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Roland Gesthuizen

'You better be proud!' | The Australian - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 03 Dec 12 - No Cached
  • There is no doubt that if our children had been met in high school by a team who got what strong and smart was all about, then who knows what exciting trajectory those students might have been on after another six years of stronger smarter schooling?
  • Roland Gesthuizen on 03 Dec 12
     
    "ON my first day as principal of Cherbourg State School it was freezing and windy. I decided to wear a tie, thinking that if kids at other schools see their principal wearing a tie, then these kids deserve to see their principal dressed up nice, too. I parked my car in the designated spot and took a few breaths, sizing up the situation that I was in charge of now. There were some kids sitting around in the sun trying to get warm, while others were running around and playing cricket."
Tony Searl

NSW Education CIO Stephen Wilson resigns | The Australian - 1 views

www.theaustralian.com.au/...story-e6frgakx-1225885656363

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shared by Tony Searl on 29 Jun 10 - No Cached
  • NSW's execution of the Commonwealth program stood out compared with other states as it was centralised -- within DET -- from the pre-procurement phase up to maintenance of hardware and software post-acquisition. The department also stationed technical officers at schools to help with their technology needs.
  • Tony Searl on 29 Jun 10
     
    NSW is set to lose one of its most energetic technology chiefs as Stephen Wilson prepares to exit the education department. It is understood the Department of Education and Training chief information officer has tendered his resignation and is expected to leave at the end of this week.
anonymous

'Compel students to study maths' | The Australian - 0 views

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maths compulsory

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  • anonymous on 01 Nov 08
     
    MATHS should join English in being made compulsory for all students through to Year 12
Jess McCulloch

Teachers on learning curve | The Australian - 0 views

www.theaustralian.news.com.au/...25197,23479918-5010800,00.html

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shared by Jess McCulloch on 07 Apr 08 - Cached
  • As a matter of course, technology is also changing the way teachers teach -- from how they engage their students and manage their classrooms, to how they shape their working day, manage their professional lives -- and indeed how they think about a career in education.
  • this is affecting the way she manages the class.
  • "Firstly, I teach in smaller grabs of time," she says, "but this is a good thing. I personally believe that teaching has long been too auditory. It is important to cater for different perceptual styles -- visual, auditory and kinesthetic (learning by doing) -- especially when teaching younger children."
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  • Before the internet, to be a teacher you had to be everything in one person. Now there is a range of possibilities and many more people can become part of the education process,"
    • Jess McCulloch
      Jess McCulloch on 07 Apr 08
       
      Maybe a good conversation starter for technoLOTE?
  • "This is not to diminish the role of educators to simply and an administrative job," she says. "Teaching is an intellectual skill. It is the art of getting people to expand their minds, have insights, develop values and to grow emotionally. That will not change."
    • Jess McCulloch
      Jess McCulloch on 07 Apr 08
       
      A great definition of teaching - one for those who still think they have to know all the content.
John Pearce

Millions of children at threat from bullying, cyber-predators on Facebook social networ... - 1 views

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  • John Pearce on 10 May 11
     
    "SOME 7.5 million of the 20 million minors who used Facebook in the past year were younger than 13, and a million of them were bullied, harassed or threatened on the site, a study released yesterday said. More than five million Facebook users were 10 years old or younger, and they were allowed to use Facebook largely without parental supervision, leaving them vulnerable to threats ranging from malware to identity theft to sexual predators, the State of the Net survey by Consumer Reports said."
Tony Searl

Poor marks for education revolution | The Australian - 12 views

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  • Tony Searl on 02 Nov 09
     
    "Poor marks for education revolution"
Tony Searl

Big history to give students big picture | The Australian - 4 views

www.theaustralian.com.au/...story-fn59niix-1226081625657

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shared by Tony Searl on 30 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • "He and I agreed immediately on the idea that education is so compartmentalised," Mr Clark said. "Kids go to maths and they do that in isolation, they go to science and they do that in isolation.
  • "Big history just ties everything together. And I think a lot of history had become obscure and irrelevant to modern students."
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