http://blogs.educationau.edu.au//index.html Blogs at Education.AU Sat, 17 May 2008 09:10:22 CST RSS and Atom in Action - PlanetTool A US Report prepared in 2007 by ETS (Educational Testing Service) called America’s Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing Our Nation’s Future identified 3 powerful forces producing polarisation in American society. They are divergent skill distributions changing economy demographic trends The report’s executive summary makes interesting reading. Here are some of the trends: Wide disparity in literacy and numeracy skills USA ranks 16th out [...] Educationau http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2008/05/16/factors-influencing-the-future/ Fri, 16 May 2008 03:59:57 CST Kerrie Smith A discussion here yesterday with colleagues at education.au got me thinking about how different things might be once you can assume that every Year 9-12 secondary student has access to a computer all the time while at school. One of our group commented that everything that has happened so far in the last 20 years with [...] learning environments future schooling Educationau digital education revolution Australian education web 2.0 online technologies http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2008/05/15/digital-education-revolution-things-will-be-different/ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:18:54 CST Kerrie Smith Bloggers Unite is an initiative designed to harness the power of the blogosphere to make the world a better place. By challenging bloggers to blog about a particular social cause on a single day, a single voice can be joined with thousands of others to help make a real positive difference; from raising awareness for [...] communication tools Howard Rheingold blogs Educationau http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2008/05/14/bloggers-unite-for-human-rights-may-15/ Wed, 14 May 2008 02:32:29 CST Kerrie Smith National Simultaneous Storytime 2008 will take place on Wednesday 21 May at 11:00am throughout Australia. The children’s book, Arthur, written by Amanda Graham and illustrated by Donna Gynell, will be read simultaneously at participating organisations. There is an impressive list of intending participants. An initiative of the Australian Library and Information Association, National Simultaneous Storytime is [...] online projects Educationau OzProjects http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2008/05/14/national-simultaneous-storytime-australia/ Wed, 14 May 2008 11:09:05 CST Kerrie Smith The current Australian Government has made a commitment to reducing the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous learning outcomes. Indigenous education is not an area of expertise of mine (disclaimer) but it does seem to me that the issue is bigger than just indigenous education in itself, and may require some very creative thinking. There’s a [...] national curriculum early childhood Educationau playbased learning indigenous http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/jmillea/2008/05/13/reducing-the-gap-between-indigenous-and-non-indigenous-learning-outcomes/ Tue, 13 May 2008 09:09:47 CST Jen edna, me, and the digital world goes online with free online workshops Workshops: Wed. 18 June 2008 - times are AEST 8-9 am - social networking with me.edu.au 10-11 am - Finding resources for embedding in Multimedia 1-2 pm - Digital Literacies 4-5 pm - Learning without Borders 7.30-8.30 pm - Education in Other Worlds All sessions will use Wimba Live Classroom, [...] professional development Educationau web conferencing ednaworkshops08 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2008/05/12/edna-me-the-digital-world-go-online-june-18/ Mon, 12 May 2008 02:33:06 CST Kerrie Smith Stephen Downes presented a very engaging talk at the recent Eifel ePortfolio conference in Montreal. His presentation called My Digital Identity is well worth listening to. Stephen describes it as a “scattered presentation that looks at authentication and identification, resource profiles, and e-portfolios. Mixed in with notions of the self, potentiality, historicity, and dimensionality. With a description [...] eportfolio metadata Educationau e-portfolio digital footprint http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2008/05/12/who-am-i-my-digital-identity/ Mon, 12 May 2008 10:27:30 CST Kerrie Smith Oh the things you come across on Sunday mornings! Using a Wii remote, a tripod, bluetooth adaptor and home-made LED pens, the videos on this blog post will show you how to make your own interactive whiteboard for around $100. http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/2008/05/new-interactive-whiteboard-for-under.html   Educationau interactive whiteboard http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/kjohnson/2008/05/11/cant-afford-an-interactive-white-board-make-your-own/ Sun, 11 May 2008 11:20:46 CST KerryJ A Digital Education revolution Realising the possibilities - managing the realities The Australian Council for Educational Research and education.au supported by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), are presenting a series of symposia to explore and illuminate the possibilities and the realities of the implementation of the Digital Education revolution (DER). Website for more [...] Educationau http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2008/05/09/a-digital-education-revolution-australia-wide-symposia/ Fri, 9 May 2008 05:35:21 CST Kerrie Smith Today I got notification that my presentation for the Moodle Moot in Brisbane 2-3 October has been accepted. So hopefully I will be meeting up with some of my “virtual friends” there. Currently the organisers are still looking for presenters. The keynote speakers are Martin Dougiamas, Founder and Lead Developer of Moodle Professor Erica McWilliams, assistant Dean(research) for the [...] moodle Educationau Australian education http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2008/05/09/moodle-moot-au-08/ Fri, 9 May 2008 03:59:36 CST Kerrie Smith Yesterday I created a new edna group for blogging educators. Blogging Corner is a place for bloggers, would-be bloggers, and blogging mentors. Whether you are just starting out on your blogging journey, are some distance along the track, or have loads of experience, we hope there will be something here for you. Content and activities [...] communication tools blogs Educationau bloggingcorner08 http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2008/05/09/blogging-corner/ Fri, 9 May 2008 03:52:04 CST Kerrie Smith I have always wanted to have a go in a flight simulator and see if I could land a passenger jet without killing all on board. In an episode in the TV show, Mythbusters, the two presenters had the opportunity to do just that and it is an interesting case study on learning spaces, and [...] Educationau learning spaces http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/jmillea/2008/05/09/what-does-a-flight-simulator-have-to-do-with-learning-spaces/ Fri, 9 May 2008 08:22:50 CST Jen In January I wrote about the two way pipeline of creativity related to a Ted talk on how customers drive innovation. Today my RSS feed net caught a blog post from Steve Garfield on how he used the AV port on his Nokia N95 to plug in a shotgun mic - turning it into a much [...] Educationau http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/kjohnson/2008/05/08/from-mobile-phone-to-mobile-production-studio/ Thu, 8 May 2008 01:27:40 CST KerryJ One of my aims all this year has been to become a better blogger. I feel I have learnt a few lessons so far but have quite a way to go. Here are some of the things I feel I’ve learnt: choose topics that others want to know about don’t make your postings too long use a bit of white [...] professional learning blogs comment08 Educationau bloggingcorner08 community building http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/ksmith/2008/05/07/better-blogging/ Wed, 7 May 2008 03:49:51 CST Kerrie Smith In the wee hours of Sunday morning, I was awakened by my little grey cat’s need for affection. Unable to get back to sleep, I got up to use my computer to whittle my to-do list down to size after a recent illness, only to discover our internet connection had dropped out during the [...] digital photography blogging Educationau http://blogs.educationau.edu.au/kjohnson/2008/05/04/whats-a-computer-to-you/ Sun, 4 May 2008 09:34:32 CST KerryJ