Posted in tools and gadgets, wikis on Jun 12th, 2007 1 Comment »
Earlier this year I blogged about a concept mapping software called Rationale, which has some nice features, particularly in the area of planning essays and analysing arguments. Not quite the free-form approach of Inspiration, and not the crazy online lower-caese way of bubbl.us I was talking about earlier this week, but some good specific features [...]
Posted in education-news, politics, teaching, teaching strategies on Jun 12th, 2007 2 Comments »
The ABC reports today that the Federal Government plans to push ahead with a trial of performance pay for teachers despite a lack of evidence that it will actually work (in improving learning) and with a woeful lack of understanding of the complexities involved. My fear is that the Federal Opposition will play tweedle-dum and [...]
Posted in teaching, web 2.0 learning on Jun 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Rate my Teacher is a US based website that allows students to rate their teachers. It’s taken off like wildfire in some schools, hasn’t got much traction in others. Today the AGE reported on it and said:
Australian Education Union state branch president Mary Bluett said the site was scurrilous.
“It’s a site that shouldn’t be [...]
