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Performance.Learning.Productivity: 70:20:10 - It's not about the numbers, it's all abou... - 5 views

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    t's not about the numbers, it's about change top-down thinking and bottom-up action are both essential a new understanding of 'learning' is needed by everyone learning professionals have to step up and let go manager engagement and capability are both critical
Tony Searl

Political Debate In Australia - 4 views

  • In 2006 I suggested that it might be time to actually define ''Education'', something omitted in the draft bill, and to explore its role in personal and community life, but this was rejected as too ambitious.
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      yep, what is education? Put it in the too hard basket. Keep doing what we've always done?
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    This is by far the best-educated cohort in our history - on paper, anyway - but apparently lacking in courage, judgment, capacity to analyse or even simple curiosity, except about immediate personal needs.
Tony Searl

elearnspace › My Personal Learning Network is the most awesomest thing ever!! - 21 views

  • affective issues and the creation of a place where people feel comfortable and trusted will foster active engagement, that the fostering of strong rather than weak ties will help in this.
  • figure out the conditions in which people might actually want to participate actively by creating, and then producing the environment and the conditions in which participants feel comfortable doing so.
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    Where things get a bit more confusing with PLNs is when we fail to advance beyond those warm fuzzy feelings about being connected to others with more substantive knowledge and action.
Tony Searl

NZ Interface Magazine | If you can't use technology get out of teaching! - 10 views

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    Is a lack of PD a barrier? Professional development is a barrier, although I think they can teach themselves much of what teachers need to be learning to be able to modernise their classrooms. The worst thing a teacher can say is: "who's going to teach me how to do that?" Teachers are teachers and should be able to teach themselves what they need to know. If they can't then they probably shouldn't be teaching. You want a teacher who can keep up. There are networks of other educators out there that can connect you with new skills. Professional development doesn't have to be something that is done to teachers - it can be just ongoing conversations they're having with other professionals that they're learning from every day.
Tony Searl

Technologically Externalized Knowledge and Learning « Connectivism - 2 views

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    Reformers have largely worked within, rather than on, the system of education. Working within the system has resulted in status-quo preservation, even when reformists felt they were being radical. Illich failed to account for how educational institutions are integrated into society. Freire spoke with a humanity and hope that was largely overlooked by a comfortable developed world incapable of seeing the structure and impact of its system. To create and nurture change, a message must not only be true for an era, but it must also resonate with the needs, passions, interests, realities, and hopes of the audience to whom the message is directed.
Tony Searl

edsteps - 0 views

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    EdSteps invites students, teachers, parents and community members from every state to upload writing. Work is accepted in all formats-- essays, videos, audio files, PowerPoints and more. Students can upload work they created for class, for college, or fun! Once EdSteps has collected enough work representing students everywhere, the work will be rated and scaled.
Tony Searl

Cloudworks - Homepage - 0 views

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    Welcome to Cloudworks, a place to share, find and discuss learning and teaching ideas and experiences. Find out more
Tony Searl

down the avenue: Redefining Digital Inclusion - 0 views

  • We have to figure out a way to embrace and value informal learning, such as self-study.
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      future PD must also address this
  • Robert Scoble asserts that the change will come from the kids, not from top down.
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      no brainer RS, it is already. control is the real fear of these changes
Tony Searl

Weblogg-ed » Digital Inclusion - 1 views

  • There will be a revolution when more and more students get their hands on some of these devices and start using them in the classroom.
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      DER NSW addresses this with 220,000 laptop rollout for all year 9 to 12 students
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