the state of teacher performance reviews in Australia completed by the Grattan Institute.
Its a fairly controversial report as reported in the
education review,
ABC in South Australia,
Australia 'fails in teacher evaluation' in the Sydney Morning Herald
Australia 'fails in teacher evaluation' on Channel 7 ...
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Cannot help but feel awed at the Boston Celtics charge towards the finals. As a fan of the Celtics my son, Mitchell and I have been following the games on the Sports Channel here in Melbourne. Written off by many at the start finals its just goes to show effort ...
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010
Just a short clip on the use of protocols when observing instruction. here Marzano talks about the use of his protocol and not to be confused with other techniques. It's a timely reminder as we here in Victoria embarked on the use of Instructional Rounds.
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