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Entries from August 2006

Your Future is … RockYou! (miniLegends)

August 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Here are a few slides from pictures we took on our excursion.  (It’s just a fun test)
The fortune teller is at the Bay (Glenelg) Discovery Centre where we can go to learn heaps more about our local community. It is interactive as well.
In an attempt to embed (make appear) our ‘Your Future is …’ slide show [...]

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Next-gen music companies to allow remixes?

August 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment

For those looking at remixing music tracks etc (Mike and others) have a look at this .. I was directed to this article (by Jeff Howe) via both Stephen Downes and George Seimens.
In a time of “the music industry suffering” but “the market for music is thriving”
here is one company (Nettwerk Music Group, British Columbia) willing to [...]

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Tags: file-sharing · intellectual control · music · remixing

Web2.0 Showcase

August 25th, 2006 · No Comments

All you wanted to know but were too afraid to ask!
Thursday, September 21st, 2006, 4.15 – 6.30 pm (Term3 Week 9)
Discovery Centre, TSoF
Cost: This is a free event
An introduction to some of the collaborative Web2 resources that are quick, easy, intuitive, free, personal, collaborative, connected and empowering for kids and teachers.
• Wikis - Graham Wegner
• [...]

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A Vision Splendid - Conference reflection and way forward

August 17th, 2006 · No Comments

A Vision Splendid - ICT: research, pedagogy, implementation for schools …
main post links to all other 10 posts on the Curriculum Corporation’s 13th conference
Jeremy Roschelle,
Director, Director of the Centre for Technology in Learning at SRI International.
Susan Mann, CEO, Curriculum Corporation.
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Jeremy Roschell – people are struggling with implementation , the time (is it available – is [...]

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A Vision Splendid - Round Table Discussion

August 17th, 2006 · No Comments

A Vision Splendid - ICT: research, pedagogy, implementation for schools …
main post links to all other 10 posts on the Curriculum Corporation’s 13th conference
Round Table Discussion

Theory and practice (groups of 8-10) 

Panel Discussion

Resolve questions raised during the Round Table discussions

Peter Freebody
Jillian Dellit
James Paul Gee
Jeremy Roschelle
Susan Mann
John Hedberg

C032 Round Table Discussions - Alan Bevan
The questions – I [...]

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A Vision Splendid - Jillian Dellit

August 17th, 2006 · No Comments

A Vision Splendid - ICT: research, pedagogy, implementation for schools …
main post links to all other 10 posts on the Curriculum Corporation’s 13th conference
Jillian Dellit, Director, The Le@rning Federation. 
Wild erractic fancy?
Schooling links the future and the past. The schooling process must conserve and it must ensure society is transformed. This paradox puts particular strains on all [...]

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A Vision Splendid - John Hedburg

August 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment

A Vision Splendid - ICT: research, pedagogy, implementation for schools …
main post links to all other 10 posts on the Curriculum Corporation’s 13th conference
John Hedberg, Chair in ICT and Education and Director of the Macquarie ICT Innovations Centre at Macquarie University. 

Searching for disruptive pedagogies: Matching pedagogies to the technologies
The presentation will explore the context of [...]

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A Vision Splendid Workshop 9 - Screen It … How? Al Upton

August 17th, 2006 · No Comments

A Vision Splendid - ICT: research, pedagogy, implementation for schools …
main post links to all other 10 posts on the Curriculum Corporation’s 13th conference
Sceen it: How? - Game Maker
Presenter: Al Upton, Glenelg School, Adelaide, South Australia 
Video games have had a significant impact on our society in a short time and we need to understand and [...]

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Workshop 7 - Screen It - Why? Vincent Trundle

August 17th, 2006 · No Comments

A Vision Splendid - ICT: research, pedagogy, implementation for schools …
main post links to all other 10 posts on the Curriculum Corporation’s 13th conference
Screen it: screen stories, games and learning - Why?
Presenters: Vincent Trundle and Annemaree O’Brien, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Victoria
Games and screen texts immerse young people in highly appealing and [...]

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A Vision Splendid - James Paul Gee

August 17th, 2006 · No Comments

A Vision Splendid - ICT: research, pedagogy, implementation for schools …
main post links to all other 10 posts on the Curriculum Corporation’s 13th conference
James Paul Gee, Professor, University of Wisconsin.  
Video Games as Learning Machines for a Global World.We face a paradox and a crisis. The paradox is that often today children engage with more complex learning [...]

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