In October, an ISTE group came to visit Debney Meadows PS as part of their Australia tour, whilst also attending the ACEC2012 Conference in Perth. We were lucky to have the group visit us at school and allow our children to showcase their learning so enthusiastically. Ellen, Director of Technology at The Cathedral School, one [...]
Continue Reading Add comment January 5, 2013
With 2011 being a fast train ride for me I wasn’t able to reflect and share some of my experiences and learnings as much as I would have liked. Thought Leadership was something I first heard about at the Apple Distinguished Educator institute back in March 2011. As a new ADE we were able to [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment January 3, 2012
Tomorrow is the Big day Out for Principals and Assistant Principals in Victorian Government Schools. This is my first time attending and am looking forward to hearing from some highly regarded educators such as Richard Elmore, Yong Zhao, and Sugata Mitra. You can see TweetPhotos here from the rehearsals today for the Big Day Out [...]
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Q – How do we plan for professional learning and does it work? Q – What sort of Professional Learning makes the most impact on Classroom practice Educational reform As an AP with a role of Student Learning and Professional Learning, I am often linking the two and trying to work in ways that are [...]
Continue Reading 2 comments July 1, 2010
It’s funny how some connections remain. In 2005 I trained as a Peer Coach through a DE&T sponsored partnership with Microsoft Partners in Learning. At the time I didn’t quite know what would result from my training but knew I had an interest in ICT in education. Just this week, my trainer, Les Foltos, came [...]
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Last week I attended the ULearn Conference in Christchurch, NZ with my principal, Jason Smallwood and two teachers, Gail and Rohan, from my college. It was our first conference together as delegates and presenters. Not bad for our first year as a college! Initially I was going to attend on my own, having been once [...]
Continue Reading 1 comment October 17, 2009
Increasingly these days, conversations about student learning, ICT and Professional Learning, have some references to social media. Whether it is about designing more engaging learning opportunities for students to connect and collaborate with other students, or for teachers to access professional learning when and where it is most convenient and purposeful, social media is on [...]
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This week I was lucky enough to be invited to present at the Lynbrook PS ICT Conference. This was the second conference of its sort held at the primary school. I didn’t get to attend last year but this year I did as a presenter and a participant. The day began with a live meet [...]
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Whilst looking through some resources on the ePotential, I came across a video that was made about my classroom (as well as others). It was shot in 2006 and this was the last year I taught at Essendon Nth Primary School. Renee Hoareau, Executive Officer from VITTA was on the production team. Find more videos [...]
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This year has been a wonderful experience for me. I have worked as an Ultranet Coach for the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development within the Western Metropolitan Region. Within this role I have worked with 28 schools and leadership teams, as well as a range a teachers who have participated in the ICT [...]
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