Walking through the Exhibit Hall the other day we met these two teachers from Chicago. They were really excited because the girl on the right had just won a Promethean Classroom.
She was over the moon! She was so enthusiastic about winning Promethean because she was aware of the company’s all encompassing philosophy of sharing knowledge [...]
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What an amazing site.
500 exhibitors with 50 new ones this year. It takes a day to walk and talk with even just a fraction of the exhibitors whose product is of interest.
The Conference Centre is vast here are some stats for NECC 2009 (courtesy ISTE Daily Leader).
10 000 particpants from 60 countries across the world.
62 [...]
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This is an amazing conference and it hasn’t even started yet. The pre-conference workshops are so comprehensive and across such a wide range of areas. Which one to choose?
I don’t know much about wiki’s so did that yesterday. Now I know a whole lot more. Still only really a beginner.
Edubloggercon was on as an unconference [...]
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Have you thought of getting the kids to help the School Tech person. Tech comes naturally to many of our students.
Let’s face it . . . for most of us it is a struggle.
At the beginning of the week Kim was lamenting being a techno moron. Deon and I were chatting when I was helping [...]
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Time ran out at the Conference yesterday before comment could be made on this component of making sure we prepare and provide for our students as citizens of the 21st Century.
As a school leader with well in excess of 10 years experience it is obvious the role of the school leader is becoming more and [...]
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21st Century Pedagogy Conference 2009
The “c” Generation
connect, communicate, collaborate, create
The conference today was an interesting experience. The session I presented went well . . . it was a compilation of the previous few blogs. The blog was simply there as a reference point for the Case Study presented about Belmore South Primary School.
Kim presented a really [...]
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ICT becomes embedded into a school culture when there is effective curriculum and instruction, ongoing professional development, authentic assessments and a culture that embraces the learning potential of all its members.
Everything technological seems to be synonymous with speed. The best advice possible is to take it slowly. When making critical technology decisions choose carefully the steps to [...]
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The Learning teams in the school are teams in which members
collectively pursue professional knowledge and skills and take on shared responsibility for the success of all students.
engage in the reflective practice, collegial inquiry, collaborative work, and continuous innovation on which 21st century learning environments thrive
enable teachers to refine their knowledge and skills in [...]
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John Dewey conceived of schools as “miniature communities” mirroring the social relations and activities of the larger society.
But schools have become silos of isolation – classrooms isolated from other classrooms, teachers isolated from other teachers, schools isolated from the outside world.
Research reveals:
Positive and productive relationships within and outside an organization enable it to carry [...]
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A place and space.
In most of our experiences it is a school, a classroom, a library for some a playing field.
In today’s interconnected and technology-driven world it can be virtual, online, remote; in short, it doesn’t have to be a place at all.
Another way of looking at it is as support systems which serve [...]
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