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21st century Learning Spaces

May 22, 2009 – 1:05 pm

Some time ago, in Redesigning our Physical Spaces, I blogged about how to get full benefit of the Digital Education Rollout (DER), we couldn’t just take the computers on offer and plug them into our conventional classrooms.
I asked Have Australian schools had to alter the layout of their classrooms to accommodate the DER? […]

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Check your technologies in here please

May 11, 2009 – 9:26 am

The recently published CoSN report Leadership for Web 2.0 in Education: Promise and Reality says that despite “a growing body of evidence that the collaboration inherent in the participatory
nature of Web 2.0 tools can be leveraged to deepen student learning through authentic, real-world learning…. too many are being asked to check their technologies each morning […]

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DER progress report

April 8, 2009 – 11:57 am

A preliminary survey of the Australian Government’s Digital Education Revolution (DER) rollout in February 2008 contains two interesting graphics.
Chart 1 shows the computer to student ratio for Schools, Years 9 to 12 before the commencement of the fund. The first survey was conducted in January 2008.
Hard as it is to believe, it shows that there […]

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Horizon Report 2009 K12 Edition

March 25, 2009 – 8:41 am

The first ever Horizon Report for the K12 sector describes the continuing work of the NMC’s Horizon Project, a research-oriented effort that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies that will likely have a significant impact on K-12 education.
See web version or download pdf.
The Horizon Report: 2009 K-12 edition is a publication of the New […]

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Digital Britain

February 24, 2009 – 8:00 am

Late in January this year the British government published a plan called digital Britain- interim report to secure Britain’s place at the forefront of the global digital economy. The interim report contains more than 20 recommendations, including specific proposals on:
* next generation networks
* universal access to broadband
[…]

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Measuring 21st century skills

December 5, 2008 – 11:45 am

I’m wittering on again about 21st century skills. Should we ever come to agreement about what they are, whether they are simply old skills by a new name, or whether they are an entirely new set of things to teach, breed, develop or inculcate, how are we then going to measure them?
This is precisely what […]

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Rupert Murdoch speaks about education

November 25, 2008 – 11:00 am

Here are some links to some of the things Rupert Murdoch has said recently about Australian education and our national future.
Education is a global currency
An article in the Australian newspaper in which he says that business companies need to take a more active part in working with government to ensure that the schools are giving […]

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The importance of 7

November 21, 2008 – 2:55 pm

It is interesting to reflect on the number 7: 7 days of the week, the 7 Deadly Sins, the 7 Wonders of the ancient world, and now the 7 skills today’s students desperately need.
Tony Wagner addressed the US State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) this week, and told the audience that their focus on testing […]

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technologies and education: the future, future schools, curriculum

November 7, 2008 – 3:25 pm

More of these videos that I’ve been exploring.
This is a much less extensive list than the one I posted yesterday on mobile technologies, so I’m sure you won’t have any problems in suggesting some others.
My criteria: the video should some how relate to education (or an educational issue), good quality, run for about 5 minutes […]

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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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