Monthly Archive for February, 2007

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Constructivism Or How Things Seem To Work In My Classrooms

Published on February 6, 2007 in Internet and Web 2.0. 3 Comments

Like Darren, I’ve been asked to be a “context filter” for the Connectivism Conference. My invitation came from Bill Kerr, who teaches at a high school not far from where I live here in Adelaide. As a filter, my job is to view the ideas and concepts from the presentations through the focussed lense of [...]

Outdated Technology

Published on February 5, 2007 in Interactive Whiteboards. 3 Comments

I’ve been meaning to link and comment on a post from Tom Barrett called Has the IWB past it’s sell by date? that touches on the technology that is still hailed in many Australian schools as the next big thing. It is seemingly viewed by many as the ultimate educational ICT tool as there aren’t [...]

If You’re Interested

Published on February 1, 2007 in Future Directions and Web 2.0. 4 Comments

I’ve finally gotten organised and uploaded a pdf of Web technology leaves SA schools behind, the newspaper article I was interviewed and photographed for. The journalist was David Sly, whose recent family challenges have been well documented over on Mike Seyfang’s blog, and he was very considerate of me and my uncertainty about being interviewed [...]