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Education change: a student perspective
I came across this RSA style video titled Why Education Needs to Change: A Student Perspective on Vimeo today. It was made by grade 8 students at the Calgary Science School as part of a “Renaissance...
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A lot of my time and thinking over recent months has been spent working with some fabulous people here in Christchurch, helping create a future vision for schools and schooling in the city following...
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What makes a learning environment modern?
The term modern learning environments (MLE) has gained currency in recent years as a way of referring to the new forms of school buildings that are being constructed in New Zealand and other places...
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Computing our future…
To code or not to code – that is the question that has been debated hotly for more than two decades now in many countries around the world – including New Zealand. Like many other countries, New...
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Thinking about engagement…
It's official… excellent teachers, supported by gifted and visionary school leaders, keep students engaged in the learning process and hopeful about their future. These are two of the crucial outcomes...
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(Wait for a few seconds for the new article to begin once you've pressed play) For those who may have noticed, I've taken a break from my regular blogging for the past couple of months as the new year...
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Robots as teachers?
Robots are becoming increasingly used to replace human activity in many areas of modern society. They've been used for decades in various forms of manufacturing such as car assembly, in medicine and...
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Networked Leadership
This week's announcement of funding to support the establishment of a new Centre for Educational Leadership in NZ heralds a significant change for the way we think about the leadership of our schools...
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Change, beliefs and the ‘F’ words
The annual uLearn conference is over for another year, and as the new term begins it’s worth taking a little time to reflect on the ‘big ideas’ we came away with — the overarching themes and messages...
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DEREK’S BLOG HAS MOVED
Thank you for visiting Derek’s blog. This blog has been moved to a new URL – please visit www.wenmoth.net to keep up with all of the recent posts. You can re-subscribe to the new blog from that site...
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