Sliced Bread

There is much to like in this excellent presentation.

Fullan’s quote (slide 46 from1993) has long been a personal favourite. 

“Especially in moral occupations like teaching, the more one takes the risk to express personal purpose, the more kindred spirits one will find” Fullan 1993

Many teachers remain successful risk averse islands, correctly lauded due to their right results for the school assessors who seem to matter in society; governments, employers and tertiary entrance. 

Should schools even risk achieving the moral requisite of liberal life long learning, when MySchool data ( I will not link), media league tables(even worse), workplace demands and high stakes testing are diametrically opposed to it ?

Or instead? Be a change agent. Think global, act local.

Developed countries education priorities.

Please don’t let her be held back another year.

Consider & give if you can. 

That is all.

 LeWeb09 is the annual European internet conference and this year’s event was held earlier this month in Paris.

The theme, Real Time Web, threw up a plethora of thought provokers, utopian extremists and creative start up predictions. All valuable brain food for the internet melting pot.

If you can, find a spare 16′22″ sometime this summer and see if you think the keynote by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan articulates and summarises important technlogy developments better than the average monarch. I do.

The Queen of Australia, despite twittering, might even pick up a few pointers for her Annual address to the realm. Until 2010, Happy NewYear all.