2020 Vision - what it's all about!

Of course!
This video from Karl Fisch, reminds us of the futures of our students. I thought I would share this, as 2020 Vision is the topic of my NewZealand presentation.

Why let student's blog?

I'm heading to Nelson, New Zealand this Friday to do a Keynote presentation, plus workshops for LIANZA (Library & Information Association New Zealand Aotearoa) in association with SLANZA (the school library folk), for their 2007 Weekend School on "Technology without Tears".

With a bit of serendipity I was led to this great video from Rachel Boyd , a teacher in Nelson, New Zealand!! [via Kerrie Smith]

23 Learning 2.0 Things

Numerous sites have linked to this, but it’s worth highlighting - 23 Learning 2.0 Things. Once you’ve completed the list, you'll be cool!

Online Learning

The motivation of online activities for our primary school students was once again reiterated – two of our year 6 classes have been involved in a competition created by NSW Country Area Program related to their unit of study, Australian Identity. Their enthusiasm was transparent because the activity was real. Whilst the classes did not win, our students remained engaged and excited to see their peers’ movie file and word file online. Participating in simple and straightforward online activities is a useful strategy to involve teachers who have limited access to multiple computers. Their students are motivated, meet success and we all move ahead: “From little things big things grow” [Paul Kelly] –digital immigrants who start ‘small’ and are successful are more likely to engage in the next level of read-write online environments.