Category Archives: Video Clips

Old Man Take a Look at Yourself – Graduation

Posted on March 4, 2009 by mwalker

At the start of each school year we, in the broadest sense of community, plan a series of activities and events for the coming year that are connected – connected to students, their learning, their families and some of the challenges … Continue reading →

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Interactive Whiteboard Sites

Posted on February 27, 2009 by mwalker

Tonight I stumbled upon Bill Gaskins blog which lists some tremendous sites for teachers who have interactive whiteboards. I really like the edheadsites as well as the national geographic sites – they are well worth a visit – thanks Bill Sites … Continue reading →

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Shiftables: A part of the future with us now

Posted on February 17, 2009 by mwalker

  http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/457 Thanks to Mrs Durff’s blog I found this TED talk by David Merrill from MIT who has made these small interconnected computerised blocks that enable us to explore and create. Just watch!

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Using video is a cultural shift for us as teachers

Posted on December 18, 2008 by mwalker

Thanks to Judy O’Connell I found Howard Rhiengold’s short video which as Judy says summarises some pretty significant shifts taking place and makes a challenge for teachers. Again this would be a good clip to start some conversations with teachers … Continue reading →

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Teacher challenges in setting up creative, collaborative and competitive learning spaces in classrooms.

Posted on December 17, 2008 by mwalker

It’s near the end of the school year here in Victoria and the pressure is on to finish the school year [student reports have been distributed, class lists finalised with the transition session tomorrow morning, the roll over of our … Continue reading →

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Start the school year with some inspiration

Posted on December 15, 2008 by mwalker

I found this video which may be of some use to teachers in classrooms looking to inspire students to greater heights. I thought some teachers might want to show it either in a transition program to get students to talk … Continue reading →

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Google documents and the growing awareness of web 2.0 means

Posted on December 14, 2008 by mwalker

I have just stumbled upon google documents as a way of sharing in an interactive way student work that can be commented upon by peers and teachers alike and published if that’s the end product. Its easy to enrol and … Continue reading →

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Imagine if……

Posted on December 14, 2008 by mwalker

December 8th marked 28 years since John Lennon’s death. There was a small column in newspaper that attracted my attention and got me thinking. John Lennon wrote a number of songs that I believe still have currency today – “Imagine” being … Continue reading →

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Prep Transition Programs

Posted on November 25, 2008 by mwalker

Most people accept that its important for children and their parents to have a well informed and smooth start to the school year and that this is best achieved through a multi session transition program.This week the prep team completed the … Continue reading →

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New Learning Spaces in Denmark

Posted on October 28, 2008 by mwalker

Thanks to a new site I discovered by Andrew Fraser I was able to get this clip from a school in Denmark who are trying to change their pedagogy using more flexible spaces – really like his comment that the … Continue reading →

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Vivian Robinson’s work on Instructional leadership

Posted on October 27, 2008 by mwalker

Thanks to Greg Whitby I found this clip of Viviane Robinson’s work on instructional leadership in schools which in my opinion is well worth a look by leadership teams.

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Shift Happens: Australian Version

Posted on October 9, 2008 by mwalker

Readers of my blog will know how I have used the Shift Happens clip to stimulate discussion at staff, council and parent levels about futures in schools. One of the workshops at the recent ACEL conference put me onto the … Continue reading →

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Turning on the lights in a dark room.

Posted on September 8, 2008 by mwalker

This Fathers Day I was spoilt with a cooked breakfast, a lazy morning watching a not so old movie and midday basketball training. The not so old movie was Freedom Writers staring Hilary Swank. For those of you not familiar with this … Continue reading →

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Is personalised learning the holy grail?

Posted on September 2, 2008 by mwalker

I was watching the Da Vinci Code movie the other night and got to pondering was the holy grail that so many knights had fought to find and in some cases protect, in fact Mary Magdalene’s sepulchre as the Dan Brown’s … Continue reading →

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Challenges of learning to change and changing to learn

Posted on August 28, 2008 by mwalker

This 5 minute clip is useful for educators either as individuals or in teams in schools to talk through and using technology to so new things in new ways. It challenged me – do we have classrooms or learning communities [go outside … Continue reading →

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