Educational goals

Here in Australia, outcomes-based assessment has taken a hold and is infiltrating quite successfully.  We have yet to combine it with the competitiveness and rewards-based compensation system that seems to be in place already in America.  Though I suspect those are on their way.  I wish they weren’t, and this blog and its added comments simply reinforce that fear.   Outcomes do not take into account inherent capabilities or societal influences, nor do they seem to me to rely on a holistic educational scheme.

“a healthy reminder that man is not primarily made to chase after his own creations. It’s not all about getting ahead, staying competitive, etc., etc. I’m not saying those are not worthwhile goals; just that they’re not the only ones, and perhaps not even the most important”

Students teaching teachers

Students teaching teachers
Jill Goodman’s article  Students teach PowerPoint  set me thinking about the whole issue of “teaching.”

Blogs as legal evidence

Blogs are slowly makng their way into the mainstream - evolving as they go. This report of a blog being used as criminal evidence is just another facetof that process.

Holiday survival and joy

I have just posted the latest Pivotal Personal bestto clients and to the website.

Lots of tips for surviving the holiday season and making it happy ...

83 Secrets For Taking Better Holiday Photos
Holiday Fun
So many ways to say "Happy Christmas"
Cards that give

as well as the latest articles uploaded to the website

In the workplace
Get Out of Town! 5 Tips for Lightening Your Workload So You Can Take a Vacation

Leadership
In a Bad Spot? Try Mindfulness


Health and personal wellbeing

Cycles of sleeping and waking with the Doze family


The Fullness Factor™

Web 2 and libraries

The potential of the internet as an avenue for providing services and for maketing is huge for libraries. Not traditional. Probably unerused. But potential. And huge. Welcome then is this offering about just what we can do with Web 2. This is my ezine, Library Bytes - scroll down to the article link.

Library Bytes now online

The latest issue of Library Bytes has been sent.

Contents List:

IDEAS TO SHARE
Web 2.0: Building the New Library

Patron Choice

Add AIM presence to your blog or website

NEWS BYTES

Optimizing Technology in Libraries: Communication, Collaboration & Community

H.W. Wilson’s Book Review Digest Turns 100

Open Content Alliance Expands Rapidly; Reveals Operational Details

LIBRARY MARKETING

The Gaming Invasion

Free Resources: The Redesigned International Children's Digital Library Web Site

You can visit this issue . Subscription details are on that page.

Evaluating websites

We can use the internet for so much in our lives, and many of us learn, mostly by trial and error whether to trust the material on any given site. It appears that at school, however, students are using material without judging it efficacy or its source. Welcome then the teaching of how to evaluate websites. Many teacher librarians have taken this as part of their job. In my reearch for ed news bytes I discovered a wonderful site that provides information on evaluating websites.
Useful, undoubtedly, for adults as well.

Taking control of your paper

Thank you to everyone who has enrolled in the Taking Control of Your Paper email course. It will only be free for another two weeks, and then I will add it to the shopping cart. So take advantage of this free offer before it goes! Take control of YOUR paper!