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Professional Writing
I have been involved in various publications during my career to date. Following is a list of publications I have contributed to, or have been quoted in. These include:
Times Educational Supplement (UK)- Online Section - 18 June 2004
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This is an article in which I was quoted discussing the power of mindmapping- particularly through the use of a piece of software called Inspiration. |
Download the two sections of the article here  ,
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two is the page in which I am quoted). |
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You can download my final draft for a chapter to the book "Teacher Learning for Educational Change- A Systems Thinking Approach" from here. This book is published by the Open University Press UK and is part of their Professional Learning Series. My focus was reflection within a professional learning system.
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I was invited to contribute this chapter after delivering a presentation at the Innovative Technology Schools Conference in 1999, by Professor Garry Hoban, University of Wollongong, Australia.
| For further information to support this chapter and the experiences I've had that have moulded my thinking on reflective practice, please view my keynote presentation to the ICT/PD Lead Schools Conference, February 2001. |
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New Zealand Ministry of Education...
This article was written by Nick Billowes, the National Coordinator of the ICT/PD Lead Schools Project. It is about Successful PD for teachers and is based on my experiences.
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This article is illustrates the issues schools face with online publishing. I was interviewed for this article.
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Term 2 2000 |
Good Teacher is a nationally published magazine for educators in New Zealand. The editor is Gwen Garwith, who is a prominent educator and advocate for information literacy in Education. Gwen is the originator of the Action Learning Research Model, which is widely used throughout the New Zealand and overseas.
Following is a list of the articles I have contributed to this magazine:
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Term 3 Issue 2000 | |
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Term 3 1999 |
This article was prepared as a handout to give to parents during a presentation I gave to them in 1999.
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April 1999
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North & South is a national magazine that delivers anaylses of current issues, indepth profiles of key figures from NZ's political, cultural and social settings and criticism and opinion from leading specialists in health, education and politics.
I contributed to the column "Learning Issues- What Is The Evidence?" September, 1999.
QuickTips is a weekly ezine that I created while working at MagnumMac. This ezine is intended to help educators integrate information and communication technology into their classrooms.
QuickTips is now online at the Infovision Technology web site. If you wish to subscribe to this weekly ezine, send an email to Infovision Technology in Christchurch.
This ezine grew to nearly 1000 subscribers in one year, which is a lot in New Zealand!
After completing a staff study tour of Victorian schools that use ICT effectively in Australia, I contributed to an article reflecting on the things we learned during our trip.