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The Right Strikes Again!!!
In March 2014, an election was held. Not a blazing, world shattering election, but an important one for us in South Australia none-the-less. It was expected in that election, the 12 year incumbent government would be tossed out and the … Continue reading
BYOD – Stepping into the unknown
It has been over a year since I first talked about BYOD in education in an earlier blog. Since then, I have been instrumental in developing a BYOD policy, but not implementing it. That task has fallen to others, while … Continue reading
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So, you want nuclear power?
Every so often, somebody talks up the nuclear option as being something that we need to do to ensure the future economic prosperity of the State. Such pronouncements are never accompanied by any detail on how nuclear power will ensure … Continue reading
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One good fraud deserves another!
Right from the outset, I an telling everyone that I believe that the private education system in Australia is the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on the Australian public. It is hugely bigger than the Iraqi WMD, immensely larger than the … Continue reading
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Defining the failure of mass education
I read recently that mass education is failing. This says that our education systems are no longer working. Obviously, this is making a lot of people very unhappy, parents, taxpayers, teachers, politicians- and the list goes on. There seems to … Continue reading
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Crazy is not a word we use around here!
I have always understood the interplay between Government and business is where the real dramas of political/economic philosophies develop and are enacted. I must admit that the real shock came for me when I realised that far from living in … Continue reading
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The Threat of a Murdoch Media
Over the last few decades, we have seen Australia changing, and not always for the better. Perhaps, as November 2013, was the 30th anniversary of the floating of the Australian Dollar, we should start with that. To November 1983, Australia’s … Continue reading
On air with Peter Goers
Last Thursday, 12th February, (2014 that is) I had the unusual honour of being invited to attend Australia’s national broadcaster’s, ABC, studios in Collinswood, Adelaide. I joined the host, Peter Goers, on his evening radio show in a discussion about … Continue reading
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What about tomorrow?
One of the most amazing things I have ever done happened a few months ago. It started a chain of events that leaves me speaking at a meeting to be attended by a number of people in the upper echelons … Continue reading
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Post EduTech 2013
What an interesting 2 day conference that was. EduTech 2013 brought together several people I had not heard from before. Daniel Pink was pretty direct. If you want something, go and get it. Don’t wait for it, fight for it. … Continue reading
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