Archive for April, 2008
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
"Given sufficient time, the non-random survival of hereditary entities will generate complexity, diversity, beauty, and an illusion of design so persuasive that it is almost impossible to distinguish from deliberate intelligent design."
It's hard to believe that it's 150 years since Charles Darwin published "The Origin of Species" - almost older ...
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
I was reading a recent research report titled: "Teens, Writing and the Internet". The summary which I have linked makes for easy reading and quotes in my view some positive information:
85% of teens engage in social forms of writing [i.e. text message or email] whilst 60% of them do not ...
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
I have just read a post and added a comment on Don's log which I thought was worth a mention. Don is the Acting Director of Education and Children's Services in East Lothian, Scotland.
School organisation it seems is an issue or a pressure point, as Don puts it, around the ...
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
We posed this question at a team leadership meeting last year when we discussed the quest to personalise learning more for our students?
Perhaps one answer came after we introduced the idea to staff last week - it's a bit like moderating student work except I might get more of a say. Using a ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
I recently posted a comment on an iNet online conference.
iNet is an international network of schools committed to innovative change that supports improved student learning.
The online conference had a focus on "curriculum redesign" and posed a question on school organisation matching the needs of learners in the 21st century.
My comment ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Last week at our parent information evening I spoke for a few minutes on our school's vision and why we might do things that are different from their personal images of primary school. I used this video to demonstrate how the world was changing and what the implications might be ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Last week I was invited to participate in the Government's 2 day summit on the new Blueprint for Education and Early Childhood Development.
The move to construct a seamless framework for early childhood education and care so that children can transition into schooling is long overdue and applauded. Some of this hit the news ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
I recently enrolled in a webiner from The Leadership and Learning Centre which is located in Colardo, USA. I learnt several valuable lessons:
In America most schools are called buildings and so the title refers to transforming school plans into student results and here I thought I was actually looking at ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
The teachers in the Years 5/6 team at Elsternwick Primary are faced with many challenges and questions when co-designing learning environments that stimulate and promote both collaborative and individual learning as well as the environment supporting students and teachers living a set of values: respect, responsibility and resilience.
The teachers who are currently choosing ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Have you ever struggled with teaching or assessing growth in learners understandings - I do? It's easier to teach and assess skills. I like the example many people give of coaching a sports team - you teach skills that are observable - clear cut. They can either demonstrate the skill to a ...
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