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Category Archives: Professonal Development
Unconferencing again: TeachMeets
More on UnConferencing: UnConferencing meets Teacher Professional Development In the posts on MirandaNet about the axing of BECTA one of the contributors, Leon Cych posted this comment: I’d much rather see teachers who have developed “open” expertise, sharing it with … Continue reading
Kathy Sierra and Thoughts on Professional Development
I have several times wondered what had happened to Kathy Sierra. We used her blog post Crash Course in Learning Theory with several courses to try to break people out of merely parroting “Constructivism, Behavourism and usually one other” with … Continue reading
Too much on the go
The initial rush is just about to die down here, with the start to courses here at Canterbury. here are just to many things backed up. The Australasian Horizon Report The Horizon report was interesting. The report is based around … Continue reading
Posted in Ako, Learning, Professonal Development
Tagged engaged learning, Learning, Reflective Practice
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End of Long Dark Tunnel
Basically, I can now look ahead. Our UCTL integration is complete (except that they are thinking of moving our new buddies at the Learning Skills Centre further away and out of the middle of Campus), we have a website (nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Professonal Development, Web 2.0
Tagged drupal, professional development, software, Wikis, wordpress
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Launch of the FLLinNZ staff development toolkit.
Confirmed. Ten minutes ago: 19th October 2007. Access Grid. Venues: Auckland | Wellington | Christchurch | Dunedin 3.00pm. Snacks provided. 3 brief presentations, and plenty of chatter/feedback and conversation. FAQ: What is the Access Grid? It’s a room somewhere in … Continue reading
Posted in Events 07, FLLiNZ, Learning, Professonal Development, unConferences
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Educational Design
We have just had our UCTL Open Day, five 30 minute sessions and a keynote from Sandra Wills, the director of CEDIR They are a unit with some similar functions to ours. Their byline: Centre for Educational Development and Interactive … Continue reading
Social software and My Life (Part One)
Unfortunately, The Blogging challenge came one month too early for me. I had set September as my time to re-emerge into the world of blogging, internet accounts and social software after clearing my mind of this major project – the … Continue reading
Posted in MyLife, Professonal Development, WorkLife
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Games and faciltation
Every now and then I get to do some things that are more fun than usual. Two workshops this year at e-fest. Creative online facilitation for formal taught courses in the new age of blogs, wikis and RSS With Leigh … Continue reading
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Leadership and Teachers
I think a Professional Leadership Community approach has a lot to offer. But what do we need leadership in teaching for? Brian Lord and Barbara Miller have this to say: At present, we do not know enough about teacher leadership … Continue reading
Posted in Communities, Leadership, Learning, Professonal Development
Tagged Community, professional development
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GTD (1) Getting things done.
In case you don’t know what GTD means, it’s the term from Dave Allen’s book and stands for Getting Things Done. There are a bunch of web sites around to support this, in fact it’s become a cottage industry. … Continue reading
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