Last week I had the pleasure to witness seven Stage 3 students from our school demonstrate their skills at making games to an audience of 80 teachers at the NSW Department of Education and Training’s Connected Learning Conference last week.
Three of the students presenting at the Conference had formal training in how to use Gamemaker at [...]
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While in Scotland, more precisely Dundee. I had the pleasure of visiting Derek Robertson in LTS Consolarium. My colleague Kim and I had an amazing time engaging with hardware and software that appeared to have great potential in the classroom.
LTS were running a trial using the Brain Training Program and Derek reported that all students [...]
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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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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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Summary of insights / skills gained on Study Tour.
There needs to be a shift of power in the classroom BUT “moving old minds is difficult” (McFarlane:2007@ BETT).
The most important change is to recognise that the students’ informal learning (out of school) needs to move towards formal (in school ) learning. Schools need to [...]
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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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