Archive for March, 2010
Monday, March 29th, 2010
I find it an interesting conundrum that governments use Facebook on their education sites yet we block it in schools? #
Looks like Facebook is being allowed in the new Vic schools ISP setup - great news for me as I have some links to videos I want to use. #
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Looks like Facebook is being allowed for teachers in the new Vic schools ISP setup - great news for me as I have some links to videos I want to use.
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
I find it an interesting conundrum that governments use Facebook on their education sites yet we block it in schools?
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Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
I've just returned from Wollongong where I was invited by the Australian Capital Territory [ACT] principals to share my journey of school improvement.
For those like me who are unfamiliar with the ACT public education system it has approximately 81 schools with different configurations: years P-6, 7-10, 11-12 type schools I ...
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Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Ever felt the pressure as a principal to take time away from instructional leadership? Sure do! Its a mistake to assume others understand. #
I asked teachers to list 3 improvement strategies they think are important- instructional improvement is high - what does this look like? #
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
At our regular team leaders meeting where we gain an overview of curriculum planning across the school we discussed what readers workshops look like for older primary aged students.
Our problem of practice started out about identifying what students are doing to process reading texts whilst we may be teaching in ...
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Monday, March 15th, 2010
I'm disappointed to read our PM Mr Rudd quoted as saying the National Curriculum is back to basics - what about back to the future. #
A report on the best performing schools has as a precondition for improvement the building of teacher efficacy-a precondition not an add on #
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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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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
A report on the best performing schools has as a precondition for improvement the building of teacher efficacy-a precondition not an add on
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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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