I have just updated these web pages. Each contains lists of links to teaching tips and lesson plans.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Learning Networks and Connective Knowledge
What do you see when you look through a computer?
Stephen Downes' presentation
so much more than text and images ...
http://www.downes.ca/files/toronto2006.ppt#256,1,
What do we see when we look through a computer?
Monday, June 26, 2006
The Smart Classrooms Professional Development Framework trial
The Smart Classrooms Professional Development Framework trial is open for registrations.
In term 3, 100 teachers will be funded 3 TRS days to participate in an online course trialing the Framework. Successful participants will be accredited with the ICT Pedagogical Licence.
ICT Curriculum Integration online course
Teachers will be required to participate in a 10 week online course and construct a digital portfolio. The course will take approximately 40 hours of commitment. The registration cost is $300 (+GST).
Download an application kit today. Don’t miss out!
education
In term 3, 100 teachers will be funded 3 TRS days to participate in an online course trialing the Framework. Successful participants will be accredited with the ICT Pedagogical Licence.
ICT Curriculum Integration online course
Teachers will be required to participate in a 10 week online course and construct a digital portfolio. The course will take approximately 40 hours of commitment. The registration cost is $300 (+GST).
Download an application kit today. Don’t miss out!
education
New Professionalism Program
2006 GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
- 108 Scholarships/Grants now across EIGHT CATEGORIES
- via the links below.
Closing dates: 14 July 2006 for teacher aides
11 August 2006 for remaining categories
The New Professionalism program recognizes that employees continue their individual development of understandings and skills that are essential to providing a quality public education system that delivers opportunities for all students.
Teachers, teacher aides, principals, managers, therapists, administrators — it doesn 't matter what the role in the many services provided throughout the department - professional development is pivotal to providing a quality service.
The department offers a range of scholarships and grants under the New Professionalism banner not only to ensure the future capability of our people but also to acknowledge and encourage the talents of its valuable employees.
education, new professionalism
Sunday, June 25, 2006
29 Marbles - Autism and its impact
Thoughts and discussion on autism and its impact on individuals and society
visit 29 Marbles
autism, education
visit 29 Marbles
autism, education
Visual Literacy: An Institutional Imperative
Susan E. Metros and Kristina Woolsey
Academics have a long history of claiming and defending the superiority of verbal over visual for representing knowledge. By dismissing imagery as mere decoration, they have upheld the sanctity of print for academic discourse. However, in the last decade, digital technologies have broken down the barriers between words and pictures, and many of these same academics are now willing to acknowledge that melding text with image constructs new meaning, and some may even go so far as to admit that images, as communication devices, can stand on their own.
visual literacy, education
Saturday, June 24, 2006
YOUNG AND WIRED
Computers, cell phones, video games, blogs, text messages -- how will the sheer amount of time spent plugged in affect our kids?
education
Study Backs Calif. Preschool Proposal
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Intel's answer to $100 laptop: Eduwise
The $400 machine for developing markets can do more than MIT prof's $100 laptop, Intel says
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, has responded to MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte's $100 laptop with a low-cost mobile PC of its own for students in developing markets. The $400 machine, called Eduwise, reportedly will run either Microsoft's Windows or the open-source Linux operating system, and though it's aimed first at developing countries, an Intel spokesman said the company will explore interest in the device from U.S. schools "over time."
Read on ...
education
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, has responded to MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte's $100 laptop with a low-cost mobile PC of its own for students in developing markets. The $400 machine, called Eduwise, reportedly will run either Microsoft's Windows or the open-source Linux operating system, and though it's aimed first at developing countries, an Intel spokesman said the company will explore interest in the device from U.S. schools "over time."
Read on ...
education
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
School Library 2.0
A group of students from Lakeview High School in Battle Creek, MI, is sitting down to a discussion of Elie Wiesels Night (Hill & Wang, 1960). Its a fairly typical exercisethe Nobel Laureates haunting memoir of the Holocaust has been widely read in high schools (long before being tapped for Oprahs book club earlier this year).
Not so typical is the discussion itself. It will take place entirely online, in the form of a blog.
Read on …
education, bloggng in education, library
Not so typical is the discussion itself. It will take place entirely online, in the form of a blog.
Read on …
education, bloggng in education, library
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Teaching to Learn
From the Unravelling to Understand blog
"I mentioned in a previous post how I learned some skills in scouting better when I had to teach them. They just stuck in my mind better. I urge you to try prepare a lesson to teach if you are struggling with a subject. Something amazing happens when your purpose is to help someone else. It's as if the specifics of the skills are forced into your brain because you have a mission."
Read the whole post
learning, education
"I mentioned in a previous post how I learned some skills in scouting better when I had to teach them. They just stuck in my mind better. I urge you to try prepare a lesson to teach if you are struggling with a subject. Something amazing happens when your purpose is to help someone else. It's as if the specifics of the skills are forced into your brain because you have a mission."
Read the whole post
learning, education
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Parents urged to reject new report cards
Australian parents are being urged to reject a new report card system that grades their children from A to E.
