The Way It Needs To Be
From The Solutions Journal comes this quote from Peter Senge: I believe that the Industrial Age system of education that has spread around the world in the past 150 years will change dramatically in...
View ArticleGlobal Education Conference – 12-17 November 2012
Conferences can be very expensive and time-consuming. How wonderful then that teachers can now take part in a free global conference focused on bringing some of the best minds and practioners in...
View ArticleHow We Do Assessment
I recently shared a presentation with the Head of Curriculum and Assessment in our school. The purpose of the presentation was to inform our parents about the changing nature of education and the way...
View ArticleGlobal Classroom Project – The Travelling Rhinos
I love it when a member of our school team follows through on an idea or project about which they are passionate. Passion drives innovation and this is certainly the case for our school’s Digital...
View ArticleWhat Makes A Great Leader In The 21st Century?
We all know the familiar stereotype of the stern school headmaster brandishing his cane while looking over the rim of his spectacles at his young charges. Academic gown flowing behind him, he demands...
View ArticleSAMR – Making Teachers Feel Inadequate?
I am a fan of Dr Ruben Puentedura’s SAMR model which shows levels of technology integration in learning (for loads of resources on this model, see Kathy Schrock’s great collection here:...
View ArticleSAMR Introduction – presentation from Innovate 2014
I presented this workshop at the E-Schools Network 2014 Conference held at Wynberg Girls’ High School in Cape Town. The workshop was a brief introduction to the basics of the SAMR model of technology...
View ArticleuLead 2016 – Twitter summary notes
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View ArticleAre schools guilty of peddling myths about the brain?
Understanding how children learn is a critical part of the studies teachers undergo in order to qualify in their field. For decades researchers have studied the science of learning and have tried to...
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