gail dyer

To develop such a curriculum is neither difficult nor time consumming. The role of the teacher is of utmost importance; not as the fount of knowledge but as the listener, the guide, the facilitator, the skills’ expert. 
It is the teacher’s role to focus on students learning how to learn. Teachers have many skills that enable us to achieve [...]

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The uncertainty that this question conjures in me, a settled mature adult, is deep. How then can we expect our students and children to know what the future holds given the exponential rate of change we are experiencing in the field of information. The 19th and 20th Century core values are being clutched at by [...]

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Shared Leadership is central to all that is happening in our school. Sure the Principal, as line manager, has to accept responsibility for all that occurs in the school;however, if the Principal can learn to let go and work with the strengths of those about them then the working/learning environment becomes its own powerful model [...]

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Profound words from George Brown so many years ago. This is the second day of the ACEL Conference 2007. It was a treat to listen to Peter Senge this morning. His message was basically “learning is not teaching” and as educators we need to find a way to reach kids and meet them in their [...]

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While it is really good to be living in the peace and relative freedom that exists in this large land of ours, Australia, it has enormous drawbacks and detractors.
Our country is so large, our population so small and so isolated. To engage in dialogue with educators who have similar views and ideals is nigh on impossible. [...]

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In March I was just beginning to get a roll on with writing my Blog. Then it happened we were one teacher down and a class out of control. (I could take the mickey out of myself and say “Super Principal to the rescue”) I had to go into a classroom and shock horror actually [...]

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Getting the balance right is not really about curriculum. That is far too simple an explanation for the issue that is confronting all levels of educators from all around the world in the 21st Century. It is about getting the working relationship between students and teachers in balance. Recognising there is a time to be [...]

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A cluster of 5 schools plus assorted experts and associates, are about to embark upon a project revolving around students making computer games of various sorts. I was reading John Connell’s BLOG and he asked the question when did “I” appear in the word project. He has caused me to reflect upon how we might [...]

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BETT 2007 was  4 days jam packed with all manner of ICT paraphenalia. What was seen, heard and felt covers a broad spectrum: exhilaration, excitement, challenged, stimulation, tired, affirmation, depression, disappointment, claustrophobia, freedom, overwhelmed, fascinated.
The majority of the seminars attended were well worth queuing for at the ticket desk as early as possible in the day.
Angela [...]

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After reading an article in Monday’s (08/01/07) New York Times about Secondlife I realised just what a great time it is to be alive. It is exciting to think that colleges and universities are setting up campuses in this virtual world. The new generation of technology allows creativity, originality and fantasy to flourish. The online communities that [...]

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