Category: Training Videos
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Education across the World
Interesting video which worries me a little. I can see what he is doing and saying but I am not sure that education is about be more successful. The best? I am not sure what the best and successful is. If you take the economical view better education, better skilled and knowledgeable people, better country,…
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Looking Through the Google Glass
You might have already seen the video below. It has millions of views already. I wrote a post about Google glasses about a year ago. It looks very interesting and there are many positive and negative impacts for education. Can’t see the video – click here. In case you don’t know much about the glasses…
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Gonski Overload. May He Rest in Peace.
I am getting a bit sick of hearing about the Gonski report especially when you suspect that it will probably fade away like most other reviews with little to show for the enormous expense. Here is a quick summary of what it is about from the government website. In 2010 the Australian Government commissioned a…
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Sunday Zephyr – Just Relax
Had a busy week. Lay down, close your eyes and listen to this. Save it as a bookmark and play it at work when things get too hectic. Have a great day. Can’t see the video – click here.
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What is happening to my career?
Over the last 12 months I am facilitating less face to face, doing more online and definitely working from home more. Despite those changes I am earning more and working more, so it must be good. So where is it heading? I have also attended three MOOCs myself and found them to be very rewarding.…
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Sunday Zephyr – People will amaze you
People constantly amaze me. It isn’t always the big flashy stuff either like the video below, it is often the small changes that you observe in a person over the course of a short program, the way some people go out of their way to help others or the way some some people exceed their…
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Brain Stuff
As Learning Enablers (I am using the new term – see last post) we are dealing with the brain. The more you understand how it works the better you are able to shape the learning so that it is effective and efficient. Here is a quick video on the brain. Can’t see the video –…
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Making Science Interesting
Good teaching and training is about making your content interesting by delivering it in a multitude of interesting ways. Maybe, toady you are going to have a beer, possibly a Guinness (a favourite beer of mine). Could a glass of Guinness be used to teach science. The video below proves it can. Can you make…
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Sunday Zephyr – The Cloud
Still having trouble understanding the cloud? Maybe this short video will help you get the concept. Can’t see the video – click here.
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Wake up Australian Curriculum
If you read the articles, newspapers and other internet traffic regarding education in Australia over the last few months, like I have, you would have been saturated in content about the failing school system, poor teaching standards, useless curriculum and the new educational blueprint for the future. Please watch the video below. It is about…