Archive for October, 2009
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Whilst attending a session at University last week I was shown the Pulse Smart Pen which I thought was amazing. The pen records your writing or drawing on a special notebook using an infrared camera positioned just below the nib. It also records audio at the same time and can ...
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
School regeneration projects engage schools and their local communities developing a sustainable educational provision plan that covers educating young people from birth to adulthood. The school communities usually agree to reduce the number of sites and organise the provision of education so that some campuses have sites for Years P-8, others ...
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009
I saw this short clip by NAPCAN for a "Child Friendly Australia" and thought it worth posting for its very clear and powerful message to us as teachers, parents, grand parents and any adult who is responsible for kids. It's worth a look. Thanks to Donald MacDonald for this clip.
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Sergiovanni in this book gave me one of those precious light bulb moments, as a school leader, when he defined roles as "the most sacred obligations and commitments we have towards each other, toward the school and toward its purpose" [p 49].
Prompted by a poor rating on the last annual staff ...
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