Educational Origami

I have just published the updates to 21st Century Pedagogy and 21st Century Assessment on Edorigami.wikispaces.com
The feedback has really helped to shape these articles. Many thanks to all who posted comments or contacted me directly. Its very much appreciated

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This week has been rather quiet on the blogging front. The week has be a whirlwind of robots, programming, television and testing.
This week the students and I have been involved in the Robocup Junior competition. The event was sponsored by Toshiba and I must give them a huge amount of credit for an excellent job. [...]

On Tuesday evening I had a great podcast interview with the EdTechCrew. We had a 40 minute interview on a range of educational topics. I really enjoyed the experience and had a great time.
Its the first time I have done a podcast interview and also the first time on a skype conference call.
If you would [...]

One of the key tasks we have as 21st Century Educators is to educate our students about Intellectual Property Rights. They are in a world where everything is available at the click of a button. Its an instant world with instant gratification.
To often we see our students (and our staff) grab content particularly images [...]

Even if you have a 21st Century classroom, flexible and adaptable; even if you are a 21st Century teacher ; An adaptor, a communicator, a leader and a learner, a visionary and a model, a collaborator and risk taker; even if your curriculum reflects the new paradigm and you have [...]

This is a video of Dr Michael Wesch presentation at the Library of Congress. Its long  - 55minutes but its brilliant. Instead of making a presentation using a slide tool like keynote, powerpoint or impress he has made a video.
here is the URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU

its also worth visiting his website
http://mediatedcultures.net/

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The conscious competence model is one that many technology/ICT trainers are aware of. As they facilitate ICT integration by working with the teachers and model practice in the classroom in our schools they to see the full range of competencies in staff and students.
This model is based on two factors, consciousness and competence. Competence refers [...]

…and what a week it has been too.
The school is on the cusp of making several key decisions regarding ICT in our senior school, and rather than just leaping in and making a executive decision, a process that does limit staff buy in. The school sent 2 principals, 1 Deputy principal, 6 Heads of Faculty, [...]

I have been thinking about assessment and where we need to head with this for a while. This is the second draft and I would appreciate comments, suggestions etc. Many thanks to Nick and Brett for their comments.

Assessment, in the form of examinations, has be a constant feature of education since the 18th Century. Some [...]

In my last blog on assessment I looked at some of the key words we use in assessment and the fact that these are often Lower Order Thinking skills (LOTS) rather than the Higher Order skills (HOTS).
So I went on to the NZQA (New Zealand Qualifications Authority) web site and downloaded a paper [...]