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Schooling in the 21st century

August 13, 2007 – 11:18 am

I have just listened to the latest ABC edpod podcast.
Education consultant David Loader believes that schools have to change or risk losing the attention of the cyber-generation. A former school principal, with over thirty years experience, he challenges schools to reinvent themselves as learning networks, drawing on the resources of the Internet and the wider […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, Australian education, learning environments, future schooling | Comments (2)

The numbers game

March 1, 2007 – 11:53 am

The ABS tells us that ‘More students are staying to Year 12, but there are fewer male teachers’ (press release, 26 Feb 2007).
ABS urls are generally horrendous, so here is a nice short edna one http://url.edna.edu.au/72NH
Some interesting food for thought in this and related files.

more students are staying on to Year 12
only 32% of teachers […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, statistics, Australian education | Comments (1)

Safety on the internet

December 21, 2006 – 10:43 am

Safety of children on the internet is a topic of interest to both teachers and parents.
Many teachers and parents have widely varying opinions on how interventionist we need to be. Most Australian education departments have implemented internet monitoring software, as well as utilising “Acceptable Use” policies. These measures are often not matched in the home, where […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Educationau, internet safety, online technologies | Comments (3)