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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 enough to let me run well over his normal word limit. I've made a few revisions and

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 a number of technical and contractual reasons, many of which have been laid out in reviews. The

For Great Justice!

Malaysia announces plan to place Christian faith at the centre of education. Which of course it doesn't. But with a bit of text editing, that blog post about the power of Google to transform education becomes this. "As a parent of three kids, I have the same aspirations as

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 for the shape and feel of schools and learning. Public Achievement Information page Flyer for parents on

ICT

G2009 discussion collapses - what implications for schools.

This rather innocuous press release from the State Services Commission came out last week. It was mentioned in the online press, and is being covered at the NZOSS website. Outcome of G2009 Microsoft negotiations 26 May 2009 The State Services Commission today announced the government has concluded negotiations with Microsoft

nzherald

Response to Mr Roughan

Although I understand Mr. Roughan's job is to provide grits for the masses to chew on - I do take issue with a few of his points. His article, entitled: ' Expel protectionism from schools' was on the NZ Herald site last Saturday. I only read it after Russell Brown