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It’s not a revolution unless something changes

January 27, 2010

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My daughter begins high school next week.
And as she does, the Federal government and the various state governments continue to trumpet their triumphs in their so-called Building the Education Revolution plan. As yet, I’ve seen no revolution from this program, and little evolution. Mostly just reactionary, frightened implementation of the laptops for high schoolers program [...]

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Only Connect

September 29, 2009

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The presentation below is the slide deck from my opening keynote at yesterday’s AIS NSW ICT Integration Conference 2009: eConsumers or eProducers?
It went over very well. The teachers and other educators seemed enthused by my contribution to their event. A sound file, that I will sync with the slides, is coming.
The title, from the dedication [...]

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Connect.ed – The story of a girl

December 5, 2008

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My closing keynote from eLearning08, the primary event on the NSW Australian Flexible Learning Framework calendar.
Connect.ed – The story of a girl
View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: participation learning)

I want today to tell you a story. Like many stories, our hero is a young girl. She will face challenges and adversity. But she [...]

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BarCamp Sydney #4 – Saturday, 15 November 2008

November 2, 2008

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The (un)organisers of BarCamp Sydney have let me know that they are preparing for yet another festival of creativity to engage and excite the Australian tech and innovation community. Details below.
Date: 15 November 2008
Venue: UNSW Roundhouse
Time: 9:00AM-5:00PMpm (registration starts at 8:30AM)
Register: Do it yourself on the wiki
If you’ve never been to a BarCamp before, I [...]

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Connect.ed

August 11, 2008

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As the parent of a child not too far off entering high school, a number of issues surrounding her education concern me. Not least of which is how are governments in Australia – Federal and State – dealing with the increasing need for students of today to have an education that is connected, collaborative and [...]

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