I found this on a site … it’s a 1994 clip I edited down from a BBC show. In ‘94, the boom of the micro computer had grown to the point where people had ‘real’ computers doing ‘real’ things. It was all the rage to have a modem and connect your computer to other computers. [...]
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At the beginning of term 2, 2007, Br. Patrick (our principal) gave a presentation about New Tech High School, Napa, USA. Without repeating it, he spoke of ‘digital’ folios that the students created, which ultimately demonstrate that they have met their outcomes. (click here).
To me, folios of work are not a new idea. In order [...]
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This is in support of the professional development session for teachers Week 6, Term 3. Just a nOOb video on how to do the basics.
Download Video: Posted by slammedpanel at TeacherTube.com.
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2 weeks on, and we are still not running at 100% … how long can you go without student and staff hard drive access? Not a swipe at our network, but in reality, serious problems often cause serious disruption … try Web2.0 today and bypass the problem!
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Way back at the beginning of the year, I set myself and my year 9 students a goal, to move through the course without using Microsoft Office. More or less that has been achieved, and students can ‘live’ without it, well at least in my lessons.
So now in Term 3, we face the topic of [...]
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If there is one thing everyone does at school, it’s logging onto our intranet. This is the latest version.
The intention is to offer a range of tools to Student 1.0 and Student 2.0. There are some links to information that has been on the intranet for years though I hope this stuff will get reviewed [...]
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A hard drive failed this week.
The one that contains all the staff and student data. Given we (still) use Novell as our authentication, this was a big deal as no teacher or student could access their data.
This is a symptom of our incumbent reliance on proprietary models of information architecture … and each time [...]
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