PD Jumpstart: Following Overseas Events
[VIDEO: James Surowiecki discusses the notion of trusting eyewitnesses via social media, crosschecked by the topic they're posting under. Not essential viewing, but a great primer. Here he is talking about the Wisdom of Crowds [...]
Global Education & Real Data
There's plenty of buzz around about data, visualisation, and how we can best make use of it in the classroom. David McCandless demonstrates it better than most in his TED Talk "The Beauty of Data [...]
Achieving Nerd-vana – Part I
This year I've been working with a lot of people just making their first steps into using technology for learning. For some of these people who aren't regular, comfortable users, it's a leviathan undertaking. For [...]
Five Jobs that Don’t Exist Yet
Back to school next week. Here's a nice little piece of reading to infuse into your thoughts to begin the new semester. When I was at high school, the standard line trotted out to [...]
VIDEO: “Where Data Meets Design”
Some colleagues of mine in Singapore linked me to this video about the value of visualising data. Giving your numbers some visual form and aesthetic sense helps bring your message to life for those of [...]
Professional Learning Series: A Model
In my last post I talked about cultivating a positive learning culture within your school as a foundation for a happy, upbeat, successful professional learning program. I also talked about the positive effects it [...]
