Month: December 2012
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VET Education in Australia
This recent article is a well thought out and researched article on the state of VET education in Australia. Take a few minutes to read it and like the author ask yourself the question, why are the various State Governments slashing publicly funded VET education? It really doesn’t make much sense. Read the article here.…
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Sunday Zephyr – The Wonders of the Blue Marble
This is a great video of us, here on earth, and looking at it from space. As we head into Christmas it is a good time to remember just how complex life is and how lucky we all are just being alive. Can’t see the video – click here. OVERVIEW from Planetary Collective on Vimeo.…
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Don’t know where to store your educational sessions?
This is a new website and it looks good. If you want to store your sessions, handouts, audio, videos etc so that students can access it then maybe this is the site for you. All that and it is free to use. I am keen to explore this during the holiday break. Click here to…
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What’s wrong here?
What’s wrong with this video? Can’t see the video – click here. I don’t want to be ageist but there is one person on this committee who is young and the rest appear to be closing in on retirement. If you want to change the future of education in Australia you need to talk to…
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Poor Education but Business as Usual
This article is exactly why I don’t see any significant changes occuring to Education over the next few years. You would of heard about or watched on TV how we ranked behind students in maths, science and reading in 26 other nations. Australia had the worst results of any English-speaking country. That is disgusting. Of…
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Sunday Zephyr – Practice and skill development
What is your estimate of how long it took this guy to perfect this set of tricks? Amazing. Can’t see the video – click here.
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Free Wireless Internet
Awesome – but not to be for most of us. The decision for free wireless internet has been made in Adelaide City. What affect will that have on the population, information flow and education? I’m not sure but that is a great idea. In NSW we are going to get a bigger and better Darling…
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Three part E-Learning series
The last post of my three part series on E-learning Zero to E-Learning Guru was completed last week. If you want to check out all three parts go to the Total Learning site and this post will lead you to all three. They also have some excellent videos in their blog from their recent conference.…
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Is this possibly the most meaningless statement ever written?
Below is a link to the Education Bill 2012. If you read this at tell me what it is going to do then please let me know because I think it could be one of the best examples of many words used to say nothing. Quite tricky to be able to do that. No doubt…
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Sunday Zephyr – Space Station
Hope you are enjoying your weekend. I have always been fascinated by space and space travel ever since I was allowed to stay home form school (something that never happened) to watch Armstrong walk on the moon. Even if space is not your thing watch the video below and just think of how complex the…