National bodies representing parents of government school students and teachers are encouraging parents to refuse to accept the new cards, The Australian newspaper reported on Saturday. Read on ...
education, assessment, reporting
Thursday, June 15, 2006
The journey ahead - literacy
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Yr3/4 Literacy Blog
Year 3 and 4 students in Muxton Primary have been using a blog to share comments linked to 4 magazine advertisements they have been discussing.
To keep an eye on their progress click on http://muxton.edublogs.org/tag/magazine/
You can see from the dates and times of postings that some children have been working on this at home.
education, eduation blogs
Microsoft Innovative Teachers Award 2006
Searching for Australia's most innovative teachers...
Could one of them be you?
The search is on again to discover Australia's most innovative teachers, and this year's awards recognise both individual and team approaches.
Perhaps you've created individualised learning environments, or designed better ways for your students to engage with staff peers and experts from around the world. Or maybe your team has implemented a best-practice project that redefines learning or student assessment.
Whatever inspired you to integrate technology into the curriculum, the Microsoft Innovative Teachers Award is your opportunity to share your experiences with other teachers who, like you, are enthusiastic about creating a curriculum that responds to changes in our society. Read on ...
education, education and technology,
Could one of them be you?
The search is on again to discover Australia's most innovative teachers, and this year's awards recognise both individual and team approaches.
Perhaps you've created individualised learning environments, or designed better ways for your students to engage with staff peers and experts from around the world. Or maybe your team has implemented a best-practice project that redefines learning or student assessment.
Whatever inspired you to integrate technology into the curriculum, the Microsoft Innovative Teachers Award is your opportunity to share your experiences with other teachers who, like you, are enthusiastic about creating a curriculum that responds to changes in our society. Read on ...
education, education and technology,
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Free maths worksheets
Math-Drills.Com includes over 6000 free math worksheets with answer keys. These printable worksheets can be used for assessment, mental math, algorithm practice, and a variety of other activities. You are welcome to use any of the free math worksheets on this website as long as they are helping you or someone else to learn math
maths, education,
Monday, June 12, 2006
Teachers stand firm over OBE dispute
A Western Australia Government meeting with education groups has failed to allay fears that teachers may boycott the new outcomes-based education (OBE) courses next year. Read on ...
education
education
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Micosoft Innovative Teachers Award 2006
Searching for Australia's most innovative teachers... Could one of them be you?
The search is on again to discover Australia's most innovative teachers, and this year's awards recognise both individual and team approaches.
Perhaps you've created individualised learning environments, or designed better ways for your students to engage with staff peers and experts from around the world. Or maybe your team has implemented a best-practice project that redefines learning or student assessment.
Whatever inspired you to integrate technology into the curriculum, the Microsoft Innovative Teachers Award is your opportunity to share your experiences with other teachers who, like you, are enthusiastic about creating a curriculum that responds to changes in our society.
teachers, education
Saturday, June 10, 2006
EBSCO Publishing is offering free access to the new Teacher Reference Center
From ITI Newsbreaks Weekly News
EBSCO Publishing (http://www.epnet.com/) is offering free access to the new Teacher Reference Center, a bibliographic index of more than 260 titles from teacher and administration trade journals, periodicals, and books. The database, delivered via the EBSCOhost platform, is available as a free resource to anyone interested in teaching and education.
Teacher Reference Center provides coverage on topics such as assessment, best practices, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, elementary education, higher education, instructional media, language arts, literacy standards, school administration, science and mathematics, teacher education, and more.
Teacher Reference Center is currently available at http://www.libraryresearch.com/, along with EBSCO Publishing’s free Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) database. In the coming weeks it will move to http://www.teacherreference.com. Existing EBSCOhost customers may request to have Teacher Reference Center added to their existing EBSCOhost profiles at no additional charge.
education
EBSCO Publishing (http://www.epnet.com/) is offering free access to the new Teacher Reference Center, a bibliographic index of more than 260 titles from teacher and administration trade journals, periodicals, and books. The database, delivered via the EBSCOhost platform, is available as a free resource to anyone interested in teaching and education.
Teacher Reference Center provides coverage on topics such as assessment, best practices, continuing education, current pedagogical research, curriculum development, elementary education, higher education, instructional media, language arts, literacy standards, school administration, science and mathematics, teacher education, and more.
Teacher Reference Center is currently available at http://www.libraryresearch.com/, along with EBSCO Publishing’s free Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) database. In the coming weeks it will move to http://www.teacherreference.com. Existing EBSCOhost customers may request to have Teacher Reference Center added to their existing EBSCOhost profiles at no additional charge.
education
Thursday, June 08, 2006
LMS and LCMS demystified
One Letter Away from Each Other as Acronyms, but Miles Apart in Practice
Learning management systems (LMS) and learning content management systems (LCMS) really have two very different functions. It's unfortunate that both have such similar names and a shared acronym, which only serves to confuse e-learning buyers even more.
The primary objective of a learning management system is to manage learners, keeping track of their progress and performance across all types of training activities. By contrast, a learning content management system manages content or learning objects that are served up to the right learner at the right time.
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