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29 Jul 2010
A strong value base for these programs is needed not only to meet the standards of integrity that parents expect but also to respond to students growing interest in topical questions and to relate to the personal belief systems they are developing. The Australian History K?10 Curriculum notes that in Years 7?10 as students grow into adolescence their interests extend well beyond their own communities. They begin to develop concerns about wider issues ? established conventions, practices and
28 Jul 2010
27 Jul 2010
Course: Digital Education Revolution (Tony Searl bookmarked this item)
26 Jul 2010
Welcome : Year 9 History (Tony Searl bookmarked this item)
5minutes per blog
Socially Learning ' Home (Tony Searl bookmarked this item)
education social learning place
t's a new educational social network that's free, easy to use like Facebook, and open to educators, education administrators, students, and other like-minded people who have a passion for learning.
23 Jul 2010
Why do 95% of teachers believe content is king? « (Tony Searl bookmarked this item)
Students love to know they are good at things, while they are doing them, as well as at the end.
I have absolutely no problem with faculty and students wanting to have private "classblogs" ? if it gets them to a place where they're able to use the blogging platform in a way that amplifies the effectiveness of their discourse, even (or especially) if the site isn't public, then it's absolutely worth doing. And I don't see this practice as simply replicating the closed model of the LMS in yet another platform. It's different because faculty and students are largely in control of t[..]
22 Jul 2010
WoW seems to work well because it is a very focused community with its own language. This means that everyone understands most things that are being talked about. In many organizations that we do our network research on, there are many communities of specializations, which results in a fragmentation of the network.
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Tony Searl

History teacher and flash trash collector, still enjoying it all, mostly, after 23years of public school learning. Currently excited by DET NSW 1:1 ...

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