Category Archives: Flat World

Thoughts that relate to the Thomas Freedman concept in his book “The world is flat”

The new story getting a bit old

Posted on March 20, 2006 by Brett

Ok so the comments and blogs about Dave Warlick’s “New Story” concept may be getting a bit old but I had some more to say….. I wrote this early this morning and thought I may as well add it up. … Continue reading →

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The new story…. New learning?!?!?!

Posted on March 19, 2006 by Brett

Many of you who read David Warlick’s Blog would have been immersed in his writings about the new story. I am always interested to see what Dave is thinking on this topic as it really clarifies a few of my … Continue reading →

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Epic 2014

Posted on March 14, 2006 by Brett

I watch this some time ago and started thinking about how it could possibly effect the way we teach kids today. As an educator who presents to a wide variety of students, how long will it be until the digital … Continue reading →

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Education in 15 years time

Posted on January 5, 2006 by Brett

Well this seems to be the topic floating around the blogasphere at the moment. So why not add my 2cents worth (sorry Dave). I think we need to take a careful look at a number of interesting factors that I … Continue reading →

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Communication for the 21st Century

Posted on November 5, 2005 by Brett

I have a class at the moment that is finishing a writing task that they must hand write as an end of year assessment task. We do this every year with our year 7 groups just so we can see … Continue reading →

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Sharing Information

Posted on September 21, 2005 by Brett

An amazing article from a blog I just found by Dave Pollard. He was talking about the phsycology of why people don’t share information and knowledge. Some incredible insight considering my thoughts from yesterday. Certainly worth a read. I realise … Continue reading →

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Blogging as safe research/learning material

Posted on September 2, 2005 by Brett

I have been interested to read David Warlick’s latest blog on the use of blogging as research safe material for teachers and students. I started my website for this exact purpose. I wanted a place that I could start to … Continue reading →

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