http://taspd.edublogs.org Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:01:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reboot10: Free the Battery Humans View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: codification networks) All this talk about standardisation and exams somehow led me to this cool presentation by Lee Bryant from Headshift, and his ideas about the implications of the knowledge economy have parallels with the shifts and tensions in ... http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/08/21/free-the-battery-humans/ http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/08/21/we-think/ PLC Sydney's move to trial the use of the internet and ipods in exams has sparked lots of discussion. Chris Betcher, who works at PLC, presents the reasoning behind the move in his post, The Truth is Out There. He argues that schools need to prepare students to solve problems, ... http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/08/21/the-future-is-now/ After returning from an invigorating trip to Singapore and the International Conference on Teaching and Learning (iCTLT 08), I faced the reality of ... THE EXAMS. I love learning, and the talking and thinking that grows from spending time with other people who love learning is really powerful. The conference ... http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/08/21/aaarrgghh-its-the-test/ iCTLT Authentic Assessment View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: teaching pedagogy) We presented a paper at the iCTLT 08 Conference in Singapore this month on authentic assessment and web 2 tools. The presentation went really well and it was great to talk about the exciting and challenging aspects of experimenting ... http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/08/20/authentic-assessment-web-20/ Along with colleagues from The Armidale School, I attended the International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology (iCTLT 08) in Singapore earlier this month. iCTLT was the first conference held by the International Society for Technology in Education outside the US, and it was a fantastic opportunity to hear from ... http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/08/20/ictlt-08-ken-robinsons-clarion-call/ assessment-overview-video This video explores the tensions between standardised testing and performance-based learning and advocates a move to "high-quality, localised assessment". Project examples include students building robots, designing future schools and racing electric cars. The Urban Academy in New York City, which is part of a consortium of 32 schools, has replaced ... http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/07/26/beyond-standardising-testing-to-real-world-learning/ This TED Talks by Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, demonstrates visually the warped world view presented by US network television, where Anna Nicole Smith and Britney dwarf all international news except Iraq. The map above represents the seconds dedicated to news stories by country in February 2007, a month ... http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/07/15/the-bad-news-about-the-news/ It's interesting how language reflects our sense of cultural identity and this is evident in the Scottish Voice project, which makes a high-quality, synthetic Scottish voice available free to Scottish schools. The project website states that: "We believe there is a strong cultural and educational imperative for pupils in Scotland ... http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/07/10/crikey-language-and-cultural-identity/ Listed in Time's 50 Best Websites of 2008, Searchme is an "engine that displays results not in the usual text-list format (that's so Google), but as a slick image gallery of actual Web pages you can flip through and filter results by topic." Below is a search of "Ken Robinson". http://taspd.edublogs.org/2008/07/10/searchme-visual-search/