Comments for gail dyer http://gaildyer.edublogs.org We cannot always build the future 4 our youth, but we can build our youth 4 the future. FDR 1933 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:30:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on What is a future creating curriculum? by belmoresouthpublicschool http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/12/19/what-is-a-future-creating-curriculum/#comment-17 belmoresouthpublicschool Fri, 16 May 2008 08:50:00 +0000 http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/12/19/what-is-a-future-creating-curriculum/#comment-17 Mikhaila, you, the students are the future. You are incredibly important people and we need to think of new and different ways to help you learn, see the point in what you are learning and above all prepare you to live in the world of the future. Mikhaila,
you, the students are the future. You are incredibly important people and we need to think of new and different ways to help you learn, see the point in what you are learning and above all prepare you to live in the world of the future.

]]> Comment on What is a future creating curriculum? by Mikhaila http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/12/19/what-is-a-future-creating-curriculum/#comment-16 Mikhaila Fri, 16 May 2008 04:42:49 +0000 http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/12/19/what-is-a-future-creating-curriculum/#comment-16 Hi Mrs Dyer, The importance of teachers is irreplaceable, they play a huge part in our learning and our future. The way our school is set is amazing and lets us learn new things everyday! Mikhaila Hi Mrs Dyer,
The importance of teachers is irreplaceable, they play a huge part in our learning and our future. The way our school is set is amazing and lets us learn new things everyday!

Mikhaila

]]> Comment on DS Lites . . . expand students’ capacity for learning while playing. by hknight http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/06/03/ds-lites-expand-students-capacity-for-learning-and-playing/#comment-13 hknight Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:56:26 +0000 http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/06/03/ds-lites-expand-students-capacity-for-learning-and-playing/#comment-13 HI Mrs Dyer, Your blog is very informative. Some S3K students have really enjoyed the DS Lights at school. Ms Knight and S3K. HI Mrs Dyer,

Your blog is very informative. Some S3K students have really enjoyed the DS Lights at school.
Ms Knight and S3K.

]]> Comment on Back in the Classroom by Tony Loughland http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/05/07/back-in-the-classroom/#comment-11 Tony Loughland Fri, 25 May 2007 08:04:18 +0000 http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/05/07/back-in-the-classroom/#comment-11 Wow, do u feel better after getting that off your chest! Wow, do u feel better after getting that off your chest!

]]> Comment on Technology, Games and the whole damn thing . . by Tony Loughland http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/05/22/technology-games-and-the-whole-damn-thing/#comment-10 Tony Loughland Fri, 25 May 2007 08:01:09 +0000 http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/05/22/technology-games-and-the-whole-damn-thing/#comment-10 Hang in there Gail. I am in Sydney and I know of the great work you are doing through Marie at Wiley Park. You can continue to be the pied piper that we will follow. If your kids are enaged in authentic literacy tasks through ICT they will be able to pass those silly BST tests. Hang in there Gail. I am in Sydney and I know of the great work you are doing through Marie at Wiley Park. You can continue to be the pied piper that we will follow. If your kids are enaged in authentic literacy tasks through ICT they will be able to pass those silly BST tests.

]]> Comment on Technology, Games and the whole damn thing . . by gaildyer http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/05/22/technology-games-and-the-whole-damn-thing/#comment-9 gaildyer Tue, 22 May 2007 09:36:29 +0000 http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/05/22/technology-games-and-the-whole-damn-thing/#comment-9 Thanks for your words of wisdom and encouragement. It is strange that our closest links in philosophy and educational desires are on the exact other side of the world in a small country from which my family came a century ago. Maybe it is that spirit that keeps us going. Just today, after I posted this blog, Kim and I have made a few decisions about moving things forward. We are in the process of gathering folk togehter. Keep up the inspirational work and be aware even if I don't always comment . . . I am lurking. Thanks for your words of wisdom and encouragement. It is strange that our closest links in philosophy and educational desires are on the exact other side of the world in a small country from which my family came a century ago. Maybe it is that spirit that keeps us going. Just today, after I posted this blog, Kim and I have made a few decisions about moving things forward. We are in the process of gathering folk togehter.
Keep up the inspirational work and be aware even if I don’t always comment . . . I am lurking.

