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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Are you an agent for change?

October 31, 2008 – 8:54 am

I came across a challenge laid down at NECC in June this year where ISTE President Trina J. Davis challenged attendees to really transform education through the use of technology, not just implement small changes. It was a message repeated at ACEC2008 and which I blogged about earlier but I think today, on World Teachers’ […]

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ISTE NETS for Teachers

October 31, 2008 – 7:59 am

At NECC in June, ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, released the next generation of NETS for Teachers which focuses on ”using technology to learn and teach.”
“Teachers must become comfortable as co-learners with their students and with colleagues around the world. Today it is less about staying ahead and more about moving ahead as members […]

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Australia Celebrates World Teachers’ Day 2008

October 30, 2008 – 3:13 pm

Elsewhere in the world World Teachers’ Day is celebrated on 5 October every year. But here in Australia most of our schools are always on holiday on that date, so we celebrate on the last Friday of October.
This year’s slogan is Teachers Matter!

World Teachers’ Day acknowledges the efforts of teachers in an increasingly complex, multicultural […]

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The State of the Revolution

October 29, 2008 – 8:37 am

28 October, ABC’s Australia Talks, Education Revolution. - podcast of the programme available.
The preamble:
The Rudd government says it’s committed to establishing Australia as one of the world’s most highly educated and skilled nations. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the promised education revolution marks the first time all states and territories have committed to a national […]

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Is the Cloud already here?

October 27, 2008 – 4:14 pm

A special report from The Economist argues that the cloud is already here. We have seen its early manifestations in Google and the applications it has spawned, and the cloud is here to stay.
In some ways the cloud is already hanging in the sky, especially for consumers. According to a recent study, 69% of Americans […]

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Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year Announced

October 27, 2008 – 8:53 am

MEDIA RELEASE
27 October 2008
Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year 2008
The Australian School Library Association Inc. (ASLA) and Pledger Consulting Pty Ltd (LinksPlus/Weblinks) have pleasure in announcing the winner of the 2008 Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year Award - Jan Radford from Delany College, Granville, New South Wales.
This national award recognises and honours an exceptional […]

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27 October, International School Library Day

October 27, 2008 – 7:52 am

ISLD is celebrated world-wide, today, the 4th Monday of October.
This year’s theme is: Literacy and Learning at Your School Library.
The underlying message is that school libraries make a difference. They have a formidable, sometimes under-recognised, under-estimated impact on student achievement.
ASLA says “School libraries play an important role within school communities as centres for teaching and […]

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Cloud Computing… implications

October 24, 2008 – 11:41 am

Many people are now talking about Cloud Computing as the Next Big Thing.
In teaching and learning there are many the implications, and I do realise that here I am only skimming the surface. I would be glad of your comments, about what else you can see.

the applications will mainly be browser based, with software running […]

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Cloud Computing …. issues?

October 22, 2008 – 12:36 pm

I had a chance today to listen to the ABC Radio National Background Briefing which I referred to yesterday. I used both the transcript which the above link gives you, but also listened to the podcast stored at Mediafly.
The main concern about cloud computing seems to centre around the storage of personal sensitive data. Cloud computing […]

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Sanitation and Disease OzProjects special events

October 22, 2008 – 7:37 am

Did you know that November 19th is World Toilet Day and that there is a World Toilet Organization?  Founder of the World Toilet Organization, Jack Sim has kindly agreed to be a guest in the Primary Sanitation and Disease OzProject at
http://www.ozprojects.edu.au/course/view.php?id=19
Jack will enter a specially created forum in the project on November 17th to answer […]

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