conversation Triumph and Disaster Part 1 Paul Brislen asked me to write a little piece for the TUANZ blog, and I'm grateful to him for offering to host my writing. I sent him this piece, and he was kind
Triumph and Disaster Part 2 In New Zealand education policy, the failure of Talent2 and the Ministry of Education to build and deliver the Novopay payroll system has been widely covered in the media. This failure occurred for
Public Achievement Information Buried deep within the Ministry's website are these pages. If you're at all interested in the future of NZ education - please take the time to peruse them and consider what they mean
charter schools Where exactly are we failing again? Buried in the final paragraphs of this article in the NZ Herald on charter schools, is an interesting admission. For her part, Isaac expresses a faint hope that charter schools won't be seen
"Technology at the core" Technology drives South Korean 'smart' schools. Not much mention of learning in this video. Instead it's all about the technology. Because that's what makes a school "smart". Apparently. I know it's
Seriously? This is the conversation? This image annoys me. To me it shows a real deficit thinking model that exists in our teaching profession. And it falls into the trap of accepting the common perception of what's actually
conversation Moving ISPs - a creative writing lesson. I had to change the school ISP this week, after 3 weeks of send email failure, blacklisted emails and just intermittent headaches for all of the users on our domain. The biggest issue