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Vicki Davis

Adrian Bruce's Educational Teaching Resources-Reading Games-Math Games-Educational Soft... - 0 views

www.adrianbruce.com

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shared by Vicki Davis on 10 May 08 - Cached
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  • Vicki Davis on 10 May 08
     
    Cool website from a professional developer in australia with a lot of links to websites he's tested.
  • Vicki Davis on 10 May 08
     
    Cool websites.
Ed Webb

Peru's ambitious laptop program gets mixed grades - Yahoo! News - 0 views

news.yahoo.com/ts-mixed-grades-071038397.html

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shared by Ed Webb on 03 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • what we did was deliver the computers without preparing the teachers
  • the missteps may have actually widened the gap between children able to benefit from the computers and those ill-equipped to do so
  • Inter-American Development Bank researchers were less polite."There is little solid evidence regarding the effectiveness of this program," they said in a study sharply critical of the overall OLPC initiative that was based on a 15-month study at 319 schools in small, rural Peruvian communities that got laptops."The magical thinking that mere technology is enough to spur change, to improve learning, is what this study categorically disproves," co-author Eugenio Severin of Chile told The Associated Press
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  • OLPC laptops, which are rugged and energy efficient and run an open-source variant of the Linux operating system, are in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Mongolia and Haiti, and even in the United States and Australia. Uruguay, a compact South American nation of 3.5 million people, is the only country that has fully embraced the concept and given every elementary school child and teacher an XO laptop
  • no increased math or language skills, no improvement in classroom instruction quality, no boost in time spent on homework, no improvement in reading habits
  • On the positive side, the "dramatic increase in access to computers" accelerated by about six months students' abstract reasoning, verbal fluency and speed in processing information
  • "We knew from the start that it wouldn't be possible to improve the teachers," he said, citing a 2007 census of 180,000 Peruvian teachers that showed more than 90 percent lacked basic math skills while three in five could not read above sixth-grade level.
  • Each teacher was supposed to get 40 hours of OLPC training. That hardly helped in schools where teachers had never so much as booted up a computer. In Patzer's experience "most of them barely knew how to interact with the computers at all."
  • In the higher grades, Martinez said, children's use of the machines is mostly social
  • "For them, the laptop is more for playing than for learning,"
  • Negroponte thinks the main goal of technology educators should be simply getting computers into poor kids' hands.His proposal last year to parachute tablet computers from helicopters, limiting the involvement of adults and "educators," caused some colleagues to wince. But Negroponte is dead serious, and has begun a pilot project in two Ethiopian villages to test whether tablets alone, loaded with the right software, can teach children to read.
  • The OLPC team always considered Internet connectivity part of the recipe for success. They also insisted that each child be given a laptop and be permitted to take it home.Uruguay, a small, flat country with a far higher standard of living and ubiquitous Internet, has honored those requirementsPeru did not
  • Some schools didn't have enough electricity to power the machines.And then there was the Internet. Less than 1 percent of the schools studied had it.
Michelle Shearman

Mary MacKillop | Australia's First Saint - 2 views

marymackillop2010.wordpress.com

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shared by Michelle Shearman on 16 Aug 10 - Cached
  • Michelle Shearman on 16 Aug 10
     
    A blog which has collated many Mary MacKillop resources into just one place. There are links to teacher websites, links to great clips and also some learning and teaching experiences. Well worth a look!
Ed Webb

Leigh Blackall: Student authored, open, psychology text book - 5 views

leighblackall.blogspot.com/...ored-open-psychology-text.html

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shared by Ed Webb on 20 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Ed Webb on 20 Sep 10
     
    Hot-diggity
anonymous

Poetry International Web - THE RETURN - 0 views

australia.poetryinternationalweb.org/...index.php

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shared by anonymous on 13 Aug 08 - Cached
  • anonymous on 13 Aug 08
     
    I often dream about the ocean
anonymous

Teachers TV Australia - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 30 Apr 08 - Cached
anonymous

ACEL 2007 International Conference - 1 views

apollo.instanthosting.com.au/...papers.php

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shared by anonymous on 04 May 08 - Cached
  • anonymous on 04 May 08
     
    New Imagery for Schools and Schooling: Challenging, Creating, and Connecting A conference to explore the new potentials in education practice.
Vicki Davis

Faceless no more: Facebook admits errors | The Australian - 9 views

www.theaustralian.com.au/...story-e6frg996-1225835350571

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shared by Vicki Davis on 01 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Staff reacted with shock and disbelief as they learned of the defacement of tribute pages set up to honour 12-year-old Elliott Fletcher and eight-year-old Trinity Bates.
  • Facebook stood accused of being faceless in Australia.
  • "Are people really doing that to a tribute page for a dead child? None of us as a group of people wants to see the product that we built used like that. It's awful."
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  • If Facebook is subject to the traditional rules of publishing, then it is legally responsible for all the content that it hosts -- a commercially untenable position for a company of just 1000 employees for 400 million users globally.
  • But in fact, there was no security breach -- the people who defaced the Bates and Fletcher tribute sites had Facebook accounts and the tribute groups or pages were left open for anyone to join or comment.
  • but people who set up tribute sites do not have to wait for the website to remove objectionable material. When a person sets up either a group or fan page on Facebook, they can set controls about who is allowed to join or post content and what types of content -- such as comments, photographs or videos -- are permitted. The person running the tribute page can also delete any content they want without any need for a higher authority to intercede.
  • the problem was compounded by the fact the group founder quit and the page was left without an administrator.
  • Vicki Davis on 01 Mar 10
     
