I’ve been toying with the concept of blog rename for a while since the time I started playing with the “open educator” tagline and digital badge. A bit of Google research shows that it’s hardly an original pairing of words – but the title rings true for what I aspire to be and where I [...]
Monthly Archive for August, 2008
I received a staff email today that linked to the “Pay Attention” video created back in early 2007 by Darren Draper, passed down from the higher offices of our department. It seems that his message has eventually seeped upwards to some of the decision makers and policy writers in our education system here in South [...]
Although, like Lauren O’Grady, I felt a bit underwhelmed at the sessions at the National IWB Conference, one leadership session that I found very valuable was held by Mal Lee, Digital Schooling Consultant and creator of IWB.net. Here are my notes from the session with my thoughts in italics. Author of a book “leading a [...]
What does traditional Professional Development look like? (workshops, conferences, staff meetings, seminars) The features of this approach (which many teachers still view as the only way to update their professional skills and knowledge) seem to be: With an expert A set time, place and duration Handouts with step-by-step instructions Responsibility for learning lies with the [...]
These are my raw notes from my two days working along with my colleagues with inquiry learning exponent, Kath Murdoch, whom I’ve blogged about last year. Any reflections are in italics – anything I write regarding the topic of inquiry tends to viewed through the lense of the challenging ideas and questions posed by Artichoke, [...]
I’ve been reading some of Dean Groom’s stuff and spending a lot of time nodding and mentally saying “Uh huh.” His thoughts and much of what I encounter from others in similar roles in their online writing makes me feel less isolated and less inclined to label myself as the “weirdo” or “oddball” out of [...]
Back in 2000 I attended a three day Discovery School program that was a key part of my journey into educational ICT. One of the tools referred to was the Software Pyramid, created by Victorian teacher Graeme Oswin which was a guide for schools to ensure that their software dollars were spent critically. Well, a [...]
Just a few quick notes about a few things catching my attention over the last week or so. With very little fanfare, del.icio.us has officially become delicious.com and the new interface (which I’d checked out a while back with a beta invite) is the new default. I found out about the upgrade via our school [...]
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