Interest continues in this topic:
How children learn language
Web 2.0 pedagogical evidence and brain research
More about the aging brain
Reduce stress by changing how you think
Thinking about happiness and sadness
Whether the angle is early learning, teaching, thinking or just article on research about our wonderful brains, I will aim to keep up with the thinking.
Sunday, 18 July 2010
Sunday, 11 July 2010
DER in New South Wales-Where to now? (2)
More about:
In the last of my professional learning posts, I wrote about the fine things Bianca Hewes and Phillippa Cleaves are doing to support and inspire teacher learning.
A few other teachers are active too, here is a post on using Microsoft OneNote by Melissa Giddens
... another from Bianca Hewes, reporting on North Sydney Region DER Think Tank professional learning days.
I hope someone in the DER team is compiling a collection of DER teacher posts from around the state.
and the rest of the world ...
Building the world's largest student laptop scheme an article from NZ.
and another project from NZ.
Just another post on individualising learning
In the last of my professional learning posts, I wrote about the fine things Bianca Hewes and Phillippa Cleaves are doing to support and inspire teacher learning.
A few other teachers are active too, here is a post on using Microsoft OneNote by Melissa Giddens
... another from Bianca Hewes, reporting on North Sydney Region DER Think Tank professional learning days.
I hope someone in the DER team is compiling a collection of DER teacher posts from around the state.
and the rest of the world ...
Building the world's largest student laptop scheme an article from NZ.
and another project from NZ.
Just another post on individualising learning
Hans Rosling on global population growth | Video on TED.com
Hans Rosling on global population growth | Video on TED.com
Very topical issue now. World Population Day is today.
The world is concerned with population growth and movement.
The visual impact of his everyday tools is very powerful.
The "west and the rest" says it all.
A must-watch and must-think video.
Very topical issue now. World Population Day is today.
The world is concerned with population growth and movement.
The visual impact of his everyday tools is very powerful.
The "west and the rest" says it all.
A must-watch and must-think video.
Friday, 9 July 2010
Presenting to the Office of Schools Conference - Engaging learners through innovative practice.
Darcy Moore has put together his presentation for feedback.
My thoughts:
Great prezi, Darcy! Lots of useful in and out of class ideas.
It is difficult to know how to pitch to a conference where the composition of the audience is not known.
Your "pitch" will strike chords with many people, since they will love the SRC and various activist ideas.
I would love to be in a high school at the moment, having blogED, DER devices and so on to work with. What an incredibly exciting time, it is!
I would aim to:
More from the conference lead-up:
Bianca Hewes and Troy Martin have prepared a deck on SlideShare: DER Leadership: A Genuine Learning Revolution.
My thoughts:
Great prezi, Darcy! Lots of useful in and out of class ideas.
It is difficult to know how to pitch to a conference where the composition of the audience is not known.
Your "pitch" will strike chords with many people, since they will love the SRC and various activist ideas.
I would love to be in a high school at the moment, having blogED, DER devices and so on to work with. What an incredibly exciting time, it is!
I would aim to:
- engage each teacher in the context of their teaching passion, their subjects.
- offer generic and subject-unique quality teaching strategies
- run refresher-sessions on literacy and numeracy teaching at the subject level so that teachers...
- scaffold student writing [daily] using a range of text types and the blogED tool
- assist teachers to use the blogED learning tool to get students to plan, read, write, reflect [post] on their learning in each subject
More from the conference lead-up:
Bianca Hewes and Troy Martin have prepared a deck on SlideShare: DER Leadership: A Genuine Learning Revolution.
Sunday, 4 July 2010
Google Alerts: A Timely Source of Information
I love finding references to my own posts in my google alerts.
I only post on a narrow set of topics, so maybe it is to be expected.
Who said, self praise is faint praise?
Who cares?
I only post on a narrow set of topics, so maybe it is to be expected.
Who said, self praise is faint praise?
Who cares?
Sunday, 27 June 2010
Evaluating Website Content and Services for Student Access (1)
I have already posted some tips on this topic. Read them here:
Evaluating online products
Students registering to use web2.0 tools at school
Teachers need to maintain the currency of their professional skills and knowledge to effectively evaluate websites in the context of online learning for students of various ages.
I am thinking of an expanded checklist of criteria beyond reliability, authenticity and so on.
Today, it is also about: service, product, free now, games, login, over 13, sharing functionailty, adult/mature content, violence, parent role and and many more too infrequently considered aspects of a website.
"Potentially objectionable" is a key concept to explore.
I am formulating further comments about the wide range of issues relevant for this post.
A work in progress.
Evaluating online products
Students registering to use web2.0 tools at school
Teachers need to maintain the currency of their professional skills and knowledge to effectively evaluate websites in the context of online learning for students of various ages.
I am thinking of an expanded checklist of criteria beyond reliability, authenticity and so on.
Today, it is also about: service, product, free now, games, login, over 13, sharing functionailty, adult/mature content, violence, parent role and and many more too infrequently considered aspects of a website.
"Potentially objectionable" is a key concept to explore.
I am formulating further comments about the wide range of issues relevant for this post.
A work in progress.
Professional Learning - Who is Responsible?
An interesting post by Doug Woods has stirred me to action again.
He has a post entitled:
“Do we really need to explain to teachers why they should be using technology in their lessons?”
Better, he writes: "What may be lacking in some teachers is the knowledge of ‘what’ technology to use or ‘how’ it can be used."
His post is actually about training, I mean "professional learning".
My view remains, it is the responsibility of each teacher to maintain quality, effective practice by engaging willingly and proactively in relevant professional learning.
He has a post entitled:
“Do we really need to explain to teachers why they should be using technology in their lessons?”
Better, he writes: "What may be lacking in some teachers is the knowledge of ‘what’ technology to use or ‘how’ it can be used."
His post is actually about training, I mean "professional learning".
My view remains, it is the responsibility of each teacher to maintain quality, effective practice by engaging willingly and proactively in relevant professional learning.
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