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Yep, it’s that time again. The end of the week, albeit with a bit of a longer weekend (at least in England!) with tomorrow being a bank holiday. There’s been quite a bit that’s caught my eye this week on a range of subjects, so you’ll have to excuse me if this week’s roundup is a bit less coherent than usual! Here goes… :p
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Wes Fryer has brought to my attention the Apple Student Gallery which showcases digital media work created by students using Apple products. There’s some great stuff there, including the winners circle.
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John Taylor Gatto is a former New York State teacher of the year who now advocates ending compulsory schooling in favour of a different model of education. His website, spinninglobe.net, has a number of articles written by him in which is puts forth lucidly, coherently and persuasively his arguments for ending the present system. I want to have a closer look at his arguments over this series of posts… :D
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Over the last month or so since I’ve been doing some supply work I’ve been thinking about both the curriculum students study and the types of learning that take place in most classrooms (and schools) I’ve been in and around. After some reading around this it seems that a useful distinction can be made between the ways educational technology is used – ‘Type I’ learning and ‘Type II’ learning…
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Just a quick reminder about the EffectiveICT.co.uk Forum which Andrew Field and I set up last month. It’s growing in size and popularity, is divided into pedagogy and practice section and has a user-contributed news section. It’s for experts and novices alike and aims to develop the use of cross-curricular ICT. Get involved!
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This fortnight’s Web User magazine has a feature on Virtual Earth software and therefore, unsurprisingly, has much to say about the wonderful Google Earth. I’m not going to go through everything they say – I’d recommend buying the magazine if you can – but I will point out some things that of special interest or that I didn’t know…
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Kathy Sierra’s Creating Passionate Users blog must be one of the best on the ‘net. Not only does she cut straight to the chase but she manages to say things worth reading by those involved in business and education alike. Her recent post on Moving up the wisdom hierarchy certainly warrants a closer look… :D
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A bit of a surprise in the weekly roundup this time not one post by Wes Fryer mentioned! Well, not directly anyway… Instead it’s the turn of Mike Muir’s Every One Learns blog – one that I’ve only recently come across – to take centre stage. Mike’s made some great posts this week which will be mentioned, along with the inevitable one from Christopher D. Sessums and a couple of others… :)
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Matt, over at the Primary-Teacher-UK blog has brought my attention to the Times Educational Supplement’s FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) page. This brings together answers to questions which often come up in the forums such as details about applying for jobs, resignation dates, pay queries, etc.
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Last month I went for a job interview at a very successful school. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the job. When I asked for feedback I was astonished when the Head told me that he was somewhat ’suspicious’ that I had remained in full-time education ‘longer than I had to’ in order to get my MA and that my current Ed.D. research would likely to have had a negative, rather than positive effect on my capacity as teacher at his school. A few thoughts on that…
