In the first post we looked at those things that are driving us to change. These are the expectations of the wider community and our students. Having established the aspects that are driving our change we need to set goals and objectives.
When it comes to setting goals I like the SMART concept:
Specific
Measurable
Achievable
Relevant
Timely
The goals we set [...]
The BBC reported this week that Online advertising spending has exceeded Television advertising spending for the first time.
They included in this:
E-mail campaigns
classified adverts
display ads
search marketing
viral ad campaigns
The TV people are arguing that this is a poor comparision, but symantecs aside, this report is indicative of a major change in the world we live in. It [...]
The BBC posted a video clip from one of their roving technology reports. The reporter Rory Cellan-Jones is visiting a school in Kigali, Rwanda. The school has 3000 pupils and the students all have OLPC’s .
The clip shows the students engaged in various actvities using their OLPC’s as the report wanders around. Its great to [...]
I read on Allanah’s Blog “life isn’t a race to be finished first” an interesting discussion on what should our children be using pen or pencil and what were teachers preferences. It gave me a moment to think and reflect.
I guess first of all we should state some background – the question was which do [...]
This is a follow on post from the cell phones in class post. One of the comments I received cause me to reflect on the influence teachers have.
Chris left this comment:
I like what you said about respect your students’ privacy. My seventh grade math teacher confiscated a note I was writing in class and [...]
Its the top of the third quarter of the 9th Innings of the 21st Century and I think I have had enough of the term 21st Century skills. We are 9% through the 21st Century and we are still discussing 21st Century skills in the future tense. We are still discussing them as if they [...]
Twitter tends to be quite polarising. People either live and die by twitter or hate it. Many people have started a twitter account and never use it beyond the first forays and others dive in boots and all. For the latter, for the enthusiasts, twitter can become a key element of their social network or [...]
I read an interesting article in the Australian computer magazine APC called “Say ‘No’ to facebook”. The article is talking about curing the addiction. teh addiction in this case is the preoccupation with facebook, but applies to most social networking tools.
The Author Samantha Rose-Hunt outlines 4 steps for this:
Setting boundaries
Ceasing notitifications
Thinking of the other thinks [...]
I have been mulling over the software deal for schools now for a couple of days and it is raising more concerns.
The Software for schools deal provides “certainty” for some of the stakeholders, namely the software suppliers. They have certainty of funding and revenue for the next three years.
It does not provide certainty for schools, [...]
…. is not that its microsoft or apple, is not that its Office 2007 or 2010. No, my problem is choice and certainty.
While the ministry has been quoted in interface magazine as saying ”The agreement covers almost 200,000 computers and provides schools with certainty for the next three years,” said Howard Baldwin, Acting Manager, e-Learning. [...]
