Comments on: Ferraris Or Monaros http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/09/26/ferraris-or-monaros/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: always learning » Collaboration Idea No. 3: Creating a “Flat Classroom” http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/09/26/ferraris-or-monaros/comment-page-1/#comment-12857 always learning » Collaboration Idea No. 3: Creating a “Flat Classroom” Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:27:50 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/09/26/ferraris-or-monaros/#comment-12857 [...] ISB and she has been doing some amazing things with our Smart Boards already this year (not to make Graham any more upset, but every classroom has a fixed Smart Board, data projector and surround sound [...] [...] ISB and she has been doing some amazing things with our Smart Boards already this year (not to make Graham any more upset, but every classroom has a fixed Smart Board, data projector and surround sound [...]

]]> By: Graham Wegner http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/09/26/ferraris-or-monaros/comment-page-1/#comment-12831 Graham Wegner Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:10:59 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/09/26/ferraris-or-monaros/#comment-12831 Kim, your points are true and it's easy to comment on what can be easily seen. What I think is really positive is the way that International School teachers can showcase what is possible if you invest in your students and staff and enable them to have the most up-to-date learning opportunities. It helps to have successful practice to point to for those of us in our local systems when we push for increased resourcing. And the world is definitely a smaller place as you demonstrated so well today during your online Parents meeting. Getting so many boundary pushers to connect in at once and at short notice really nails home the point about educators collaborating. Kim, your points are true and it’s easy to comment on what can be easily seen. What I think is really positive is the way that International School teachers can showcase what is possible if you invest in your students and staff and enable them to have the most up-to-date learning opportunities. It helps to have successful practice to point to for those of us in our local systems when we push for increased resourcing. And the world is definitely a smaller place as you demonstrated so well today during your online Parents meeting. Getting so many boundary pushers to connect in at once and at short notice really nails home the point about educators collaborating.

]]> By: mscofino http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/09/26/ferraris-or-monaros/comment-page-1/#comment-12830 mscofino Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:28:21 +0000 http://gwegner.edublogs.org/2007/09/26/ferraris-or-monaros/#comment-12830 You're right Graham, we are incredibly lucky to be working in schools that are so willing to invest so much in infrastructure and hardware. I will be the first to admit that it definitely makes my job easier. But, by no means are our schools perfect. For example, here in Bangkok, we can have all the hardware in the world, but our outdated Thai electric wiring means that we have all sorts of strange problems when we plug equipment in for charging. No use having such great equipment if we can't power it, right? So, I guess we all have to do the best we can with what we have. Even a super cool Ferrari can get a flat tire now and again :) You’re right Graham, we are incredibly lucky to be working in schools that are so willing to invest so much in infrastructure and hardware. I will be the first to admit that it definitely makes my job easier.

But, by no means are our schools perfect. For example, here in Bangkok, we can have all the hardware in the world, but our outdated Thai electric wiring means that we have all sorts of strange problems when we plug equipment in for charging. No use having such great equipment if we can’t power it, right?

So, I guess we all have to do the best we can with what we have. Even a super cool Ferrari can get a flat tire now and again :)

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