News, information and discussion of interest to innovative K-12 educators. http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm Education Copyright 2009 wazmac http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-au Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:17:02 +1000 newsfeed@wazmac.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:16:24 +1000 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ A good example of a class blog at a Sydney school. http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm 722563E5-C49E-40B3-A46B-019F7BFEAAA3-25922-0000155021D485ED-FFA Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:16:24 +1000 A review of the NSW DET's BlogEd service, from an experienced blogging teacher. http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm 33A7B85D-6B38-4E63-A4D6-1AD82F698878-25922-000015500B075D4B-FFA Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:16:16 +1000 Ron Williams, a Queensland parent, is organising a High Court constitutional challenge to the school chaplaincy program. The constitution prevents any law being passed that provides ''for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance'' (SMH) http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm D064FF48-A16F-40B3-B8F5-3E468DCA0608-25922-0000154FF4CCB5A4-FFA Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:15:55 +1000 Useful info for those keeping up with the latest federal election outcomes. Good resource for students. http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm 0C60C2AA-E77A-4FC8-BC9D-5C27CA629ADF-19211-0000957379DE0C01-FFA Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:34:37 +1000 Value-added data is not gospel. A single year of scores, which some states in the US use for teacher "evaluation", can be misleading. http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm 685DF2E8-8CEC-4157-9BB9-27742362396D-19211-000095735E3A56F2-FFA Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:34:33 +1000 Interesting reading about the NY education system, which some local politicians are using as a blueprint for Australian schools. http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm DF91D928-B94C-4DF0-B59B-A081900055D9-19211-0000957345924230-FFA Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:27:30 +1000 Podcast discussions (produced in Victoria) about the use of Apple technologies in the classroom. Plus some links to useful iPad apps. http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm D3A264F0-9298-4DD8-8BC9-AD12D99A571B-19211-000095732B754C62-FFA Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:27:17 +1000 How good is one teacher compared with another? The use of 'value-added' modelling is exploding throughout US school districts. Will Australia be next? (NY Times) http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm 4B6593D7-D53B-4977-AF17-37F09BD0E7D1-16929-00007642F63118F5-FFA Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:04:58 +1000 Wide range of videos suitable for classroom use, organised into learning areas. http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm 23794468-DDA5-4A30-87FF-B40E5EED5349-15165-00006073CF183542-FFA Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:48:05 +1000 Some ideas for useful services that can be embedded in student and school blogs and wikis. http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm 4BA6179F-3446-4A63-814E-7EB47C8E4DA3-15165-00006073BA35D042-FFA Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:47:47 +1000 A new service for those who use Gmail. http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm 30E7FC70-7741-4ED3-82E7-073F98D0E17B-12770-000043D15293F824-FFA Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:22:36 +1000 Neat timeline creator. Unlimited applications in classrooms. http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm 692CFCAB-28E6-46B9-956D-A3FC004D438D-9289-000037ED4DAF2674-FFA Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:44:44 +1000 Michael Trucano lists what he considers to be the 'worst practices' related to the large scale use of ICTs in education. Do some of these sound familiar? http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm 924CA121-7C20-4880-8BD0-AA2E522AB291-9062-00003653AC2F655E-FFA Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:16:57 +1000 The Australian federal government is planning to reduce the hours of computing studies for high school students. (The Australian) http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm CD0EA01D-F310-49DE-8205-30CA75A3BED2-4194-00001F9D4EEFA85E-FFA Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:39:36 +1000 Useful suite of Windows utilities for optimising, cleaning, defragging, file recovery, etc. http://www.wazmac.com/latest_news/index.htm CB832B00-5E57-4279-87C6-B06E3E823B17-3608-0000193B51AB7389-FFA Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:25:33 +1000