“Why would I need a computer?”
My dad is very much a traditional man, living most of his life outside he pretty much does everything himself. He is a get it done man. No time for thinking about it or waiting for tomorrow. And he certainly has no time for the Internet or computers!…
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Loading ...Over the break I spent a lot of time catching up with family and friends, enjoying the festive season. It seemed that everyone I caught up with had something to say about their child’s school report coming home without comments.
Due to the Australian Education Union’s latest stage of industrial action, many Victorian teachers chose at the end of last year to ban any written comments and numerical assessment data on student reports.…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I believe in serendipitous learning. For those educators who are connected online, or consider themselves to be part of a professional learning network or PLN, such learning opportunities present themselves with regular frequency. Readers who have followed my blog for the past year know how exited I was when Darren Kuropatwa sent me an email suggesting that I might like to participate in a free, “massive open online course” or MOCC called Digital Storytelling – DS106.…
(+1 rating, 1 votes) Loading ...If you live in Australia and read or watch the news there isn’t much chance you missed the breaking news last week that Australia’s Education System is a disaster. In fact you wouldn’t be mocked for thinking that it might be end of education with words like lacklustre, disappointing, flat line, doubt, disaster. The list goes on.…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I have been thinking lately about how I conduct myself on social media. After reading George Couros‘ blog post on Professional vs Private I reflected on my own use of social media. I too have tended to separate my personal life which generally lives on Facebook and my professional life which predominantly lives in Twitter.…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Recently Julia Gillard, Australia’s Prime Minister, launched a competition to find the country’s best teacher. She asked people to share memories of their favourite teacher on her Facebook page, unfortunately preventing any student under the age 13 from sharing their favourite teacher.…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Last week I attended the Better Schools forum. Better Schools is mantra the Federal Government is using for its new campaign to improve the quality of education and equity of education throughout Australia.
Firstly, I have an issue with the title, Better Schools, implying that our schools are in major need of improving.…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...It has been a while since my last post and in that time a lot has changed. After 12 years in the primary classroom I have decided on a change from teaching and have started a job at Monash University as an Educational Designer.…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Recently the Department of Education and Early Childhood (DEECD) outlined its plan for reforming education in Victoria, Australia. The document, which you can read here, describes the vision for future education in Victoria and is open for discussion until September.…
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