Spoiler alert: this is a whinge. The primary sector is putting us secondary teachers to shame in the area of elearning. This is purely anecdotal, but: – how many secondary teaching focussed workshops will you find at ULearn or Latscof? (NZ’s elearning conferences). – as a direct result: how many secondary teachers attend? – show […]
Right now that I've got your attention hear me out. I can assure I will still be blogging, tweeting and generally living my life through a browser. However while reflecting on my e-learning philosophies and practice for a job application I suddenly had a thought, why don't we just call it learning? I've been using the int … Read […]
Watching teachers talk about iPads is fascinating. Basically, there are two groups. The “but it doesn’t…” group and the “but it does…” group. I’ll prove an excellent point: I’m typing on an iPad right now. I CAN do that. The wordpress app is awesome. But I want to link to this: http://elearningr14.blogspot.com/2011/08/devices-in-classroom.html?showComment=1314486600501#c4358877439497971779 There’s no attractive […]
I have five beautiful children. Four boys and a girl. 14, 10, 8, 3 and almost a year. We use the internet a lot. I use it for social media, schoolwork, professional reading (a lot – I use google reader with an app called mobile rss on my iPad). My wife uses email a lot, […]
I read this blog. It’s an insightful, well-informed, no-holds-barred piece on “Why the iPad is not ready for the classroom.” Very refreshing. Most work on this subject is by fanbois who don’t know what they’re talking about or #haters who don’t know what they’re talking about. I recommend you read the blog first, as this is just […]
Yesterday there was an email going around musicnet (the music teachers’ listserv) about an assessment point. A year 13 student had presented some excellent work which didn’t quite fit the NZQA requirements. In my opinion, the assessment is totally inappropriate for this instrument. It got me thinking about our role as teachers: Does the assessment drive what […]
Something to teach, something to learn: why #educampakl rocked!.
Actually, it’s a new phone. Awesome! My phone had been dropping calls, suddenly having no signal… So, I took it in to YooBee. It had 2 weeks left on its warranty. They said it would take about a week *shudders*. Two days later, they said, “come and get your replacement.” Yus.
I love netbooks. I love that the classroom has open windows and wide horizons when I have a bunch of them in my class. They’re great for research, blogging and presentation but music notation poses a significant problem. This can be solved by buying Sibelius for about $200nz. Actually, not an option. So I’ve started […]
Orewa College: It’s not actually about the technology….
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