Tony Searl

Location
Tuncurry,   NSW,   Australia
Organisation
Great Lakes College Tuncurry 7 to 10 Campus
Sector
School Education
Interests
IWBs, QTL, Fun, History teaching, Digital education revolution, connected classrooms, NSW Public Education, me-edu-au, history teachers
Blog
Tony Searl

About Me

A secondary school teacher excited by the NSW connected classrooms program. Learning about web2.0 for quality 21st Century learning. Welcome to my page or visit me here tsearl.edublogs.org/
My blog: Tony Searl

What I've been doing

08 Jan
Tech Teacher: Cut Through the Web Noise | Edutopia
thats where Real Simple Syndication (RSS) comes in. Odds are youve seen the little orange button
 
Digital guru Clay Shirky's media forecast and predictions for 2009 | Media | The Guardian
The great misfortune of newspapers in this era is that they were such a good idea for such a long
 
Building a Digital Locker: Personal Learning Networks Explained | Edutopia
Some educators may be concerned that Facebook notifications and other notices from sites blocked
 
You are Never Alone » How will the retirement of baby-boomer teachers impact?
Australian education systems this year will feel the impact of the retirement of many of the baby
 
Public school enrolments 'show faith in system' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The New South Wales Education Minister says new figures showing an increase in enrolments at publ
 
BBC NEWS | UK | Education | School tables must be rushed out
The government publishes only alphabetical lists and pages of data on every school, which journal
 
A shared history - Aboriginal perspectives in HSIE K-6 - Introduction to maps
Provided are 6 maps of Aboriginal Australia. They are designed for print and electronic display.
 
New Australia Media | expanding the news lens through multicultural media
We have arrived! Welcome to the New Australia Media website. We aim to make the mainstream media
 
Education And Learning: A Paradigm Shift - Part 1 - Is Our Educational System Broken? - Robin Good's Latest News
The tacit assumption here is that it is that we have been realizing for a while that true, useful
 
http://ilearntechnology.com/
iLearn technology is an edublog dedicated to giving teachers practical tips for integrating techn
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Tony Searl's Whiteboard

On 3 Jan 2009 Tony Searl wrote
Excited that the DET NSW online tools will finally launch this year after some delays (caused I think by fed/state laptop impasse? not sure why the delay when we were first told about this project 12 months ago) "The Learning Tools project will provide tools that support the ability to create, store, edit, reuse, manage, view and deliver digital learning content from collections and repositories to staff and students across NSW. It will deliver an adaptable and scalable system that will provide the latest Web 2.0 technologies to staff and students as required to enable and enrich teaching and learning practices." from http://tinyurl.com/87njep The 1.4 million user network is still a silo/walled garden, albeit a rather large one, but if it allows us to blog/wiki/collaborate with others within an acceptable 'safe' DET NSW environment, then I guess thats a start. Happy learning in 2009, enjoyed the me.edu.au video too, must post it on my other blog to help spread the word
On 21 Jul 2008 John Travers wrote
Saw you message on the Aust Digital Revolution community about Connected Schools: had a quick look but did not have the time to explore it properly. Can you give a summary of it in the Community please Tony?
On 15 Jul 2008 Tony Searl wrote
Thanks for these links Concetta, for a 30 day blogger I found them helpful. So much to learn....... I love it.
On 2 Jul 2008 Concetta Gotlieb wrote
Hi Tony I saw your message in the blogging community. I have been helping establish a primary school blog (with my Mum :) ). It has been really successful and fun so far. http://wormbins.edublogs.org/ Also Sydney Region IT Services has this podcast with some useful resources. http://podcastlane.wordpress.com/ Hope this helps a little. Also if you get to the stage of wanting to create video for your blog let me know as I've got some resources.
On 2 Jul 2008 Tony Searl wrote
Just joined, excited about IWB's and NSW connected classrooms program I am busily finding out about blogs and wikis and how I can use them in my classroom.