Category Archives: 21st Century Education

My Educational Technology Podcast/Blog.

Will this be the new teacher’s carrot?

The beginning of a new year with school kicking back into gear soon.  We launch our 1 to 1 program in a number of year levels this year and head towards a new and hopefully exciting change in our classrooms. … Continue reading

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Educate or Block – Student access

If you work in any of the state departments or any large department of education you will probably have the headache of internet filters and the almighty internet block on anything that someone decided was “not educational” or was unsafe. … Continue reading

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ACEC – So far… My rant!!

Well the event has been good so far.  Some great networking and solid presentations.  Presented myself this afternoon on our journey toward 1 to 1.  Good response for the first time I have done this presentation.  Things to work on … Continue reading

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ACEC 2010 – School’s Journey so far… Part 2 – Your Students

This is the second part in a three part post about my ACEC 2010 presentation.  Part 1 looked at our work with staff.  This section will look at the key elements of what we want to achieve with our students. … Continue reading

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ACEC 2010 – School’s Journey so far… Part 1 – Your Staff

My presentation for ACEC this year is a close look at our journey so far toward a 1 to 1 laptop program.  I want to share our successes and failures and how we plan to see this program improve our … Continue reading

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ACEC 2010 Presentation

Night before ACEC 2010 and I just thought it worth while to post my presentation summary online.  It is all happening 1:30pm Thursday 8th of April in room 212.  For now here is the overview…  More information coming… Presentation Summary … Continue reading

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School may have to change if we allow social networking!! Oh No!!

Before the mid Semester break I did a presentation at a parent night about social networking. There was the usual discussion about safety, the appropriate amount of time using them and if they are worthwhile. However, what came across as … Continue reading

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Top iPhone Apps for Educators

Spent some time over the past few months thinking through iPhone projects we can work on in our school next year. Over time I have collated the apps that I think are making my life as an educator more effective … Continue reading

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Comical or offensive IWB claims?

After reading the most recent Promethean newsletter to teachers here in Australia (I read it in a moment of boredom or procrastination), I was amazed to see such outrageous claims that demonstrate nothing more than a second rate marketing team … Continue reading

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The quality of 1 to 1 debate in this country!!

The debate as to if 1 to 1 is a worthwhile pursuit in our schools has been taken to our newspapers with one of our country’s apparent “leading” edtech authors writing in with articles like this http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/maralynparker/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/dear_maralyn/ I highly recommend … Continue reading

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