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What do you think?

Posted in League Tables, NAPLAN, testing on June 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Raising the stakes on the outcomes of literacy and numeracy national testing, so that schools were judged publicly on the collective performance of students, would undermine the important role of these tests in diagnosing learning issues. Schools would be under pressure to spend valuable curriculum time preparing students to maximise results. Teaching to the test, [...]

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Gotta love technology

Posted in TV on June 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Thanks for sharing this Sue! Great laugh. I can also relate! All the technology malfunctions I have experienced of late at work….just wish I thought of using scissors!!!!

more about “Gotta love technology“, posted with vodpod

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Princess reality check!

Posted in Princess, gender on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I had a good laugh when I saw this photo on Mia Freedman’s blog. You can read the article for yourself.
She raises really valid points about fairytales and some animation movies stereotyping life choices for young girls – particularly those who believe as they get older that a prince-will-come-along-and-save-them-provide-for-them-and-live-happily-ever-after.
Yes, Virginia, some girls/women still believe this. [...]

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Is it the Best Start?

Posted in assessment, australia, early learning, literacy on June 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Rant no. 467!!!!
I seem to be on a bit of a roll writing about newspaper reports on education.
The headline in today’s Sydney Morning Herald immediately caught my attention as it screamed…. “Kindergarten checks a test for young learners”. A test?? From what I understand about Best Start, it is a literacy and numeracy ASSESSMENT task [...]

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Now THAT’S what I call learning…part 2!

Posted in Uncategorized on June 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Recently I wrote about my inspirational visit to Kinder at St Peter Chanel, Regents Park. (See previous blog post). On that day, photographers from the Daily Telegraph in Sydney were also visiting and taking lots of photos….much to the delight of the children. In fact one child got into the act and began mimicking one [...]

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Module 2

Posted in Web 2, learning on June 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I finally downloaded Jing, a great screen capture tool. Comes in very handy for blogposts, wikis and presentations. Probably has lots of other uses too.
The shot shows part of a Web 2.0 0nline course that I am participating in with a group of teachers in Sydney. It’s great because it has been developed by two [...]

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