Contrast Scotch with Brookside College, a public P-9 school in Caroline Springs west of Melbourne. According to the MySchool web page, Brookside has an enrolment of 940 – half the number at Scotch but, unlike that elite school, it draws its students from a wide range of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds with more than half from non-English speaking homes where 88% are in the lower and middle socioeconomic quartiles.
Brookside has 68 teachers and 24 non-teaching staff while Scotch has 191 teachers and 106 assistants. Last year, Brookside had a net-recurrent income of $9 million – equivalent to nearly $10,000 per student and a total capital expenditure of $137,000.
In contrast, Scotch’s recurrent income was $45.5 million – equal to $24,400 per student – and its capital spending came to nearly $4 million.
Rich schools become even richer | The Education Reformer - 0 views
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Interesting analysis of education setup in Victoria from Geoff Maslen, including a comparison between Scotch College and Brookside P-9 College
Photos For Class - The World's Easiest Way to Download Properly Attributed, Creative Co... - 0 views
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A fantastic site which not only helps finds creative commons images, but provides a reference for them as well.
The Sky's the Limit: 16 Must-Read Quotes from Michael Fullan's Stratosphere - Vander Ar... - 0 views
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We should do less of spending money on assessment detached from designing learning and more of creating learning experiences that are irresistibly engaging."
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"The integration of technology and pedagogy to maximize learning must meet four criteria. It must be irresistibly engaging; elegantly efficient (challenging but easy to use); technologically ubiquitous; and steeped in real-life problem solving."
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"I hold out four criteria for integrating technology and pedagogy to produce exciting, innovative learning experiences for all students --something desperately needed to bring education into the 21st century. These new developments must be i) irresistibly engaging (for students and for teachers); ii) elegantly efficient and easy to use; iii) technologically ubiquitous 24/7; and iv) steeped in real-life problem solving."
Resources from Miami Device - Learning in Hand - 0 views
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A fantastic collection of resources associated with technology from Miami Device
The future of the book | The Economist - 0 views
Creative Commons Licences and how to find OER - 0 views
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A great Slideshare presentation on Creative Commons
Why We Need A "Why?" - YouTube - 0 views
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Fantastic video from Mike Wesch on why we need a why. Well worth a watch.
10 Quick Ways to Give Students A Voice | Blogging Through the Fourth Dimension - 0 views
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1. Give them a blog.
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2. Give them time.
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3. Give them post-its.
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Student Portfolios in the Cloud | thepluggedinportable - 0 views
Safer Schools with Creative Commons | IPAD 4 SCHOOLS - 0 views
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Who owns the material and it’s components when it’s published?
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How can schools not only inform but encourage the school community to start using licensing and working safely to avoid being prosecuted?
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Understanding what is and isn;t ok is a crucial skill for all to learn and I hope this information helps schools get more confident with publishing material online.
And they said I was too adventurous? | Miss Spink on Tech - 0 views
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An investigation into iPads and Book Creator in Prep
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"It was not long ago that producing multimedia digital content required expensive equipment and deep levels of technical expertise. We are at the point now where anyone can create and publish very compelling content with nothing more complex than a web browser. The point is not that these are professional level production tools, but that the barrier of entry to content creation can be drastically low. And you should find a new mode of creativity when the tool have some limits as to what they can do-- and find that the core of the story is much more important than a widget."
10 ways to make meetings (and lessons) meaningful… | What Ed Said - 0 views
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Does every meeting in your school relate to or result in learning?
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Does every lesson in your classroom contribute to meaningful learning, rather than completion of work?
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‘Have you ever had to sit through a whole hour when you felt like the substance of the meeting could have been handled in five minutes?’
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A great post from Edna Sackson about the possibilities and potentials associated with improving meetings (and lessons)
Digichild | Early Childhood Australia - 0 views
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Dan Donahoo on technology in early childhood. Interesting reflections.
2015 Prep-8 iPad App Lists | iPads 4 Learning @ MLP12C - 0 views
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A great list of apps for primary education from Corrie Barclay
