by Sandy Phillips | Jan 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
A paper delivered for perhaps those in the IT industry makes interesting reading for educators. “It’s interesting times in education. There’s a [supposed] Chinese curse, May you live in interesting times. Robert Kennedy famously described them as times of...
by Sandy Phillips | Dec 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
As the year winds to an end, educators across the country (in this context the USA! but us too) are teaching their last lessons of 2013, and keeping students motivated before schools close for winter break. It’s likely that classroom chatter has abounded these past...
by Sandy Phillips | Dec 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Food for thought: Richard Olsen from Ideas Lab has some comment….. In all of the talk about the auditors report into the Ultranet, in the newspaper and on twitter, I haven’t seen any discussion about the first recommendation: “develop a comprehensive and...
by Sandy Phillips | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Theme for the 2013 Victorian Information Technology Teachers’ Association’s conference is “Provoking Learning with ICT”. They are calling for papers for workshops and presentations based around creativity, innovation, collaboration,...
by Sandy Phillips | Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Food for thought Students who use computers for their writing assignments fared far better on the NAEP writing test, the first to be administered on computer, than students who do not. Those results may not come as a surprise, but with comprehensive digital testing on...
by Sandy Phillips | Dec 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
There are a lot of dangerous stereotypes out there. “Asian students are always better at math.” “Boys are always better at sports.” And perhaps the most dangerous of all: “The current generation are all digital natives.” It is easy...
