This was a presentation from Scotch College In Perth by their IT and MYP coordinator, Ben Beaton. Unfortunately the session was a tad slow or perhaps the presentation to full so only 2/3 rd of the presentation was completed. The interesting stuff – Scotch’s use of mobile tools was the part left out. The presentation [...]
The pre confernce workshop I booked into was Urban Outdoor education. The two presnters were a principal instructor/teacher from a state funded outdoor education facility and the DP at a local state school.
The session started by mirroring an activity they do with students. It involved:
briefing the students (us)
journeying to the location
doing the task
reviewing/debriefing
To start they [...]
This is a nice and useful visual search tool that Google has added to its search engines results page. The tool allows you to visualise your search results and then select and extend from the original search.
First step – Load google and run a search. Then Select Show options
Then Select Wonder Wheel
Having done that [...]
This is a great quotation that I found on First class online.
Its one that I believe applies to education, and particularly to one of my favourite topics assessment.
It is pleasing to see that increasingly we are seeing assessments that are not just examination or test based, that emphasis and value is being placed on project [...]
Wow, what a week. 4 days of presentations, 5 flights and 7 sessions. I have to say it was fun but I was pretty jaded by the end of the experience.
The robotics sessions in Rotorua, were great fun, hands on experiences. As tools for learning and constructing knowledge and understanding they are superb.
In Wellington, I [...]
This is a great visual search engine with the added bonus of being able to compile the notes into a notepad for further reference.
The site is eyeplorer http://www.eyeplorer.com/eyePlorer/
You start by entering your keyword into the keyword field – then start the search.
The search returns and as you hover over the keywords you can drag the [...]
Next week I am doing a presentation to the staff of a school. In the presentation I am going to discuss the world we are in, the effect it has had on our students and how this matches to the excellent professional learning stratergies the school has in place.
I recieved last night an email from [...]
The last version of Bloom’s Digital taxonomy I posted had an error in the pdf file which stopped at page 61. I have rerendered the original manuscript and this one reads right through
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/bloom%27s+Digital+taxonomy+v3.01.pdf
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… was a little quiet on the blogging front as I prepared for 2 fairly significant events.
The first event was the opening of the new block at school by John Key. My part in this was running a video conference with my Year 13 class. We were lucky enough to have a colleague to conference [...]
I have recently updated Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy to version 3.0. This version includes starter sheets and refreshed rubrics. It is probably still a little ragged in places so I would appreciate any suggestions and corrections.
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy V 3.0 in PDF
As usual the Bloom’s digital taxonomy is produced under a creative commons licience. I might [...]
