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Welcome to the many new members who have joined recently (74 now). I want to stay with some of the conversation Ive started in the last post but thought I would add 2 videos from You Tube I've come across to stimulate some deeper thinking and promote some talk. New Vide… Continue

As you can see the focus has change direction slightly for this Ning space. "A change is as good as a holiday" Much of my role currently is working with schools (30 in total) to support 1-to-1 learning with Netbooks. We are in the early phases of the… Continue

Hi everyone welcome back for 2009. I hope your year has started well. As mentioned in the last blog post, this year I really hope to develop and build on this ning network by opening up discussions and building questions/investigations and some action research that starts professional learning and discussion amongst the group. This year the team i work with are embarking on and exciting project for year 5 students in our region. Every year 5 students in our region will receive a Netbook (laptop… Continue

Hi everyone thank-you for joining this network of online learners in 2008. This year really has been a learning journey for me, and I guess many of the networks I'm involved in. There are some real challenges and learnings that go with taking part in online learning communities. I would really like to hear from everyone about how they feel these sorts of networks can evolve and work in the future. It would also be great to get feedback from members on how this network might continue to move for… Continue

What are people's experience with virtual classrooms ? WiZiQ offers a virtual Classroom that doesn't cost $100,000 for a site license. That's what attracted me to the WiZiQ VC platform. Mark www.WiZiQ.com is an online teaching platform, which provides a free virtual classroom environment… Continue

I have long been a fan of new technology, i feel comfortable picking up new gadgets, software and running with them. What i have to become better at is using it to improve students outcomes, i am convinced that it can, but i struggle with planning delievery of programs when the rate of change is so great and the structure of our system and resources are still 20th century. Consider the effort we take to get our students ICT savy in years p to 10. How does the VCE fit in here, a pen and paper exa… Continue

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