The great thing about being connected through social media is that you can go back to previous ‘likes’. While scrolling through my timeline, I spotted a video that captured my interest once again. It is a video that architect Randall Fielding demonstrates the connection between where and how students learn in the 21st century. As [...]
Continue Reading Add comment April 9, 2012
I’m not sure if it is just me, or if it something that other people are noticing now too. Sometime ago for me, early 2000s, we were exploring how children learn, pushing the boundaries about the way we teach and taking note of theories of learning. We probed children’s thinking, questioned them for understanding and [...]
Continue Reading Add comment September 18, 2011
This year is going to be big! But then I think each year has been like that for me. I like to learn, to be better and to achieve. As a kid this never came easy. School wasn’t hard but it certainly wasn’t easy either. I would spend a lot of time on tasks that [...]
Continue Reading 2 comments March 14, 2011
Over the last few years much of my reading and learning has been around leadership, in one form or another. At times it has been about leadership of ICT, pedagogy and learning environments, but on the whole it has been about leadership of a learning culture. Last year I participated in the Eleanor Davis School [...]
Continue Reading Add comment February 13, 2011
Senior Years education! As a student I went through it, as a parent I a still going through it with my youngest daughter. This doesn’t make me an expert but it does give me an insight into the feelings and thinking that goes on in the minds of those who are going through VCE, albeit [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment January 26, 2011
I have started reading Data Wise, a Step-by-Step Guide to Using assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning. I have skimmed through in the past and been handed a photocopy of Chapter 4 to read but have now taken the time to read through in a more reflective and thoughtful manner. Holidays are a good [...]
Continue Reading 2 comments December 30, 2010
This year I was very lucky to attend Ulearn 2010. I had attended last year as well, and also back in 2004 when it was still connected with the NAVCON consortium. Once again it was a great conference and once again I got to take three colleagues from Manor Lakes College – the school where [...]
Continue Reading 2 comments November 6, 2010
Late July, I was asked to write an article for a magazine – Education Technology Solutions. This came about from a presentation that I had delivered at the ACEC2010 Conference here in Melbourne. My presentation was entitled – Preparing for a 1:1 Learning Environment and so was my article. I have written for a magazine [...]
Continue Reading 4 comments October 31, 2010
During the second and third term of this year I was involved in the DEECD Innovation and Next Practice Web Conference Leader project. It was a great opportunity and my highlight was certainly speaking with the wonderful educators and guests who gave up their time to talk to myself and my participants about the future [...]
Continue Reading Add comment October 31, 2010
Over the last few months I have been engaged in a DEECD Innovation and Next Practice project with web conferencing – the Virtual Conference Centre. It’s been a fantastic project to be involved in. The team is small, 10 web leaders in total. We run our own PD series and also train people in using [...]
Continue Reading Add comment August 13, 2010
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