A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
Liberation through Social Media
1. Gramsci, Foucault and Liberation Technology shaping and activating the global learning space with social networking Ira David Socol College of Education Michigan State University PhD Candidate
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3. Open University 2005: DEEP Impact: An Investigation of the Use of Information and Communication Technologies for Teacher Education in the Global South Leach, J., Ahmed, A., Makalima, S., and Power, T.
4. SMS Messaging for teacher professional development: -lowered isolation -improved self-assessed practice -improved teacher retention -provided increased global contact for students
5. Foucault: power “only exists in action” (1996). Twitter and teacher blogging seems to create a “transaction space” for the action which otherwise may not exist.
6. Creating a space in which teachers can use their own power, without the transaction space limitations of their culture and/or nation.
7. Twitter and teacher blogs as a way of creating new Gramscian power routes which limit societal hegemonies
22. to what degree does nsw need associative advocasy accross sectors vs focus on skill/resources.
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24. [1] Light bulb! What if I gave an assignment in class and each student was the expert on one problem and they couldn't ask me for help. They HAD [2] to ask the student in charge of that problem. I know this is a very common teaching strategy but I normally hate it and this way excites me.
25. Students in tears over HSC 'nightmare' http://bit.ly/4tRIXt [Gotta love standardised testing
26. Admin said couldnt show b/c Lou was smoking a cigarette.I worked at alternative school for Pete's sake!Kids had weed!Idiots!
27. special needs eighth graders all very far behind-no progress last two years- any ideas?
28. Students' blogs are filling the RSS feed with great #novelstudy posts: http://bit.ly/bPWVwB (book list: http://bit.ly/bXbD7j) #talonsenglish
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30. Can I write "Dear parent, your son has greatly improved on things not considered important by the school report system"?
32. Looking forward to seeing how my gr 7/8 students handle their first full "plan your own day".They've had blocks of this & now they're ready.
33. Hmmm, thinking Skype portable will help me get students access to Skype where they are not allowed to install it http://bit.ly/4r3hX9
35. Reading: "Move to drop honors courses at Boston Latin worries some" http://j.mp/coDjbV The word "learning" never used in the article. Sigh.
36. “ Add-on” Value to Firefox – Webinar http://bit.ly/ciTq40 #elearning