Saturday, May 19, 2007

Our digital native students

A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald discusses the digital world of our students. "The new technologies have transferred literacy from the page to the screen. They have brought with them dramatic changes in the way we think and communicate, in how we learn, and in how we make and sell ideas in the information economy. And in education, it is the internet generation that is driving this information change."
See the full article here: Digi-kids and a new way of learning

Also on that topic is a video on our digital native students:
View it here:

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Journal articles

Free article finding tools
The number of freely available web-based services designed to search for academic articles and research papers has grown considerably in recent years and with the arrival of Google Scholar and Windows Academic Live Search, it is apparent that this is an area of interest to the internet’s major players.
in Online Currents vol. 21, no.3, pp. 96-100.

All available from the CEO Library.

Pedagogy and Technology - newly arrived titles

Critical Technology Issues for School Leaders (Hardcover)
by Susan Brooks-Young (Author)
371.33 BRO

Using Blogs to Enhance Literacy: The Next Powerful Step in 21st-Century Learning (Paperback)
by Diane Penrod (Author)
808.0420285 PEN

Successful Kindergarten Transition: Your Guide to Connecting Children, Families, & Schools (Paperback)
by Robert C. Pianta (Author), Marcia Kraft-Sayre (Author)
372.218 PIA

Learning By Design (Paperback)
by Mary Kalantzis; Bill Cope; Learning by Design Project Group (Author)
371 KAL

All available from the CEO Library. More detailed information on each book can be accessed by clicking on the title of the book.

Leadership and organisation - newly arrived titles

Finding Your Leadership Style: A Guide for Educators (Paperback)
by Jeffrey Glanz (Author)
371.2011 GLA

Good to Great and the Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great (Paperback)
by Jim Collins (Author)
353.5 COL

The Wisdom of Crowds (Paperback)
by James Surowiecki (Author)
303.38 SUR

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Paperback)
by Malcolm Gladwell (Author)
153.44 GLA

Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World (Paperback)
by Margaret J Wheatley (Author)
658.4092 WHE

Presentations That Persuade and Motivate (The Results-Driven Manager Series) (Paperback)
Harvard Business School Press (Author)
658.452 PRE

Face-to-Face Communications for Clarity and Impact (The Results-Driven Manager Series) (Paperback)
Harvard Business School Press (Editor)
658.452 FAC

All available from the CEO Library. More detailed information on each book can be accessed by clicking on the title of the book.