An interesting study has come to my notice today, into factors in the rising rate of early retirement by secondary school teachers. This appears to be happening even despite (or perhaps because of) the shortage of qualified, experienced teachers.
Mark Keogh, a researcher at Queensland University of Technology, is “inviting secondary teachers who have retired between […]
Once again I’ve borrowed the title of this blog from elsewhere, this time from a news item from eSchoolNews who have put together some stories about how some schools are transforming the use of technology in classrooms.
Preparing today’s youth to succeed in the digital economy requires a new kind of teaching and learning. Skills […]
February 28, 2008 – 11:47 am
In educational terms, our Leap Year system is the result of a scientific, astrological problem, and serves to show the influence of scientific thinking on our daily lives.
It is the perfect illustration of how a day, recorded on the edna’s School’s Calendar, might result in the investigation of topical science, history, maths, social science, and […]
February 12, 2008 – 12:05 pm
Thanks to Stephen Downes’ OLDaily today for pointing me towards this very interesting article in the Washington Post. In an article titled A School That’s Too High on Gizmos, English teacher Patrick Welsh writes provocatively about what he calls technolust - “the insatiable need to acquire the latest, fastest, most exotic computer gadgets”. The high […]
February 8, 2008 – 7:30 am
Private sector grabs Rhodes scholar in The Australian’s Higher Education section on Feb 7 takes the NSW Education Department to task for their insistence three years ago that a Rhodes Scholar would not be employed as a teacher until she had some teaching qualifications. The stumbling block was the completion of a one-year diploma of […]
February 7, 2008 – 7:29 am
The Australian Government has established a Digital Education Revolution website at http://www.digitaleducationrevolution.gov.au/. The main items on the site at present are a definition of the program as it relates to Australian schools, some information about the broadband fibre scheme, a short FAQ page, and information about a subscription service that will notify subscribers of significant […]
January 29, 2008 – 11:26 am
In many Australian states, the day after the Australia Day long weekend is when the new school year begins. This is the case in 2008 in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, and Victoria. School recommences in the Northern Territory on 30 January, in the ACT on 1 February, in Western Australia on 4 February, and Tasmania, which still uses […]
December 18, 2007 – 2:25 pm
I’ve been listening to an ABC podcast, a Background Briefing, that says the Australian public primary school system in real danger of disappearing - small state primary schools to be replaced by bigger schools, a new kind of primary school coming - ready or not. Bigger schools, different ways of learning, more special interest groups in class. Not […]
September 20, 2007 – 3:39 pm
“Low-cost school computing set to take off” - this article in the US online publication eSCHOOL NEWS is about multi-user virtual desktop software and inexpensive computer terminals raging from $40 US.
The devices will be both mobile and non-mobile, and it is anticipated some will have a wireless capacity. A Californian firm is supplying the republic of […]
