Thanks to Annabel for the Tweet. Heres what a recent article in the Age said.
The NSW Board of Studies is exploring the possibility of using computers in public examinations. The general manager of the Office of the Board of Studies, John Bennett, said the board could not afford to ignore the proliferation of technology when [...]
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Diigo may fast becoming the new black in Social Bookmarking. The PBL Group on Diigo now has over 80 PBL teachers and educators with some fantastic discussions happening in a short period of time
Two of our PBL teachers are now using it to aggregate and focus learning in a cohort of over 150 [...]
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Something I looked at then went back to Del.icio.us a while ago. Then along came Mr Motivator, Alexander Hayes who has set up a very cool group. So I downloaded the Diigo toolbar and have not looked back. I must say that Twitter, which is now the backbone of my PNL has made Diigo [...]
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Students were introduced to Teen Second Life in our Skoolaborate Island. The initial challenge for students (year 9 -14/15 year olds) is to learn about creating their avatar. They never have any major issue working the basic navigation controls, and soon figure out how to adjust the body shape of their avatar.
They do however, want [...]
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This is very cool and and very here and now. Nvidia are launching a new gaming card that images a game from 2 view points, so with a pair of glasses the game becomes 3D, the good news is that there are 80 games ready and of course the code is out for all developers [...]
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This cracked me up. Given the cyclic media beat up on the ‘three Rs’ and the comparisons with 60s education and today (kids can’t read/spell/count) etc., I found this very amusing. I am not sure if we’ve gone forwards or backwards. Is it the same debate?, looks like the same classroom!
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Here is a first look at the Project Based Learning in year 9. When you look at the blog, consider that this is 3 weeks work. In week 1, he didn’t know what a blog was, how to use it etc., I post this one because I haven’t stuck my oar in and suggested any [...]
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A site for creative minds to enter competitions and WIN money. Now if that isn’t an incentive for kids in school I don’t know what is /// Worth 1000. Time to learn and win!
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