Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
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 9th, 2010
Most of us at some point have attended a party, work function or been somewhere where you look at a person and say I know you from somewhere. Well that happened to me last week whilst attending a special session on Instructional Rounds with Professor Richard Elmore.
The session, which was absolutely brilliant, had ...
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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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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
A month or so ago all principals in Victoria were given this book "Disrupting Classrooms" just prior to the release of a new innovation in schools called the ultranet.
We have all been reading this book in our own ways I think supported a little more directly through networks of schools ...
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
I have been following Chris's blog for a few years now so it was great to be able to get a clip of him and hear him talking about his ideas and his 'new' school. The use of technology by students was inspiring and his latest clip showing Bill Gates ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
Have a look at this clip and lets talk about real time connectivity.
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
I've written a few posts recently on cyber safety or its inverse cyber bullying after some workshops I've run with students from Years 3-6. In the workshops I ask students do they use social networking sites and 65% of students indicated yes in a hands up survey.
At that point I ...
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
The Eyewriter from Evan Roth on Vimeo.
Thanks to Julie O'Connell I came across this cheap use of open software that has changed the life of at least one person.
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Thursday, December 24th, 2009
Sometimes I stumble upon really creative ways to use technology in classrooms with kids. Chris Betcher prepared this for an online conference and it goes for about 20 minutes. There's so much in this presentation that it's useful to come back to again and again. Chris explains RSS feeds, news ...
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