http://www.stephenp.net/2004/08/12/navcon-blogathon/ A specialist in inquiry-based, work-focussed, online supported learning Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:24:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.stephenp.net/2004/08/12/navcon-blogathon/comment-page-1/#comment-143 johnson Fri, 15 Oct 2004 18:38:29 +0000 http://69.89.27.211/~stephep6/blog/2004/08/12/navcon-blogathon/#comment-143 Navcon2k4 is now over! Thank you everybody for making it the huge success it was.The New Zealand Ministry of Education is delighted to bring together New Zealand Lead Schools and Australian Navigator Schools (Navcon Consortium) from Victoria, to produce this excellent conference on learning and thinking by, with and through information and communication technologies. Navcon conferences are structured around a central theme, and this year's theme was 'learning for the future', or - in maori - 'whaia nga akoranga mo apopo'. Consequently, keynote presenters gave presentations which considered where we have come from in education in the last century, but also where we are headed, and where, perhaps, we should be headed. The conference opened with a keynote on critical issues facing leaders and leadership structures in schools today, presented by internationally renowned school leadership guru, Tom Sergiovanni. The work of Sergiovanni has helped to inform the leadership principles here at GWSC, so it was an excellent opportunity to hear from the man himself. Australian keynote, Dale Spender, presented a review of Australian education, contending that we don't have an education policy in Australia, but rather we have a financial policy: that discussion in our country when it comes to education is more concerned with where funding is directed rather than what exactly is (and should be) going on in schools. The final keynote was by Derek Wenmouth and Vince Ham, both education researchers from New Zealand. Using a series of unlikely props and allusions, they attempted to make statistics about schools fun and engaging. Navcon2k4 is now over! Thank you everybody for making it the huge success it was.The New Zealand Ministry of Education is delighted to bring together New Zealand Lead Schools and Australian Navigator Schools (Navcon Consortium) from Victoria, to produce this excellent conference on learning and thinking by, with and through information and communication technologies. Navcon conferences are structured around a central theme, and this year’s theme was ‘learning for the future’, or – in maori – ‘whaia nga akoranga mo apopo’. Consequently, keynote presenters gave presentations which considered where we have come from in education in the last century, but also where we are headed, and where, perhaps, we should be headed.
The conference opened with a keynote on critical issues facing leaders and leadership structures in schools today, presented by internationally renowned school leadership guru, Tom Sergiovanni. The work of Sergiovanni has helped to inform the leadership principles here at GWSC, so it was an excellent opportunity to hear from the man himself. Australian keynote, Dale Spender, presented a review of Australian education, contending that we don’t have an education policy in Australia, but rather we have a financial policy: that discussion in our country when it comes to education is more concerned with where funding is directed rather than what exactly is (and should be) going on in schools. The final keynote was by Derek Wenmouth and Vince Ham, both education researchers from New Zealand. Using a series of unlikely props and allusions, they attempted to make statistics about schools fun and engaging.

]]> http://www.stephenp.net/2004/08/12/navcon-blogathon/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Stephen Powell Sun, 19 Sep 2004 05:42:51 +0000 http://69.89.27.211/~stephep6/blog/2004/08/12/navcon-blogathon/#comment-142 Thanks Blair, it is always good to try new things. Yes Maurice we have the e-Fellows blogs - cheers! Thanks Blair, it is always good to try new things. Yes Maurice we have the e-Fellows blogs – cheers!

]]> http://www.stephenp.net/2004/08/12/navcon-blogathon/comment-page-1/#comment-141 blair Fri, 17 Sep 2004 09:52:36 +0000 http://69.89.27.211/~stephep6/blog/2004/08/12/navcon-blogathon/#comment-141 you're doing a fantastic job Steven - amazing. you’re doing a fantastic job Steven – amazing.

]]> http://www.stephenp.net/2004/08/12/navcon-blogathon/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Maurice Alford Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:57:51 +0000 http://69.89.27.211/~stephep6/blog/2004/08/12/navcon-blogathon/#comment-140 Hi Stephenguess you already know the e-Fellows' blog at: 219.88.73.68/plog/ ... :-) Maurice Hi Stephenguess you already know the e-Fellows’ blog at: 219.88.73.68/plog/ … Maurice

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