In Brussels working with teachers from around the world on selecting content for learning and looking at the concept of travel well as part of the EUN project funded by the Hewlett Foundation. We are exploring what characteristics allow resources to be used across countries.
Barbara (from the US) showed the http://nobelprize.org/educational_games site. She said that this […]
November 6, 2008 – 9:04 am
Good to have George back in Australia…Here’s my interpretation of his talk.
Critical change in education is the shift to networks and connections. If we know how and why connections occur then we have a better chance of delivering learning regardless of where learning occurs. Learning is the process of engaging within networks. Technology amplifies the […]
Alan Hird, Director, Professional Learning Team at the Department of Education, Employment, and workplace relations (DEEWR) spoke about the relationships that have been developed to govern the DER. He spoke particularly about the Australian ICT in Education Committee (AICTEC) which is taking responsibility for determining the priorities for the spend of the DER. AICTEC is establishing […]
In my presentation I show a video of people building a plane while they are flying the plane. Its a nice metaphor for what we have been doing for sometime. We seem to be making it up as we go along. That seems appropriate given the fast pace at which the technology and the world is […]
October 12, 2007 – 9:45 am
Michael Furdyk, Co-founder and Director of Technology for TakingITGlobal.org, spoke at the ACEL conference today about his own experience of growing up a Gen Y over the past 10 years.
Michael has a wealth of interesting experiences like being able to work on his internet business as part of his school prgram and this led to […]
October 2, 2007 – 10:15 am
Howard Rheingold spoke today about the new critical literacy required by students because the function that in the past resided with people in authority (eg the librarian) has shifted to search engines…….but the results are not always accurate and the sources are not necessarily authorative.
A fear that critical literacy might incite radicalised students rather than students […]
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 […]
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 […]
August 31, 2007 – 10:45 am
I asked Mark Pesce, who hosted the afternoon sessions at both the Jimmy Wales and danah boyd seminar to reflect on the Jimmy Wales seminar. Mark’s insights into the challenges and opportunities can be summarised into three areas of consideration
Control vs Chaos (Didn’t Maxwell Smart have a take on this!!)
Although Wikipedia may seemingly have a […]
August 8, 2007 – 11:38 am
danah speaks of a concept of networked publics. Online spaces that communities gather to communicate and collaborate. These communities come together because they are passionate about their specific areas of interest. In these communities, the participants know the norms for behaviour.
In the early days, public spaces, such as moderated usenets and listserves, where you could […]
