Posted in blogging, web 2.0 learning on Nov 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Some things old and familiar, some things unexpected and new; the edublogs awards always have something of interest.
If you’re up to your neck writing reports, correcting exams, sitting in planning meetings or reviewing your course, then bookmark the site and revisit it over the summer holidays and see how some educators are embracing the blogging [...]
Posted in conferences, curriculum, politics on Nov 19th, 2007 No Comments »
I must admit that, at times during the Curriculum Corporation Conference in Sydney I felt like a tiny voice of dissent in a chorus of support for national curriculum.
Not surprising perhaps, given the positioning of the Curriculum Corporation as an agent of federal government, but there was almost an inevitability about it all as speaker [...]
Posted in conferences on Nov 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Just back from two conferences (ASCD/ACEL) and Curriculum Corporation and the indisputable winner is … (drum roll) … FINLAND.
This gorgeous little country with the jagged edges was on the lips of lots of presenters who pointed to its show-stopping international test results such a PISA.
Apparently, educational researchers from all over the world are [...]
Posted in conferences on Nov 9th, 2007 No Comments »
Globalisation and internationalism are the themes of this year’s Curriculum Corporation Conference, beginning in Sydney next week. Key ideas on the program are:
Key values and ideas that shape the curriculum
Learning in an interconnected world
Characteristics of a successful learner in the 21st century
Excellence and equity in the curriculum
21st century expectations of schools and the profession.
More details [...]
