In looking at a variation on the NETs for ICT classrooms, I really need to make sure that I am asking students for the right questions. Right now I am spending the week observing what is going on in the ICT based classroom.
What teacher resources were generated and being used in the classroom
What was the [...]
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I have been thinking about comments Chris Betcher said a few weeks ago about how do we get teachers to adopt 21C tools. I’ve also been spending far too much money in three general computing rooms of late fixing petty damage. A trend that is increasing from an almost zero level a few years [...]
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Students were asked to make a short clip to show at school assembly – ‘what is PBL all about’. The end product demonstrates a little more ‘edge’ than I’d have expected. Not sure what the non PBL staff will make of it.
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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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This I found interesting from Greg Whitbys YouTube. Talking about changing the system through three pressure points. It made me think that the perception gap between what ‘administrators’ are doing and teachers are ‘doing’ is out of alignment with what I’ve been hearing in Online sessions the last few weeks. I especially like the comments [...]
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Like NECC, but you don’t get the cough or the jetlag. BYO Firery Red Leather. Info here
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I read a great post by fellow Nott’s lad Tom Barrett. About getting glue on your laptop. He was of course talking about his desire to see the ‘digital’ backpack in schools. On the one hand, I suspect that most of our kids do have ’secret’ technology in thier backpack. Schools of course like to [...]
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I was having a conversation today with a friend who’s kid is also in primary school, like mine. She was complaining that she only had five minutes with his teacher at the open day, and had a list of questions. Of course she didn’t get time to ask them all. My friend got the end [...]
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Head of Technology, Director of IT, IT Manager … many names for the same thing. When the beige computers began to appear in schools someone generally took control of them. Mostly this was a teacher, and more likely it was a computing teacher. Initially these boxes appeared in the library, after all they had [...]
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Amazing book, here’s the author talking about how the internet changes societies, and therefore changes the way in which out students (can) learn as they live out at least part of their lives – digitally.
Reading the book also challenges those who ‘allow’ or ‘provide’ information technology into our schools, to consider the impact of ‘firewalling’, [...]
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