]]> Comment on Technology, Games and the whole damn thing . . by Ewan McIntosh http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/05/22/technology-games-and-the-whole-damn-thing/#comment-8 Ewan McIntosh Tue, 22 May 2007 06:36:13 +0000 http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/05/22/technology-games-and-the-whole-damn-thing/#comment-8 Hi, Your struggles are not unfamiliar to us here, either. The work we're doing in LTS has also taken a lot of persuasion and is linked to improving attainment each and every step of the way, but we have started out looking at student experience as a way to improve attainment. We figured if we could the former right the latter would take care of itself. And in every project so far that we have done, from gaming to blogging to podcasting... they've *all* led to better pupil experience and, later, better pupil attainment. If you are 'owned by Wall Street' in the education world, meaning that you need to see improvements within the school term, within the school year, even, then this will stop many teachers attempting something new. Social media, for example, can take two years to bed down before a community emerges which is large and varied enough to sustain more informal learning. This is where using the long term plans schools and orgs such as LTS must come up with can become very useful in setting longer term goals, meaning you can give time to projects to be successful, to alter them, to go off on interesting tangents. It needs thought out, expectations need set for all and then a small group need to take things forward. For all that we're a small country I still never see my coworkers often enough, maybe once every three weeks in LTS. Yet, through our blogs, we're able to keep in touch with what each other are doing. Hopefully, in there, is a way forward for you guys. Loving your blogs! Hi,
Your struggles are not unfamiliar to us here, either. The work we’re doing in LTS has also taken a lot of persuasion and is linked to improving attainment each and every step of the way, but we have started out looking at student experience as a way to improve attainment. We figured if we could the former right the latter would take care of itself. And in every project so far that we have done, from gaming to blogging to podcasting… they’ve *all* led to better pupil experience and, later, better pupil attainment.

If you are ‘owned by Wall Street’ in the education world, meaning that you need to see improvements within the school term, within the school year, even, then this will stop many teachers attempting something new. Social media, for example, can take two years to bed down before a community emerges which is large and varied enough to sustain more informal learning.

This is where using the long term plans schools and orgs such as LTS must come up with can become very useful in setting longer term goals, meaning you can give time to projects to be successful, to alter them, to go off on interesting tangents. It needs thought out, expectations need set for all and then a small group need to take things forward.

For all that we’re a small country I still never see my coworkers often enough, maybe once every three weeks in LTS. Yet, through our blogs, we’re able to keep in touch with what each other are doing.

Hopefully, in there, is a way forward for you guys. Loving your blogs!

]]> Comment on The 21st Century Classroom’s Fulcrum: co-creation and co-construction of knowledge. by Becta Watch » Blog Archive » The 21st Century Classroom’s Fulcrum: co-creation and co-construction of knowledge. http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/05/07/the-21st-century-classrooms%e2%80%99-fulcrum-co-creation-and-co-construction-of-knowledge/#comment-7 Becta Watch » Blog Archive » The 21st Century Classroom’s Fulcrum: co-creation and co-construction of knowledge. Tue, 08 May 2007 16:13:55 +0000 http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/05/07/the-21st-century-classrooms%e2%80%99-fulcrum-co-creation-and-co-construction-of-knowledge/#comment-7 [...] Originally from BlogPulse Search Results for: becta reBloggedby Becta Watch [...] [...] Originally from BlogPulse Search Results for: becta reBloggedby Becta Watch [...]

]]> Comment on Post BETT 2007 thoughts by Keith Gregson http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/03/03/post-bett-2007-thoughts/#comment-6 Keith Gregson Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:09:28 +0000 http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/03/03/post-bett-2007-thoughts/#comment-6 If Anne has not been in touch already, Shoofly has done it big style. Look at the web site. Thanks for your Blog support which I picked up as Press officer and good luck ( except in the Cricket World Cup). Is there an educational publication we could do something in? Keith Gregson Press Officer www.shooflypublishing.co.uk If Anne has not been in touch already, Shoofly has done it big style. Look at the web site. Thanks for your Blog support which I picked up as Press officer and good luck ( except in the Cricket World Cup).

Is there an educational publication we could do something in?

Keith Gregson
Press Officer
http://www.shooflypublishing.co.uk

]]> Comment on SCRATCH: a Game authoring tool, or is it the 21st Century LOGO? by Clement http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/03/07/scratch-a-game-authoring-tool-or-is-it-the-21st-century-logo/#comment-5 Clement Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:07:29 +0000 http://gaildyer.edublogs.org/2007/03/07/scratch-a-game-authoring-tool-or-is-it-the-21st-century-logo/#comment-5 Hey, Ms Dyer, I didn't read much because it was too long, but it sounds interesting! Hey, Ms Dyer, I didn’t read much because it was too long, but it sounds interesting!

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