by Sandy Phillips | May 27, 2013 | Digital Literacy, Literacy
An emerging digital divide in urban school children’s information literacy Challenging equity in the Norwegian school system Hatlevik First Monday Full report
by Sandy Phillips | May 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Ken Robinson: How to escape education’s death valley
by Sandy Phillips | May 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
The ABC’s Heywire competition gives students in Years 10, 11, 12, and in tertiary courses,* from rural and regional Australia a chance to ‘tell it like it is’ on the ABC and in Canberra. All they have to do is submit a story to the Heywire website about life in their...
by Sandy Phillips | May 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Peter Job is an English and humanities teacher at Dandenong High School. His master’s thesis was National Benchmark Testing, League Tables and Media Reporting of Schools. In The Age today Peter has written an article Naplan is driving our kids backward. The...
by Sandy Phillips | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Thanks to Alison Morris and EducationNews.org who worked on and shared this really interesting visual representation of numerous factors around the “most educated” countries in the world. Graphic
by Sandy Phillips | May 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
In an article by Karin Chenoweth and Christina Theokas it is opresented that Principals in high-achieving schools with a high percentage of students in poverty share four characteristics. To anyone who cares about ensuring that all children are educated to a high...
by Sandy | May 9, 2013 | Uncategorized, Wikis
Just wondering if anyone is using the wiki function in Global2 with their students? If you are we would love to hear about it. An oldie but a goodie is the “Grade 3-4 at Bellaire Primary School in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is the adventures of a tennis...
by Sandy Phillips | May 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
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by Sandy Phillips | May 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Pupils may soon be able to sit school assessments online when they are ready, rather than waiting for the traditional exam period. New Zealand Qualifications Authority chief executive Karen Poutasi has outlined what she says could be a “significant cultural...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Encourage your Year 11 and 12 students to enter a short film for their chance to win a full tuition scholarship to study Film and Television at Bond University (valued at over $92,000). Students are asked to create a short film of no more than 10 minutes and enter...
