http://tsearl.edublogs.org Reflections on Learning 70:20:10 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:10:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After last weekends Federal COAG ICT largesse, its reassuring embattled Premier Rees has wasted no time in calling for new DET NSW technology supply tenders. As part of the Federal edrev, DET NSW have on their wish list the lure of a sub $500 "compact learning devices (CLD's)" for all 197,000 Year 9 to 12 students and wireless ... http://tsearl.edublogs.org/2008/12/03/a-little-laptop-action-at-last-yippee-ki-yay/ Poppy Masselos of Courier Mail Education summarises the Joel Klein story with comprehensive links highlighting his opacity. Klein is the controversial NY Schools Chancellor who has already angered countless Big Apple "education consumers" and Rudd/Gillard seem fixated on emulating his errors. Catch Klein's National Press Club talk today on ABC TV and make up your own mind. Chris Bonner's, author of The ... http://tsearl.edublogs.org/2008/11/26/us-teachers-flunk-chancellor-joel-klein-and-he%e2%80%99s-on-abc-tv-today/ Well 'scuse my newbieness, but these Eddies are now half a decade old and no one told me .... ppiff I say. Anyway here are my 2 bobs worth for the 2008 edublog awards Best class blog 2MGems To Mrs M and her 2M Gems, you guys rock. Love your site, love to see kids learning ... http://tsearl.edublogs.org/2008/11/25/2008-eddies-and-the-winner-is-sid-er-knee/ I blogged about edmodo, an educational microblogging app, a few months ago and thought we'd assess it as a learning tool during 4th term. Our class have been using edmodo for about 10 weeks now and my senior Modern History students are warming to it as they discover its increasing usefulness.  The hand out/in area is especially beneficial as ... http://tsearl.edublogs.org/2008/11/25/edmodo-10-weeks-on-fantastic/ ZDNet reports Oracle says at least one Federal government minister gets it, web2.0 that is. Lindsay Tanner yesterday admitted that government agencies lagged the rest of the world when it came to the use of information technology. He also flagged the government's intention to trial web 2.0 technologies next year (my edit ... http://tsearl.edublogs.org/2008/11/12/murmurs-of-web20-within-ok/ Now that DET's CCP rollout is gathering momentum and is now goût du mois for the mainstreamers, I'm thinking how can teachers best utilise this flattening ICT to best effect for PD? Darcy suggested sharing ideas on Year 7 teaming. Troy and Tony replied, "Yep, why not?" What other action research would ... http://tsearl.edublogs.org/2008/11/09/pd-via-vc-using-ccp-yippee/                                                                                                                                    An annoying ad for a certain cornchip cried a decade ago  'CC's, You Can't say No.' Fat kids resulted. Now the world can't afford to say "NO" to two vital 21st Century CC's. One CC stares our planet in the face, hope they're listening, Al is.  The world trusts BO is THE new energy and will urgently address climate change. The ... http://tsearl.edublogs.org/2008/11/09/i-like-ccs-do-you/ I enjoyed Jeffrey Cole's National Press Club address this morning on ABC TV.  Jeffrey, probably best known for his work with the Digital Future Project, has also spoken regularly at NPC and to other Australian media.  Topics discussed this morning included impacts of social networking like Facebook and My Space, carbon offsets, paper media ... http://tsearl.edublogs.org/2008/11/06/npc-jeffrey-cole/ NSW to Censor student laptops reports ZDnet from last weeks AIIA symposium. The proposal has outraged long standing e-business consultant and civil rights advocate, Roger Clarke.  "What credibility can a government organisation and educational bureaucracy have with the people they're trying to communicate with when the students, through all of their own devices and through ... http://tsearl.edublogs.org/2008/10/27/censorship-be-afraid-be-very-afraid-nsw/ image photogamer on flickr All students reflect as part of our college Reflection, Organisation And Reading programs. ROAR not only involves using a learning log (diary) to plan, record homework and organise assessments, it also encourages students to consciously record how they best learn. With fine tuning and more realistic goals, I think ROAR, a 4 year old program, will improve further in 2009. My question ... http://tsearl.edublogs.org/2008/10/26/what-did-you-learn-at-work-today/