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Posted by Steve Towell on 8 February 2010 | 0 Comments
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Performers In Schools,
Performance for schools,
Digi Ed is pleased to announce the formation of the Performers in Schools website. The NSW Department of Education has recently cancelled its Performance in Schools Program. Digi Ed has decided to run its own program and at this early stage, has 26 performers signed up to take part. When we start we should have over 60 performances for you to explore. This website will allow teachers to find performers suitable for their classroom. All performers on the website will have completed working with children checks and have valid public liability insurance. They have also been assessed as suitable for the classroom in 2009 by the NSW’s Department of Education. We will run a performance feedback sheet that will help monitor the quality of each performer. This website should be up and running in a few weeks so stay tuned to this blog for details. Remember before you book any school performances make sure they are “Performance in Schools” certified.
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Posted by Steve Towell on 4 September 2009 | 3 Comments
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Competition,
Schools
Competition
Digi Ed has launched its “Movie of The Month†page. The Digi Ed presenters have chosen four from the hundreds created last month. Students can vote for their favourite movie and in doing so enter a random competition for free movie tickets. Choosing the movies made me think about the value in comparing student's work. I thought I would write or rather pose some questions about the value of academic competition. Is academic competition still valid? Should we compare students against one another or against a set of criteria / benchmarks? Which has more academic merit? Is the age old tradition of Dux still important? If one child manages 98 in a standardised test and another receives 99 is there a real difference in their ability or should they both be considered academic equals? At my childrens' school every child receives an academic award at the end of the year. The end of year assembly is split into stages so that every child has the chance to make it on to the stage and be applauded. Is this fair? Does this encourage mediocrity or does it build confidence?
The “Movie of the Month†is obviously a subjective competition. Most students will vote for their own or their friends in an “Australian Idol†style popularity contest, but who is to say that the movies chosen by the presenters were the best to begin with?
Please feel free to respond to any of these issues and bear in mind that this is a moderated forum and it may take some time to publish responses.
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