Deconstructing Michael: Part One Vision

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Who is Michael you say?  Well Michael Barbour, Assistant Professor in Instructional Technology at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.  And I’m not really deconstructing him.  It is more a discussion on the main themes of his paper on the Virtual Learning Network.  This is the first post in a series on the topic. If [...]

NCEA Analysis 2012

NCEA Results 2012

Well what I can say.  Seems like results are improving slowly year by year, although not in any way that suggests dramatic improvement.   One thing is for certain – this works as far as NCEA results go.  I would expect to see the blue portion grow over the next few years.  The next stage [...]

Tekapo Retreat: Day Two and Three / What makes effective PD?

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We started day two with a bit of a review of day one and then moved straight into our second unconference. I was involved in a couple of interesting discussions around BYOD, tablets (follow up post coming on this) and developing a personal learning network (using rss feeds and twitter).  Once again it was great [...]

Regional Cluster: Tekapo Retreat, Day One

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Today is the first day of our three day retreat with the project teachers in the regional cluster.  We have had a real increase in numbers this year as new teachers have put up their hand to have a go in the last year with funding.  This is great, because it provides a much better [...]

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