    "Staff reacted with shock and disbelief as they learned of the defacement of tribute pages set up to honour 12-year-old Elliott Fletcher and eight-year-old Trinity Bates." This is an important article to discuss with students as the defacement of these pages happened because the group was set up for anyone to join and without moderation. Education Education prevents hurt and harm as happened in this case. Of course, it doesn't change the fact that Facebook, even though it is a global company, seems to have a centralized communications structure.
anonymous

Layar - 11 views

layar.com

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shared by anonymous on 27 Dec 09 - Cached
  • anonymous on 27 Dec 09
     
    "Layar is a free application on your mobile phone which shows what is around you by displaying real time digital information on top of reality through the camera of your mobile phone. Layar is a global application, available for the Iphone 3GS, T-Mobile G1, HTC Magic and other Android phones in all Android Markets. It also comes pre-installed on the Samsung Galaxy in the Netherlands. How do you use Layar? By holding the phone in front of you like a camera, information is displayed on top of the camera display view. For all points of interest which are displayed on the screen, information is shown at the bottom of the screen. "
  • Steve Madsen on 28 Dec 09
     
    Layar may be only operational in a few specific countries? I tried to locate the software from the App Store from Australia but did not succeed.
  • anonymous on 28 Dec 09
     
    Thanks, Steve, for the heads up on that.
Ruth Howard

International Association of Educational Assessment - 35th Annual Conference - Abstracts - 2 views

www.iaea2009.com/abstracts.asp

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shared by Ruth Howard on 16 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Ruth Howard on 16 Mar 10
     
    INternational Association for Assessment conference papers listed and embedded here. http://www.iaea2009.com/abstract/46.asp really recommend this one Dr Kay Kimber (2009) ....How students use and create knowledge online
Nspire IT Jobs

CRM Solution Architect - ACT Permanent, $120,000 - $150,000 - 0 views

www.nspirerecruitment.com.au/index.php

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shared by Nspire IT Jobs on 05 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Nspire IT Jobs on 05 Oct 11
     
    * High profile Consulting firm * Work life balance & team focused, professional work culture * Leading edge technology * Excellent remuneration package and training opportunities
Vicki Davis

UW Oshkosh Today | Web 2.0 connects UWO, international scholars - 0 views

www.uwosh.edu/news

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shared by Vicki Davis on 30 Apr 09 - Cached
  • More than 20 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh students participated in a two-month teaching and advising project with students from Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Qatar and the United States — all without leaving the classroom.
  • Vicki Davis on 30 Apr 09
     
    Great article about the partnership between University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and our latest Flat Classroom Project, NetGenEd. This sort of arrangement in which preservice teachers served as expert advisors and judges for the project provided real, authentic learning experiences for both students and participants. We skyped into Eric's classroom a few times to talk to his students about pedagogy and they did a great job providing feedback and input on the project. It would make sense that many more preservice programs are going to want to put in authentic distance learning experiences for their preservice teachers and there are many teachers who need high quality feedback and educator review and interaction for their projects.
David Hilton

High School History Student Network - 8 views

Most of us are aware of the power of social networking for teachers to improve their knowledge, gain ideas and make connections with other like-minded educators from around the world. I believe thi...

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started by David Hilton on 20 Oct 09 no follow-up yet
Julie Lindsay

Computers in Education Group of South Australia - Edublogs - 5 views

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shared by Julie Lindsay on 10 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Julie Lindsay on 10 Oct 09
     
    "Edublogs is a blogging tool which is allows students and teachers to create online journals/diaries to share their thoughts and ideas with others. They can include text, audio, images and videos. Blogging allows students to engage in 21st century learning within their classroom and beyond. There are many blogging sites available to use. This page focuses on Edublogs and how it can be used by teachers and students to enhance learning."
Nspire IT Jobs

Blackberry Engineer (3-6mths Contract, Immediate start) ACT $90-$100 per hour + - 0 views

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shared by Nspire IT Jobs on 25 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Nspire IT Jobs on 25 Oct 11
     
    Our client specializes in Security and Gateway services. A newly created contract position is available for a Blackberry Engineer. As the successful Blackberry Engineer, you will be working with the best of best and part of a team of highly skilled professionals. The project is high profile and part of a highly secured Federal Government portfolio. This is a 6 months contract. You will be required to have both design and implementation of the BlackBerry infrastructure experience across a Federal Government enterprise level. The following mandatory requirements include: *Demonstrated knowledge and experience in designing a BlackBerry Server Infrastructure to support a large Federal Government customer. *Security Clearance Essential (Restricted or Baseline).
Jenny Gilbert

Teachers' TV Australia - 1 views

teacherstv.com.au

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shared by Jenny Gilbert on 21 Jan 09 - Cached
  • Jenny Gilbert on 21 Jan 09
     
    aussie Teachers TV and Video channel -
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