wazmacdotcom Education News & Discussion News, information and discussion of interest to innovative K-12 educators. http://news.wazmac.com/ Education Copyright 2009 wazmac http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-au Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:20:04 +1000 newsfeed@wazmac.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:18:41 +1000 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ School Chaplains A QLD parent making a constitutional challenge to the program. http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/legal-challenge-to-school-chaplains-20100904-14v5q.html B251562E-7EDB-46C9-953E-320A195C5CE4-25922-0000156722C56D80-FFA Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:19:48 +1000 BlogED A teacher's review of the NSW DET blog service. http://mrgray.id.au/2010/08/bloged-blogging-platform/ 89CE9B59-B024-4D73-A972-27E2126F962A-25922-00001567096DCD9C-FFA Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:18:30 +1000 5RC Blog Class blog from a Sydney school. http://year5rc.edublogs.org/ 7D373BF1-871E-4584-BA39-82B8164AAEAA-25922-00001566EC9196BB-FFA Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:17:52 +1000 Antony Green's Election Blog Keep up with the latest Australian election outcomes. http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/ 9FFDEA02-7861-468C-A349-3277AFB0B67E-19211-000095844BBBF862-FFA Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:32:19 +1000 Value-added data is not gospel Have US districts gone too far with teacher accountability? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/magazine/05FOB-wwln-t.html F74B51A1-385F-4450-A109-50E371AAFFD2-19211-000095843833404F-FFA Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:30:43 +1000 NY stimulus shuffling Is this the model we want for Australian schools? http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/education/124810/doe-shuffles--promotes-principals-to-keep-stimulus-funds/ 187F4863-E002-4B33-BC95-BF3CF58D9421-19211-0000958419307773-FFA Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:29:38 +1000 Apples for Kids 'Value-add' teacher comparisons exploding in US. http://www.applesforkids.net/Apples_For_Kids/Apples_For_Kids/Apples_For_Kids.html 6712735C-2A5F-4B07-B556-FF86F08A18F7-19211-0000958403DE0242-FFA Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:28:34 +1000 How good is one teacher compared with another? 'Value-add' teacher comparisons exploding in US. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/01/education/01teacher.html CD1714F0-5877-4470-9396-D00710AB263A-16929-00007675C14EAC91-FFA Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:09:43 +1000 Free K-12 Videos Wide range categorised into learning areas. http://www.watchknow.org/ 70CD079F-6FBF-4FCC-A0B1-7994A85A9DB8-15165-000060890107CF4B-FFA Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:51:44 +1000 Embedded Services Ideas for embedding external services in your school blog. http://mrssmoke.onsugar.com/Best-Embeds-Educational-Wikis-Blogs-3082114 D3152B27-9AB2-458A-8A3A-C4719E6D708A-15165-00006088F0458010-FFA Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:52:11 +1000 Gmail Priority Inbox A new service for those who use Gmail. http://mail.google.com/mail/help/priority-inbox.html B0A3D3F3-F9B3-464F-9CB2-B2399143F71C-12770-000043D5FF7DC92A-FFA Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:23:13 +1000 Preceden Neat timeline creator. Unlimited applications in classrooms. http://www.preceden.com/ 6171A54E-4089-4020-9AC3-9079ECA044F0-9289-000037F36776E768-FFA Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:45:26 +1000 Some of these sound familiar? 10 worst practices of ICT in Education http://www.ictworks.org/news/2010/08/30/10-worst-practices-ict-education AC23F5C6-016F-4CEB-A57C-76491E5DA0A9-9062-0000365B826FCBA3-FFA Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:16:28 +1000 School IT faces squeeze ACARA recommends reduced hours, 200 -> 80 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/it-faces-squeeze-in-high-school-syllabus/story-e6frgakx-1225912074738 5D6F70BC-6F21-47FF-8955-2ADB90921AFE-4194-00001FBA40C9B38C-FFA Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:42:35 +1000 Piriform Useful Windows utilities for optimising, cleaning, defragging, etc. http://www.piriform.com/ BF836E61-C54E-4AD4-84F3-53C04B8C0650-3608-00001950731D8820-FFA Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:28:08 +1000