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An inspiring knight in Cape Town

By Derek | Published: May 14, 2010
Schoolnet and the Commonwealth of Learning invited me (and a variety of highups in Education)  to a day long seminar in Cape Town around the topic of  ICT integration and teacher training. The key note speaker was the inspiring knight, Sir John Daniel. Not only did he take 25 years to complete a part-time Master’s [...]
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Presentations

By Derek | Published: March 9, 2009
I’ve been designing materials for a Programme entitled “Skills for a changing world” for the past few months and have just got to the piloting phase. Below are  three PowerPoint presentations that I put together. They might be useful to those who’d like to familiarise thmselves with the PowerPoint programme. PowerPoint Orientation PowerPoint Multimedia PowerPoint Interactive If you are [...]
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“What teachers make”

By Derek | Published: March 4, 2009
Taylor Mali is a teacher and poet. He’s a advocate for teachers and the nobility of teaching profession. He’s got a great poem entitled “What teachers make”. I like the way that the poem has been visualised. It’s a great example of a sticky presentation Taylor has and asked (and answered) the question – What do [...]
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I hate learning from failure…

By Derek | Published: February 25, 2009
Shoot! Technologically -  a failed lecture on Digital Portfolios. My old computer conked out and I was left with a chalkboard and a borrowed lap top (thanks Marco). I had wanted to introduce my students to the Digital Portfolio template and had put together for the Skills for a Changing World Programme and get [...]
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Starting with the end

By Derek | Published: February 13, 2009
I’ve always found it useful to start a course with the end product in mind. I also wanted to communicate that the Ed Tech course that I was introducing would be hands on (both behind the computer and at the desks). So I spent a good few hours groveling around the web, looking for a [...]
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Teaching for tomorrow

By Derek | Published: February 12, 2009
I’m quite excited. I’ve been given an opportunity to influence, affect, direct and maybe even change the way that teachers will practice their teaching and learning in the classroom. From next week I’ll be working with student and practicing teachers discovering, demonstrating and developing new ways of learning about ICT, learning with ICT [...]
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