Category Archives: School administration and planning
Moss Vale PS using Youtube for Future Forum
Moss Vale Public School are using Youtube to showcase and engage the school community in it’s Future Forum. One of the videos includes Principal Laurie Connery discussing ideas to improve the school with some of the students. Check out the … Continue reading
Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley
List of studies showing iPads improve learning
Frustrated by your attempts to increase the level of technology integration in your school? Need some hard evidence to show those arguing against technology in your school? Victorian teacher Rebecca Davies has gathered a list of studies that prove the value … Continue reading
Abbott vows to scrap Gonski reforms
The Coalition would scrap the Gonksi education reforms if it were elected to government, with Opposition Leader Tony Abbott saying he did not believe there was a problem with the way schools were funded. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/abbott-vows-to-scrap-gonski-reforms-20130421-2i7wy.html#ixzz2R48wL8iM
Sugata Mitra: Build a School in the Cloud
Sugata Mitra: Build a School In the CloudThis TED Talk was posted in February, 2013. The theme of broadband, collaboration and encouragement, fits with the schools that have discovered success in “letting students go” with technology. Time to give up … Continue reading
Could Apple TV become a key part of the classroom?
With rumours of an Apple TV app store, it does raise the possibility of many great educational apps taking on a new dimension in a classroom with an Apple TV. Interesting article here on how the Apple TV could ‘kill’ … Continue reading
You’ve got iPads at your primary school? Then a 1:1 iPad Program is necessary
You’ve got iPads at your primary school? Then a 1:1 iPad Program is necessary A random ‘chain of consciousness’ reflection by David Burke… Last week I made an emotional, and perhaps premature, farewell to a school where I felt … Continue reading
My experience on how to go 1:1 with iPads in a primary school
iPads: Establishing 1:1 in a primary setting 1. First step, put iPads in every classroom. Don’t share. A 1:5 ratio is a good start (e.g. 4 in a NSW Kinder class of 20 kids, 6 in a primary class of … Continue reading
School librarians fear for their jobs – Illawarra Mercury
“The Illawarra’s school librarians say the NSW government’s education reforms have put their jobs at risk, forcing them to justify why libraries are important at schools.” http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/409302/school-librarians-fear-for-their-jobs/?cs=300
New guidelines for sport and PE in schools
The NSW Department of Education & Communities have released updated guidelines for sport and PE in schools. Read them on this website, here.