Jun 10 2008
About
I am a secondary school teacher in NSW Australia applying emerging technologies to enhance classroom learning.
Constructivism, Project Based Learning, flat classroom and the New South Wales Department of Education & Training (NSW DET) Connected Classroom Project (CCP) are particular interests.
Seeking student evaluation and ensuring a student centred approach is paramount. “Does this application have learning merit?” is a priority question. The innundation of educational web2.0 tools, to supposedly improve learner outcomes, demands careful scrutiny.
June 2008. Attended a refreshingly ‘non tech North Coast Region tech conference’ in May and decided I’d make web2.0 a personal PD project.
July 2008. One month into my web2.0 expedition, I can see a whole new educational world opening. Work no longer seems like work as I find ideas and stories that inspire me and real people who know and share. Web2.0 is a place to reflect, retract, repeat and research. I like this learning.
August 2008.
- Sharing ideas daily with all students and interested staff, love these chats.
- I am100% convinced that all learners in the 21st Century MUST engage with this world.
- It is not acceptable for me to say “I am retiring soon” for my students aren’t.
- Enjoying my learning again and professional development is mine, not imposed.
- web2.0 is THE best learning since ’sliced bread’, hence the new blog title.
- 70:20:10 rule is so true Thanks again Tomaz for the insight.
September 2008
Pleased with staff responses to our introductory web2.0 learning project. An acronmyn task promoted discussion as intended, many asked questions or sought help from the just in time learning team, staff ICT survey feedback, drop in/drop out Wednesdays are planned, another IWB ordered, a few ostriches remain but no suprises there, Click magazine was distributed to parents (also very useful for staff, hope they had a read)
The realisation that 21st century pedagogy is central to the changes in the next three years is the key point. Technology is but one tool and as we can, we will integrate more. Future education is not about the latest gizmo’s, or even VC which is a minor component of CCP NSW, but challenging all learners to understand the deeper implications of the changes facing education globally.
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Ok progress is being made with DET filters. I’m glad they are listening.
Wikis were finally unblocked, a BIG thank you to Elaine.
Now I’ll get my students to evaluate what is useful and what we need to chuck out.
Tony, your blog is looking great and we are on the same wave length re: Web 2.0 and how it has the potential to reinvigorate pedagogy and learning opportunities for us all.
We are waiting for our Connected Classroom - probably term 3 - but the experience of purchasing an IWB and havibg it installed by the ICT Fleet mamanagement process has been a debacle and very worrying. The centralisation of such a vast enterprize seems unwise - at best - and potentially will slow down the modernising of DET schools.
Are you on tweeter, tony?
…or rather, tweeting on Twitter.
Darcy, no twitter yet,
having DELL fleet “control” the ICT platform is to leverage cheaper prices, much cheaper, but I’d like to know who gets the savings? schools or a central global budget? Was the DET installed IWB a separate board or the connected classroom one? Why was the instal a debacle?
Took the plunge today to see what its all about.
Now tweeting on twitter as TonySearl
WT? am I geeking out or wot?
Hi Tony,
Your blog is looking very flash…how did you do the hand drawn clock thing? (Thanks Darcy, answering as an edit whilst our staff engage with a small PBL task we’ve got running for 3 weeks, can I ask for your input at some stage in a week or two? oh yeah, there is an embed link in the clock to get your own code)
Hi Tony,
I have also subscribed to your blog in Google Reader and it is now added to the history bloggers on these two pages:
http://blog.larkin.net.au/blogroll/
http://www.larkin.net.au/020_technology_blogrolls.html
Best wishes
John
Hi,
Just discovered your blog through Vicki Davis’ CoolCatTeacher Blog. What a great find…..
How you expressed your discoveries over the past three months is exactly the path I am travelling. I discovered all things 2.0 11 months ago and what a wild journey….After 33 years of teaching and enjoying it, I am in love with it again and the learning curve. There are not enough hours in the day to do and learn all that I want to do.
I have been so turned on by the whole topic and the future that I finally started that long put off Masters Degree. In what? Well, Integrated Technology Grades 3-12, of course.
I love the challenge.
Keep writing and thinking and I will follow your brain when mine is confused and fried.
Heather