Monthly Archives: October 2006

Teaching students about authority of source?

Posted on October 12, 2006 by Brett

Well once again I have been hit by a great conversation going on Dave Warlick’s blog. His recent post on teaching young students about the authority of source is a mind spinner. I don’t want to take away for the … Continue reading →

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DSN – What is happening….

Posted on October 12, 2006 by Brett

So there are a number of great educational benefits in having students blog and engaging in educational DSN activities.  Many of us would agree that there are many ways in which we can engage students by using many of these … Continue reading →

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The Virtual Staff Room….

Posted on October 11, 2006 by Brett

There is a great new site that was past my way by Michael Cridland. The virtual Staff Room has started with 2 great podcasts all about ed tech, including some great interviews with a range of teachers. Some interesting issues … Continue reading →

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Said so nicely….

Posted on October 6, 2006 by Brett

Dave Warlick has summed up what I was trying to say during the ACEC conference in his post http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2006/10/06/sigh/ A conference full of vendors that just try and convince me that their gadget or device is going to change education … Continue reading →

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Where are the young minds?

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Brett

So I had 3 questions that I raised myself through out the week of ACEC 06 conference. Ienjoyed the conference and met some great people but the first question thatcame to mind was – Where are all the young minds? … Continue reading →

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Technology Literacy for all… A conversation

Posted on October 3, 2006 by Brett

Download a copy of the conversation (26meg mp3 file) technorati tags:acec06

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Technology Literacy for all – A Conversation

Posted on October 2, 2006 by Brett

I am about to add an audio file of this presentation…. But I had to share this website that was created by one of our presenters today. http://pencilsdown.org/ anyone who has a problem with state wide testing needs to check … Continue reading →

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ACEC Day 2 Opening Session – Tales from the edge (Gerry White – Education.au CEO)

Posted on October 2, 2006 by Brett

I have always enjoyed the education.au presentations.  They have just launched a new site for edna.edu.au….  Not sure when it will be up live and active but it looks great.  It looks like it will be a great online portal … Continue reading →

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ACEC Day 1 Wrap up….

Posted on October 2, 2006 by Brett

I thought I would wrap up day one and what I learnt with a cartoon I found quite some time ago. It is a theme that needed refreshing in my own personal thought. Perhaps the learning experience many who put … Continue reading →

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Session 2 Gary Stager “Has EdTech Jumped the Shark?”

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Brett

Gary Stager www.stager.org/acec Has educational technology jumped the shark? Digital Hand out – www.stager.org/acec Disturbing Trends – over emphasis of ICT •    Absence of memory •    False complexity/hierarchies •    Refusal to connect to the world of children •    Supporting dreadful … Continue reading →

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