[slideshare id=972683&doc=web-20-plns-1233348493321848-2] My intention for this presentation above, given at the ISER Regional Conference, was to propose a way that we could engage students using new tools by transforming professional development in our region with Web 2.0 concepts. Students would benefit enormously as our colleagues became more Web 2.0 savvy and ‘new thinking’ entered classrooms (along with laptops/learning devices and […]
I always like to start the school year with a clear sense of direction and personal professional priorities and goals; a sort of pre-reflection, if that makes sense. It goes without saying that one needs, as an educator, to be a: – better learner – better teacher – better leader and to do something personally […]
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.1950308&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about “Michael Wesch on how WE learn“, posted with vodpod Thanks to WE magazine
I missed this a year ago when it was first posted to YouTube. The creators create a scenario where in 2015 Googlezon is created and the media as we know it is no longer. What do you think? [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1940726&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] more about “EPIC 2015“, posted with vodpod
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.1940565&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] more about “If I were your son?“, posted with vodpod
Dr Michael Wesch is a truly deserving recipient. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1895857&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] more about “U.S. Professor of the Year Award“, posted with vodpod
The winners of the 2008 Eddies include: The English Blog Free Technology for Teachers Angela Maiers The Cool Cat Teacher Hey Jude Teachers love Smartboards Ed Tech Talk Classroom 2.0 David Warlick Congratulations everyone!
Blog Wordle 2008 2008 has been a great year. The election of Barack Obama has been the highlight and the failure of the Rudd Government to deliver the ‘Digital Education Revolution’, via the states, the lowlight. I have enjoyed your blog posts; hope you have gained something from mine, occasionally. The following of my […]
Mr __________, Our community appreciates your attendance at our awards ceremony at such a busy time of the year. While you are here, I was hoping to take the opportunity to present an outline of an idea that is both representative of the paradigm shift in education but also an example of how our […]
We are in a Golden Age, by any measure, us, who reside in NSW in the first decade of the 21st century. Agree? However, it seems that I hear nothing but negativity from a diverse range of people – the media, educationalists, parents, my Mum and Dad – anyone would think that comparative to past […]
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Us Now is a film I am particularly keen to see as it explores the power of mass collaboration and the internet on the way we govern our affairs. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1827734&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] more about “Us Now “, posted with vodpod
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is used as a personality assessment tool, often in workplaces, to help with team development. I did this many years ago and was assessed as an INTJ. There are 16 personality types and I’d encourage you to have some fun and complete this brief online assessment and comment, telling us your ‘type’.
Dear Colleagues, State and territory governments met with the Commonwealth on the weekend to negotiate funding agreements for public schools and vocational education and training. Of course you’d have to been living on the moon to miss recent media coverage of all this, so forgive me any repetition in outlining how this is […]
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.1812211&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] more about “Connectivism in Plain English“, posted with vodpod
Colleagues, Far too often at conference ‘workshops’ are merely lectures in masquerade…not today! Now that you have listened to my brief presentation, attempting to define the Web 2.0 and it’s impact, lets try and establish the beginnings of the Personal Learning Networks (PLN) discussed earlier. You may wish to choose your path from the following suite […]
Welcome to this ‘Blogs and Blogging’ ETA workshop. We have 30 computers but with so many particpants you may have to share a computer, which may work out well as we collaborate today (and in the future?) to develop our blogs and networks. The rubric for the workshop: The media landscape, especially journalism, has undergone […]
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.1799477&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] more about “The New Media Literacies“, posted with vodpod
My choices for the Edublog Awards are as follows: Best individual blog – Sue Waters’ Mobile Technology in TAFE and The Edublogger have provided so many ideas and practical tips. My fav. posts have been about PLNs and the way Sue demonstrated these at workshops. Best new blog – Tomaz Lasic’s, Human gives this Perth based MOODLE enthusiast […]
Murray Gell-Mann gives an overview about his passion for finding the common ancestry of our modern languages. [vodpod id=Groupvideo.1787259&w=425&h=350&fv=bgColor%3DFFFFFF%26file%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fmovies%2FMurrayGell-MannLANGUAGE_2007-embed_high.flv%26autoPlay%3Dfalse%26fullscreenURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fstatic.videoegg.com%2Fted%2Fflash%2Ffullscreen.html%26forcePlay%3Dfalse%26logo%3D%26allowFullscreen%3Dtrue] more about “Do all languages have a common ancestor?“, posted with vodpod
James Surowiecki, the author of The Wisdom of Crowds, argues that people, when we act en masse, are smarter than we think. He suggests in this TED talk that the 2005 tsunami, when YouTube video, blogs, IMs and txts carried the news and preserved moving personal stories from the tragedy was the moment when social […]
Our school ran a Year 7 Learning Team Project with one class this year and the evaluations are extremely positive. The executive is currently working out how best to improve the learning outcomes of students, especially in the middle years of school. We really need to engage our 11-14 year olds much more effectively and to […]