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Digital Citizenship, Facebook and Schools

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on November 5, 2012

What is it to be a good digital citizen? How do schools effectively manage their online reputation and assist students to be safe? How does a […]

Posted in Digital life, Education, Featured, Popular culture, Professional development, Web 2.0 | Tagged censorship, digital citizenship, facebook, meme | 5 Comments

Life in 100 Words

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on February 20, 2011

Life in 100 Words is an idea gleaned from Solid Gold Creativity: The magazine, Marie Claire, recently featured a series to mark the centenary of […]

Posted in Education | Tagged 100 words, autobiographical, English, meme, Pedagogy, writing | 16 Comments

Memes and Optimism

Posted by Darcy Moore | Published on October 24, 2010

What is a meme? Wikipedia says: The British scientist Richard Dawkins coined the word “meme” in The Selfish Gene (1976)[1][4] as a concept for discussion […]

Posted in Education, Popular culture, Professional development | Tagged change, meme | 5 Comments

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Darcy Moore

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Just found an edition of Nineteen Eighty-Four with a critical introduction and really useful annotations by Bernard Crick, Clarendon Press, 1984. John Rodden, in his new book (2020) on #Orwell’s reception and reputation, recommends it as under-appreciated and hard to find. pic.twitter.com/3679…

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“The whole system is a catastophe” says @PiccoliMp re: #Naplan which was predicted in 2009 by educational experts but political expediency won the day and our system lost out. #SMHSchools

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An unusually hypercritical message about our edu-systems from academics, unionists & educrats today. How will the same people, who have been i/c across the plethora of edu-bodies for 20 years, change their thinking to build a properly functioning education system? #SMHSchools

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The biggest drop in #PISA is the top quartile says @mscott and once again the question begs, is that a problem created by our inherently managerial approach to curriculum? #SMHSchools

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How important is it to reflect on the impact of managerial outcomes based syllabi in the decline @GMastersACER highlights in the performance of Australian 15 year olds over the last 15 yrs? Does a clear parallel with this model of curriculum and lower lit/num emerge? #SMHSchools

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Who will be talking about this at the #SMHSchools tomorrow? education.nsw.gov.au…

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