With the rise of the computer in the workplace, it follows that technology education should be fundamentally important in schools. The number of jobs that require computer skills is increasing, and many areas of business that used to be analog are now digital, like the stock market, art and design for advertising and business, and [...]
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Are Schools Without the Latest Technology Putting Kids at a Serious Disadvantage?
Posted by Kevin on November 9th, 2010
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Teaching for Uncertain Futures
Posted by Kevin on November 30th, 2008
Something that I am well aware of is the need to consider that the world that the students in my classroom will be living in is very different to what existed 50 years ago. So, I was quite excited to see that Teaching Australia (who are funded by Commonwealth Government) had identified this as an [...]
Oxford 307 Word list
Posted by Kevin on October 30th, 2008
In 2007 Oxford University Press – Australia conducted a rigorous study titled ‘An investigation of high frequency words in young children’s writing and reading development’. Permission was sought from and granted by the relevant State Education departments, including DECS SA to conduct the study in a range of schools. Research of this type had not [...]