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The Hunger Games & Critical Literacy, Post 2 of 4.
Part #2 – Schooling is an Arbitrary System (Navigation: Part 1, Parts 3 & 4 tomorrow) I've defined critical literacy as the ability to both: #1 observe, analyse, deconstruct a system (aka the...
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The Hunger Games & Critical Literacy, Post 3 of 4.
Part #3 – Game Thinking Promotes De-Fusion from the System (Navigation: Part 1, Part 2, Part 4 tomorrow) I've defined critical literacy as the ability to both: #1 observe, analyse, deconstruct a system...
View ArticleThe Hunger Games & Critical Literacy, Post 4 of 4.
Part 4, Conclusion – The Hunger Games (Navigation: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) I've defined critical literacy as the ability to both: #1 observe, analyse, deconstruct a system (aka the observer’s...
View ArticleFacebook is the East India Company
Just a thought, that Facebook has some similarities with the East India Company. The East India Company, a private company, functioned as a soverign nation, able to print its own money, employ a...
View ArticleBuilding the Education Revolution Spaces
International readers, the background to this post is a huge financial investment by the Australian government in new school capital works progams as one of several initiatives to counteract the...
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Anatomy of a (Flipped) Meme
(See also, part 2: The Curious Case of Flipped-Bloom's) You know the 'Flipped Learning' meme? Flip it? The Flip? The Flipped Classroom? Okay then, smartie, have you noticed its new iteration,...
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The Curious Case of the Flipped-Bloom's Meme
(This is the sequel to 'Anatomy of a (Flipped) Meme') rss / email subscribe / follow Steve Last post I dug up the history of the Flipped Classroom idea. In this thrilling conclusion I look a variant:...
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Dear ClassDojo, it's Complicated
PREFACE: Just after posting this blog, I discovered Vivo Miles: From the site "It’s the 21st century right? So, when you do something worthy of a reward at school, you want something a little more...
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Design-Thinking in Teaching and Learning
A Flirtatious New IdeaA sea-change whirls around for a while before it bites you, smites you, leaves you stricken, smitten! Since 2010 the phrase 'Design Thinking' has been itching in my mind, due...
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Article 10
This is post #2 on Design. Click here for the back-story.Click here to read about the end result (an event in Melbourne) that is the culmination of Design for PD.So, I'm a n00b when it comes to design....
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I have a short video of my school to share with you.Below, our school principal Stephen Harris leads a tour of one of our learning spaces. From the language he uses about learning, and space, you can...
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Student Self-Direction: A Case Study of My Yr 8 French Class
In a previous post I brain-dumped a description of a model that I called "Landscape/Frame/Gateway".If anyone can think of a more catchy name, I'm all ears.I want to give a detailed example of it in...
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Embedding Analytical Content in a Narrative Frame
A quick vignette! A few minutes ago I noticed my colleague Ben Bridges sitting with some new Year 12 students just near our preschool. Fittingly, he appeared to be reading from a children's storybook....
View ArticlePeople VS Ideas
There's nothing so dangerous as an idea. They topple kingdoms, provoke genocides, create technologies to kill, exploit, shut out.An idea can bring blessing too - an insight or invention that feeds the...
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Brain Bucks
I've made up a term: 'brain dollars', A brain dollar is a unit of good quality attention. Let's say, in 24 hours, you have 100 'brain dollars' to spend. It's a tight budget!What are you spending them...
View ArticleDunalley Primary School Burned Down, How to Help
Seven days ago Dunalley Primary School in Tasmania, was burned down by the bushfires. You can read their story in their own words here. Their website photo album shows what used to be - what has burned...
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Shaped Spaces and Learning - In a Cave or On the Stage?
I've parroted 'Technology is Space' for a few years now, because I have high confidence in the ability of this perspective to bring insight to where technology fits in schools and in learning...
View Article13 year old sends Hello Kitty into Space
Hat tip to Adrian Bruce who shared this. A 13 year old girl has sent a Hello Kitty doll to the edge of space, mounted with several cameras. The footage is jaw-dropping:There is so much that I want to...
View ArticleTechnology is Space - Rationale
Okay, folks, this post is NOT for everyone, definitely not if you are looking for great home-cooked teaching and edtech ideas. You are warned! Skip this post, ok! I am going to try to explain the...
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A Shared Story
Have a look at this lovely artwork by Bev Doolittle. What do you notice?'The Hills Have Eyes' Bev DoolittleSpend a few more moments taking it in, and observe what your mind does. The longer you scan,...
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