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Preparing a school for 21st Century Learning

On 24-03-2011

I recently had an email conversation with a friend of mine in the USA who asked me what I meant when I told her that one of the areas we are now working in is “culture shifting schools”. As I wrote my reply I had to really think about what our vision is when we […]

On 09-03-2011

Some of you know that I was an Engineer by education. I love my science and maths and I always did well in them at school and university. Given this I was very excited when I saw three articles flash their way across my screen today and I thought I would share them with you. […]

On 04-03-2011

I have realised over the past 6 months how few schools are actually clear about what their long term vision is. Part of the impact of this lack of vision and disciplined building of this vision is that schools can quite often be focussed on things that disperse their power and ability. They become like […]

On 22-02-2011

As we forge our way deeper into the Information Age we’ll actually have more and more online (or cloud) resources available. There is a wealth of educational resources already out there so I have gathered some of the one’s I have seen recently that might be of interest to my readers. Items were sourced from […]

On 08-02-2011

It is currently a frustrating and challenging time in education. It seems as if teachers and educators are speaking one language and having one set of outcomes for the students they teach, and politicians, the media, and parents are speaking another. Because they are. It is occurring because they are standing in different paradigms. We […]

On 28-10-2010

Have you ever had an “ah-ha” moment? Archimedes did, apparently, when he stepped into his bath and noticed that the bath level rose by the volume displaced by the volume of his body. Archimedes yelled “??????!” (or Eureka which is Greek for “I have found it!”) before he went running through the streets half-naked excited […]

On 19-10-2010

I thought I would do a very quick posting this week and point you to a range of useful articles I have recently found 1. 7 Fantastic Free Social Media Tools for Teachers If you haven’t registered yourself on Mashable.com then do so. It is a great way to keep up to date on the […]

On 07-10-2010

I just finished scanning through a fascinating report that I think is worthwhile reading by Secondary School teachers and administrators about “How High Schools become Exemplary”. Now while it is focussed in the United States (and I actually don’t think too much of their educational school structure … and that’s a loooong story there) I […]

On 06-10-2010

You may remember I shared briefly in the last blog post (which was August!) that I had been a key note speaker at the NSW Engaging Learners Through Innovative Practice Conference in July. I had promised you at that time to update you on the presentations from that conference. You can download them directly from […]

On 03-08-2010

I promised a week ago to point to a range of useful websites that one of the keynote speakers recommended and here it is! At the NSW Conference on Engaging Learners Through Innovative Practice one of the keynote speakers was Dr Curtis Bonk (you can follow his blog here http://travelinedman.blogspot.com/). He spoke about the wide […]

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Preparing a school for 21st Century Learning

Fabulous Software for Developing Science and Maths Skills

Developing 21st Century School Leadership

Web Resources for teachers, students and communities

From Age to Age – the effects of the shift in educational paradigms

Four stages to Insight

How High Schools become Exemplary

Update from 2010 July NSW Education Conference

The World is Open