iPads, critical search skills & other musings

Education and iPads is a wikispace set up by Jacqui Sharp. If you are wondering where to start with that pod of i-devices, this is an excellent launch pad.

In this time of change in NZ education, with a renewed emphasis on performance based on results, it's important to remember that we are still here to equip learners for multi-disciplinary approaches, collaborative learning and development.

Literacy and numeracy skills are vital core skills, but still core skills. The task is to put those skills to use effectively.  Critical Search Skills Students Should Know highlights "critical search skills students should know."



Recent announcements in New Zealand give me cause for concern for publicly funded education. The idea that decile ratings should be abolished and funding linked to results is a precursor to a two-tier education system; where schools in higher socio-economic communities will be "rewarded" for their results, while those in lower socio-economic areas will continue to decline as funding is shifted to "performing" schools. This article from Stuff suggests that Ms Parata is once again back-tracking.