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Monthly Archives: July 2008

The Olympics are coming

July 29, 2008 – 5:16 pm

The Beijing Olympics begin in less than two weeks.
Students can learn about the Olympics through an edna theme page. Through the theme page access a wealth of categorised and selected resources on the edna site, or a variety of other items through our search partners. The theme page includes RSS feeds from the […]

By Kerrie Smith | Posted in Educationau, teaching and learning | Comments (0)

Screencasting for professional development purposes

July 28, 2008 – 12:20 pm

On weekend I was playing around with Screencast-o-matic, a screen casting creator which allows the user to create a tour of a website or a blog.
I have created a screencast about an edna Group called Blogging Corner at http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cjitbUVGC
I have invited members of Blogging Corner to play around and create a Screen Cast of their […]

By Kerrie Smith | Posted in Educationau | Comments (0)

How Green is your DER?

July 25, 2008 – 4:50 pm

A very satisfied ICT Cordinator reported on a list that I belong to: “we purchased 210 computers, delivered on 3 July and during the July holiday break our Network manager, one technician and four Yr 12 ITVet students deployed them throughout the College. Wednesday was our first day back for the start of Term 3 […]

By Kerrie Smith | Posted in Educationau, digital education revolution | Comments (6)

Can an iPhone be an educational tool?

July 23, 2008 – 5:11 pm

As with all new technology, there are those who are hailing the new iPhone as a technological breakthrough that will have a huge impact on education.
Here are some articles to consider

New iPhone apps aim to enhance education

3 Features that will impact education
Elliot Masie’s early report

For those who haven’t yet managed to play with one, […]

By Kerrie Smith | Posted in Educationau | Comments (4)

Learning is a Conversation!

July 18, 2008 – 8:54 am

Yesterday Chris Betcher, he of http://betch.edublogs.org/, was a keynote speaker at the CEGSA conference. The conference theme is Learning is a Conversation, and Chris made some really interesting points that you might like to think about.

Learning in the 21st century is social.
Learning happens through our conversations.
The boundaries to where we have our conversations have […]

By Kerrie Smith | Posted in Educationau, informal learning, professional learning, CEGSA | Comments (3)

Transforming education with technology

July 17, 2008 – 9:43 am

An article on eSCHOOL NEWS titled NECC highlights tech’s ‘transformative’ power reports on the 2008 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in San Antonio. Transformation and collaboration were the central ideas.
ISTE President Trina J. Davis opened the conference by challenging attendees to really transform education through the use of technology, not just layer technology onto traditional […]

By Kerrie Smith | Posted in Educationau, changes in education | Comments (0)

How does your Blog stand up?

July 16, 2008 – 2:59 pm

I am really interested in what makes a good blog and it has been in my thoughts off and on for most of this year.
More than that I am also interested in what functions a blog can have in a teacher’s professional development, in their professional portfolio, or their professional learning environment.
You will see some […]

By Kerrie Smith | Posted in Educationau, communication tools, personal learning environments, bloggingcorner08 | Comments (2)

Should July 9 be Australia Day?

July 11, 2008 – 10:16 am

I’m recalling all the controversial discussion we’ve had in the past about the appropriateness of January 26, the date of Cook’s landing at Botany Bay in 1788, and the consequent annexing of Australia to the British Empire by the simple planting of a flag that ignored the rights of the traditional owners, as a day […]

By Kerrie Smith | Posted in Educationau, Australian education, national curriculum, Australian history, significant dates | Comments (1)

World Youth Day, 15 July

July 10, 2008 – 9:11 am

This is another one of those internationally significant days that you will find on edna’s Australian Schools Calendar.
World Youth Day is part of the Catholic Church’s week of events for youth and with youth. It gathers thousands of young people from around the world to celebrate and learn about the Catholic faith and to build […]

By Kerrie Smith | Posted in Educationau | Comments (2)

World Population Day, 11 July 2008

July 9, 2008 – 10:15 am

The focus of World Population Day 2008 is family planning: PLAN YOUR FUTURE, PLAN YOUR FAMILY.
The slogan on the UNFPA site says Plan to beat poverty. Plan to gain equality. Plan to beat maternal death. Forty years after world leaders declared in 1968 that individuals have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly […]

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