I went into my local library over the weekend and I was disappointed that they had got it wrong. They had the self service check out where you could scan your book and swipe your card, but they still had it wrong. They had a nice performance area with several levels of seats, but there [...]
This week has been hectic, not that that is much different to any other week. But on Wednesday night I gave a presentation to teachers on Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy. The session was 50-60 minutes with about 10 minutes of Q&A. The Q&A was spread throughout the presentation as the teachers had questions we would pause [...]
Every year we run a series of workshops with our year 11 student to revise and review the acceptable use guidelines. The guidelines we use are based on ones I developed and shaped by the students and the rest of the school community. Everything in them is up for discussion and review. We believe that [...]
last weekend I was in Japan working with the amazing Kim Cofino and her COETAIL (Certificate of educational technology and Information Literacy) cohort. The 2 day workshop was Authentic assessment and digital media. We had an underlying them them of developing a unit of work they could use with their students to create a digital [...]
Technology is increasing pervasive in all aspects of teaching and learning, whether it is the kindergarden student using the gesture based systems like the ipad to enhance their learning and to create objects and engage or the senior student researching, collaborating, communicating and socialising. No matter what the opinion of the teacher as to the [...]
One of the things that I found interesting at the Horizon project meeting this week was the concept of “Challenging the Examination“. The concept or process was described to me in the context of a tertiary setting, where a person enters the university with significant experience and is able to sit or challenge the examination [...]
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They are not fond of rules. And the have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. About [...]
This is an interesting article from the US about the effects of social networking on learning. The paper finds that social networking helps the students. Here is one quote from the article “When kids feel connected and have a strong sense of belonging to the school community, they do better in school,” said Greenhow, an [...]
The last month has been a very busy time for me. I have been in Australia twice, accepted a new role as Head of faculty for next year and had my students examinations sessions for our prelim exams. I have in my hands my first copies of our two new books: Literacy is not enough, [...]
There is a direct relationship between the level of use a student has in their personal computing device and the level and frequency of damage, misuse or presence of the device. This a trend that I have seen in many schools. Where the laptop, tablet or ipad is a core and essential element of the [...]
