I have a vision where students connect with their peers from around the world. Why? Because it's interesting. It's challenging to create global friendships, across cultures and across seas. And it's interesting to learn what other are studying. Even the very precise studies, like math, are not exact all over the world. Sometimes you need help figuring out a problem and someone from across the world, who studied it in a different way, will offer that different angle that opens your eyes. This is… Continue

My world is now revolving around an online life. Use it or lose it! My aim is to teach my students with 21st Century learning methods so if I don't know how to use social networks, nings, google reader, rss feeds etc, etc then what hope have I to teach others. Educators must become involved or they become out of touch. I am so frustrated that most of my fellow teachers at school only use powerpoint and internet searching - yet they talk about integration of ICT as being important. I must continu… Continue

In January 2008, Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd announced the Federal Government's Digital Education Revolution - a $900m 4 year program which aims to achieve 1:2 (computer to student) ratio in all Australian secondary schools. Grants up to $1m are available to schools for computer hardware whereby the Federal Government enters into a funding agreement with respective Block Grant Authorities. The $900m figure was calculated on 900… Continue

We will conclude the school year at the end of May. As I clean my room, I am also preparing for a possible move. If another second grade is added, I will move up to teach in that position. It may or may not develop, so I am just mentally preparing as I sort through my materials. I've maintained a class blog for this group since January. I am really wanting to post a podcast on our class blog as a final statement. With the possibility of changing grades… Continue

"If access to higher education is a necessary element in expanding economic prosperity and improving the quality of life, then we need to address the problem of the growing global demand for education, as identified by Sir John Daniel. Compounding this challenge of demand from college-age students is the fact that the world is changing at an ever-faster pace. Few of us today will have a fixed, single career; instead, we are likely to follow a trajectory that encompasses multiple careers. As we m… Continue