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		<title>NSW DET &#8211; New CIO</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 21:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January this year the NSW Department of Education and Training appointed a new Chief Information Officer. You can read the details in The Australian and at ZDnet. The previous deputy CIO has not had his contract renewed, and has left the DET. The deputy CIO was responsible for the DET&#8217;s all-consuming focus on &#8216;big [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=where2now.wordpress.com&amp;blog=647642&amp;post=165&amp;subd=where2now&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember back in the day when schools were managed by educators, who were able to interpret a syllabus to develop a curriculum that supported learning outcomes and engaged the imagination of students at the school? Remember when schools strived to be at the leading edge of the learning process? When diversity was valued and nurtured? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=where2now.wordpress.com&amp;blog=647642&amp;post=99&amp;subd=where2now&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Mobile Revolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I could also have titled this post &#8220;Bypassing the Blockers&#8221; &#8211; because that&#8217;s where this is heading in schools. I recall watching a TV news item in the mid 1980s where Telstra (a local telco provider) setup a launch of their &#8220;new&#8221; mobile technology. Analogue then of course. A TV identity, at a podium in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=where2now.wordpress.com&amp;blog=647642&amp;post=46&amp;subd=where2now&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Relevant and Meaningful?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our local Education authority purchases software site licenses for every school, so that all children can use Microsoft Office in the classroom. At the same time, our Quality Teaching model espouses learning environments where childrens&#8217; learning experiences have &#8220;significance&#8221;. How significant is Microsoft Office in the lives of the children in our schools? For that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=where2now.wordpress.com&amp;blog=647642&amp;post=25&amp;subd=where2now&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>IWB &#8211; The Emporer&#8217;s New Clothes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As ICT-aware educators, we are always looking for opportunities to embrace and integrate new and emerging technologies in our classrooms. Adopt and adapt. But what if the new gadget turns out to be a dud? How long do we persevere before we make a professional decision that the new gadget isn&#8217;t promoting quality teaching? The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=where2now.wordpress.com&amp;blog=647642&amp;post=20&amp;subd=where2now&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Tail Wagging the Dog &#8211; Again!</title>
		<link>http://where2now.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/the-tail-wagging-the-dog-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rational and informed planning has never been the forte of large bureaucratic organisations. The planning agenda is more often driven by political and budget considerations, rather than the needs of the &#8220;client&#8221;. This has been clearly demonstrated yet again by the NSW DET&#8217;s proposed implementation of the Federal Government&#8217;s Digital Education Revolution initiative. In brief, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=where2now.wordpress.com&amp;blog=647642&amp;post=18&amp;subd=where2now&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ICT Planning &#8211; Where do we Start?</title>
		<link>http://where2now.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/where-do-we-start-with-ict-planning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Dad used to manage a factory that made aluminium windows.

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		<title>Are we really &#8220;engaging&#8221; students?</title>
		<link>http://where2now.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/are-we-really-engaging-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years we have all considered that the use of &#8220;current technology&#8221; in our classrooms has helped to make our learning environments more interesting and relevant to students. Engaging is the current buzz-word to describe this phenomenon. Schools have always explored the adaptation of current technologies to engage students in the curriculum. Slide projectors, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=where2now.wordpress.com&amp;blog=647642&amp;post=9&amp;subd=where2now&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Read/Write Web in your Classroom?</title>
		<link>http://where2now.wordpress.com/2007/01/01/welcome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you used Facebook? YouTube? Flickr? Wikipedia? Have you read or created a Blog? If you have, then you are part of the Read/Write Web. Of course, the Web has always been Read/Write, it just wasn’t too easy to Write! Lots of new tools are making it easy to extend your Web experience beyond consuming information [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=where2now.wordpress.com&amp;blog=647642&amp;post=7&amp;subd=where2now&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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