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27 June, 2014
The SA Secondary Principals Association says the Education Department pays lip service to modern teaching philosophies and technologies and there are “pockets of innovation” in some schools, but systemic changes are needed to drag all schools into the 21st century. Its draft 21st Century Schooling paper also calls for personalised learning programs, direct assessment of students’ critical and creative thinking capabilities and a system-wide focus on “inquiry-based” learning rather than traditional teacher-led classes. The association’s vice president and Hamilton Secondary College principal Peter Mader said there should be “minimum input from the teacher and maximum output from the student” in modern classrooms.
Labels:
Critical + Creative Thinking,
Education,
research
Meet Google Cardboard, a gadget made from materials worth about $30 that you can place any modern Android smartphone in to create a basic virtual reality headset. The invention — which has similar capabilities to the $US350 Facebook-owned Oculus Rift — is truly amazing. It’s like putting a computer in front of your face and comes at a fraction of the cost of a traditional VR headset Australian Mark Pesce, one of the early pioneers in virtual reality, said Cardboard was "very clever".
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3D,
Critical + Creative Thinking
26 June, 2014
Robert Morris University will offer about 30 athletic scholarships to students who play the 'League of Legends' video game. "It's a team sport," Melcher said. "There's strategy involved. You have to know your role in the game. Obviously it's not cardiovascular in any way, but it's mental. There are elements that go into it that are just like any other sport."
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Critical + Creative Thinking,
Education,
Game
23 June, 2014
Computer Science is now mandatory subject in Chinese schools. students study five years of physics, four years of chemistry and biology, three years of geography and history, and one year of computer science, which includes basic computer literacy and programming. Pupils also participate in physical education in each year of secondary school and two or three years of art and music. Many schools now teach typing in the second year of junior secondary school.
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Asia Connection,
Education,
ICT Capability
INNOVATIVE east coast firm Plexus has unveiled what it says is the nation’s first commercial use of artificial intelligence to provide legal services. In the first of what is intended to be a series of fully automated products, Plexus has developed an online service in which businesses running trade promotions can obtain advice about all legal requirements without talking to a lawyer.
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