From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sackmann, Gleason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:35:20 -0700 Subject: TheSchoolDaily for Friday, 02 August 2002
TheSchoolDaily for Friday, 02 August 2002 "Building a networked learning community of parents, teachers and friends of schools." TheSchoolDaily is sponsored by: * ASCD http://www.ascd.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EDUCATION NEWS TERTIARY POLICY FLAWED http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=14711 In this editorial the New Zealand Herald looks at the"misguided restructuring of tertiary education" that began 12 months ago. TEACHERS ATTACK TV STORYLINES http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=14673 Soap operas and television adverts that glorify selfish and bad behaviour are sending "dangerous messages" to children, British teachers have warned. The Guardian reports... YOUNG SEE LAW CHANGE AS GREEN LIGHT FOR CANNABIS http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=14672 British teachers yesterday criticised the government for sending out "mixed messages" to youngsters over drug use through its controversial reclassification of cannabis earlier this month reports the Guardian. ANOTHER SCHOOL BUS SERVICE AXED http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1284786a1927,FF.html NCEA RESULTS REALLY PLEASING http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1284524a1911,FF.html PALESTINIAN BOMBING KILLS 7 AT UNIVERSITY http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1284340a12,FF.html SCHOOL SAYS GOODBYE SCHOOL BUS http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1284897a1601,FF.html FIELDING HIGH SCHOOL PREPARES FOR WEARABLE ART AWARDS http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1284898a4661,FF.html HELPING HAND FOR ATHLETES http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1284998a1502,FF.html PARENTS PULL CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1284846a1800,FF.html TRUANCY UP AS TEACHERS LEARN HARD LESSONS FROM STRIKE http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1285034a11,FF.html AUSTRALIAN PRIEST TO HEAR SEXUAL ABUSE CLAIMS http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1285205a1895,FF.html FIVE-POINT TARGET FOR TBHS AGAINST MALBOROUGH http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1285118a2023,FF.html MUSLIM GIRLS TO FIGHT SINGAPORE OVER HEAD SCARF BAN http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1285005a12,FF.html AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY LECTURER HONOURED http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1285014a28,FF.html ASIANS PLACED AS MOST SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL LEAVERS http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1284930a11,FF.html COLLEGE QUARTET RELISH RUGBY EDUCATION http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1284942a1916,FF.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BREAKFAST FOR THE BRAIN BFTB: Breakfast for the Brain http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=14709 1. What result did Carol Owens achieve in the women's singles squash final at the Commonwealth games? 2. What result did Judo player Tim Slyfield achieve at the Commonwealth games? 3. What result has the New Zealand 4000m pursuit team achieved at the games? 4. What result did the New Zealand men's hockey team achieve against Canada at the games? Answers... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEACHERS Response to Mark Treadwells article in Tuesday's TSD on PDA's Mark your snippet about a PDA toting headmaster was a timely one. I use a Palm OS based handheld (m100) for lesson plans, diary, to do list etc, etc and find it invaluable. In fact I'm planning to upgrade to a more powerful colour model in the near future. Three questions: firstly, are there any places I can go to purchase PDA's with an educational discount. Secondly, any other teachers out there using PDA's, and if so what applications do you use - anything especially for school? Lastly, will ERO be able to cope with a "lesson-planning" system that splits "Plans" between multiple PDA-based applications??? Adrian Firth, Glenfield College. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOVERNANCE The Linda Vining Column: Repositioning your School http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=14585 Three years ago Griffith University in Queensland,by its own admission, was a "wannabee university with a declining market share". At a conference in Sydney I heard the former Marketing Manager, Margaret Burke, say that the university used to have a poor and undistinguished image. Today, it holds a strong position in the education marketplace as a result of an integrated marketing plan. Below are several strategies the university initiated to reposition itself. These techniques are just as applicable to schools... INSIGHTS and OVERSIGHTS by Lester Flockton: <i>School Improvement: How do we know it? How do we show it? Part 1</i> http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=14710 We must learn to measure what we value rather than value what we can measure." (Education Counts, 1991) If only everything were neat and tidy, linear and straight, black and white, simple and uncomplicated. But that's not what it's like in the majority of schools and classrooms, let alone the homes that children live in. Plan for Success #5 By Defyd Williams: Going for data-driven goals http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=14705 Last week we asked if we wouldn't allow anyone to perform surgery on us, why should schools allow all parents to tell teachers, as the professional experts, what the learners need? Well to get the ball rolling on this familiar debate here is some qualitative and quantitative data that one high school gathered when they asked parents to state their expectations. Teach pupils safe drug use http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=14707 Some UK children are now so steeped in drug culture that they should be taught how to take drugs safely rather than instructed to "just say no", the Professional Association of Teachers decided ... UK teachers to be offered three-year pay deal http://www.theschooldaily.com/articleView.asp?articlePK=14708 The UK Government is planning to award teachers a three-year pay deal in a bid to head off a damaging conflict over public sector salaries ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Articles from the latest 'Good Teacher' and NZ Information Literacy Archive http://www.TheSchoolQuarterly.com For school audioconferencing POLYCOMs are essential http://www.learnz.org.nz/polycom/ 'Read and Write 6.0' - an easy to use toolbar providing literacy support from textHELP! http://www.texthelp.co.nz 'Type and Talk 4.0' an easy to use word processor providing literacy support from textHELP! http://www.texthelp.co.nz 2002 ASCD Teaching & Learning Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, October 11-13 http://www.ascd.org/trainingopportunities/conferences/2002tlc/ ******************************************* For digest instead of individual postings, send the message: set k12newsletters digest to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, click and send (no body or subject: required) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] K12 Newsletters mailing list is a service of Classroom Connect - http://www.classroom.com Archives for K12 Newsletters can be found at: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=K12NEWSLETTERS **********************************************************
