This title comes from an article in the Australian last weekend. Technology is changing the way we learn, the way our students learn, and it must have that effect too on the way we teach. It is interesting to read what the first teacher interviewed for this article says:
an initial steep learning curve is followed […]
Figures I have recently heard from a number of sources, mainly anecdotally, is that if you look at any gaggle of educators in the Western world, engagement in using ICT tools is at about 20%. What is occupying a lot of attention is how to engage the other 80%.
One of the frustrations continues to be […]
First of all a survey that edna is running
We are reviewing the services we provide through Education Network Australia (edna) in order to improve the service and determine future priorities.
Your feedback on the edna website, edna Groups , newsletters and other edna services will be invaluable.
The survey will take no longer than 5 minutes […]
In 1999 UNESCO proclaimed 21 February as The International Mother Language Day, to be observed throughout the world. The day is celebrated to promote mother tongues and encourage linguistic diversity and multilingual education. Activities during the event aim to increase the awareness about linguistic and cultural traditions throughout the world and to inspire solidarity based […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Horizon Report 2008 edition, a collaboration between the New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, describes six emerging technologies or practices that will likely enter mainstream use in learning-focused organizations within three adoption horizons over the next one to five years. Also highlighted are a set of challenges and trends that will influence […]
In the last couple of days I have been enjoying the postings over on The Bamboo Project blog as Michele Martin grapples with ideas about how as individuals incorporate the new media tools in our own personal learning environment. Some of us have really been among the early adopters, although in many senses still digital […]
This is the topic of the Economist.com Oxford style debate currently taking place. It is the third of a series of debates conducted at http://www.economist.com/debate/ on education and connected issues. The first two issues: Technology in Education, and University Recruiting, are no longer active but the third on Social Networking has just begun. The debate moderator […]
