HappyStevetag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-16705822009-12-02T12:49:23+11:00Teachers, Technology, LearningTypePadMy Lead Article for our School Newslettertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5536f56b688340120a6fa4e85970b2009-12-02T12:49:23+11:002009-12-02T12:49:23+11:00Digital Citizenship and the World Wide Web Steve Collis, Director of Innovation Technology has changed everything compared to when I was at school. When I was 9 years old, Dad brought home a "Sinclair Spectrum" computer. I was enamoured, spending...Stephen Collishttp://www.happysteve.com/2009/12/my-lead-article-for-our-school-newsletter.htmlTry Teaching Nakedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5536f56b688340128759d427f970c2009-11-14T11:20:07+11:002009-11-14T11:31:38+11:00I've just read an excellent article about stripping lecture halls of technology - http://chronicle.com/article/Teach-Naked-Effort-Strips/47398/ (via @mitchsquires and @educatedlife) Technology is sometimes equated with better teaching. The assumption is that technology is the road to improved learning. It's much more complicated...Stephen Collishttp://www.happysteve.com/2009/11/try-teaching-naked.html5 Year Plan for Virtual Worlds in Education & Integration with Moodletag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5536f56b688340120a5c24cbe970b2009-10-06T11:47:46+11:002009-10-07T09:48:38+11:00We've had our virtual world "Booralie" running for almost a year now and I'm thinking "Where to next?" I sent my thoughts to a team of teachers at my school, Northern Beaches Christian School. Here is that email. I finish...Stephen Collishttp://www.happysteve.com/2009/10/5-year-plan-for-virtual-worlds-in-education-integration-with-moodle.htmlA Crazy Idea, All in One Lesson, & Blogged Directly from Classtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5536f56b688340120a6063b57970c2009-10-01T11:27:47+10:002009-10-01T11:27:47+10:00As I type this, my Year 8 French students are working intensely on making comic strips by taking pictures within our virtual 3D world, which we call "Booralie Island". Now they're making comic strips. I'll paste the comics in amongst...Stephen Collishttp://www.happysteve.com/2009/10/a-crazy-idea-all-in-one-lesson-blogged-directly-from-class.html“Booralie” Virtual World for High School Learningtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e5536f56b688340120a5f56869970c2009-09-27T12:44:41+10:002009-09-27T12:54:16+10:00"Second Life" is free software that connects you to a 3D virtual space, shared and built by 100,000s of other virtual citizens. My colleague Mark Liddell and I are presenting at an educators conference that takes place within this virtual...Stephen Collishttp://www.happysteve.com/2009/09/booralie-virtual-world-for-high-school-learning.html