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Eight Key School Design Recommendations

On 28-07-2010

Recently in preparing to talk at the NSW Department of Education and Training Conference I thought about what would be necessary to think about if we are preparing young people for the 21st Century. One of the topics that came up for me was school architecture. I visited Rowellyn Park Primary recently and had a […]

On 20-07-2010

What gets students engaged in a topic? It is a constant question that many educational consultants get from teachers. The answer is both simple and complex at the same time! In some ways it is two questions – “how do I get the students interested and engaged in what we are covering” and “how do […]

On 20-07-2010

His name is David Dixon. Her name is Chantelle Baxter. They are 25 years olds and co-founders of a non-profit organisation called Project Eight (http://projecteight.com.au/) . They are considered amongst the Brightest Young Minds in Australia (http://www.bym.com.au/home). Chantelle has just been asked to present TEDxYouth Conference in Perth. Remarkable people! For the last two years […]

On 02-07-2010

It is the mid year school holidays and I finally have the chance after a week to sit down and to collect my thoughts and publish some of the fabulous technology and presentations I have seen just in the last week of working in schools. Perhaps the most special for me was the work I […]

On 09-06-2010

I love new ideas and technology! Given how quickly the world is changing I thought I give you two new ideas or tools you can use in your classrooms to improve thinking and to create novelty in your sessions. Wordle (http://www.wordle.net/) Wordle is a tool for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The […]

On 01-06-2010

I just returned from running workshops in Queensland and the group of teachers and I had a fantastic discussion around safety, connection and learning. Let me tune you in to how we got into it by reproducing a bit of the morning of the Advanced Inquiry Workshop. Our brain is designed to to ensure the […]

On 10-05-2010

Rubric (noun): “perscribed guide for conduct or action” One of the most significant challenges that teachers are experiencing at the moment in the Australian education system is shifting the paradigm of how they approach delivering education. Most schools suffer the schizophrenia of knowing that the development of essential skills and capacities is as critical as […]

On 12-03-2010

In last week’s blog we begun a discussion about developing leadership whilst student’s are learning. This week we explore, what John Maxwell calls “the quickest way to developing leadership“. F.F. Fourneis, in his wonderful exposition Coaching for Improved Work Performance, discussed four common reasons why people do not perform the way they should: They do […]

On 28-02-2010

It is interesting when you start reading out of your field how many interesting ideas one discovers that are applicable to education. Ken Blanchard is one of the world leading experts on management and leadership. He is the author of a series of books called the “One Minute Manager”. He, and his team, have sold […]

On 19-02-2010

I have had an interesting time this week as I went and visited a range of schools to observe teachers teaching (or should that be … provide a space for learning to occur?). I was able to sit in on a range of teachers and the variety of approaches they use to promote learning. Before […]

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Eight Key School Design Recommendations

Student Engagement

One Week to Change One Billion Lives

Ideas, Presentations and Fabulous Students

Wordle and Xtranormal

Safety, Connection, Learning and Inquiry

Formative Rubrics – a great approach to developing skills

Leadership and Learning: Part 2

Leadership and Learning: Part 1

Practices. Practices!