Category Archives: Video Clips

Shift Happens updated video

Posted on August 5, 2008 by mwalker

I have posted the updated version of Shift Happens as its still worth showing teachers and parents to set the context for change in education. It goes for about 7 minutes but hang in there – the discussion afterwards is … Continue reading →

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Get Smart – Open the Classroom Doors!

Posted on August 3, 2008 by mwalker

One of the central themes of the Big Day Out this year was to “get smart and open the classrooms doors” so that instruction, which can often seen as private teacher business, can be seen and improved. Each year Darrell Fraser, … Continue reading →

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Test scores not the total answer

Posted on June 11, 2008 by mwalker

Thanks to Warrick Wynne I found this, what I call a protest clip on testing that makes an even stronger point on the need for deeper learning, feedback and challenge loops, the value of arts and the need to challenge … Continue reading →

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High Stakes Testing

Posted on June 11, 2008 by mwalker

I was prompted to do some research around what some call high stakes testing after a discussion at a leadership meeting recently where we discussed in my opinion the low value of testing unless the student got feedback on what … Continue reading →

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“School can be like a vacuum cleaner sucking the knowledge out of kids.”

Posted on March 4, 2008 by mwalker

I am working on one of the DEECD principal focus groups for building an instructional model for teachers in Victoria. During the first workshop we listened to this video clip from Richard Elmore talking about some of the challenges. Richard … Continue reading →

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Student Leadership

Posted on February 1, 2008 by mwalker

I was talking to the senior students at school this week and used this clip to start the discussion about leadership changing the world We often start in our own backyard so to speak in small ways and the students said by being kind … Continue reading →