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Monthly Archives: September 2007

Surprised…not really, it has always been about good learning and teaching

September 28, 2007 – 3:07 pm

I have had sometime to reflect on the recent visit from the UK of Owen Lynch and his colleagues from Ireland, Jimmy Stewart and Tom McMullan. We visited some schools in NSW and Victoria. In particular we visited Belmore South Primary School on the fringe of inner city Sydney. As their website says, ‘we are […]

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Which tool, when and appropriate use

September 18, 2007 – 4:50 pm

I have been very lucky to be travelling with a UK delegation this week that is visiting Australian schools and Departments as part of their investigation of emerging practices and issues with the use of ICTs. Owen Lynch, former CEO of Becta, with some Irish Colleagues (Tom McMullan and Jimmy Stewart - former and current […]

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Inspirational Visionary

September 6, 2007 – 7:41 pm

There are some moments at conferences that are simply inspirational. Satoshi Fukushima, spoke at the Regional Advisory Council for the Partners in Learning program for Microsoft in Tokyo, Japan today. Satoshi is blind and deaf, and he is currently a professor at the University of Tokyo (the first to do so and at 38). He […]

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