Monthly Archive for April, 2011

Crowdsourcing To Supplement My Meager Scientific Knowledge

Published on April 15, 2011 in Inquiry. 3 Comments

Belinda, my neighbour in our new classroom block, went for a look at one of the newly amalgamated schools in the northern suburbs of Adelaide (dubbed one of the so called “super schools” by the Adelaide media). Today, she showed one of her photos from her visit that had both of us puzzled. Belinda pointed [...]

The Incredible Going Back In Time Facebook Machine

Published on April 9, 2011 in Personal Reflections. 1 Comment

I’m sure that people who friend me on Facebook are invariably disappointed because I don’t actually DO anything on there. I have a handful of people on my list who I was friendly with during secondary school but I’ve resisted adding anyone that I recognise in the same way I’ve avoided going back to any [...]

MIS 2011 – Melbourne Forum

Published on April 4, 2011 in Conferences & PD and Future Directions. 0 Comments

I returned yesterday from three days in Melbourne attending the first Microsoft Innovative Schools Forum for 2011. Twenty schools were selected from around Australia to participate as the 2011 cohort and Melbourne was the first event in a program that is designed to promote innovation and networking between public schools with a change agenda that [...]