Friday, October 2, 2009

A pause

There is likely to be a pause in postings this month as we work on completing our contract ( always a busy time of year anyway) and also develop some ideas to support centres and services as they move into a very different world where for many, external Professional Development is likely to be user-pays rather than Ministry funded, now that the Government focus is on participation.

The MOE website
contains some information on how centres can support their own professional learning.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

U Learn Conference 09

This is the one to get to this year!

Go to the conference page to see all the keynote and workshop information. Book now before all the places are gone!

You can follow them on Twitter, Facebook asd their blog.

The 3 keynotes will be live - blogged and some of the work will be filmed and made available online after the conference.

Click on 'Media and Web 2.0' on the sidebar of the Conference web page.

ULearn 09 Twitter Page

You can follow new information about the Core Education ULearn 09 Conference on Twitter by going to their page here.

Friday, August 28, 2009

The first years journal is online

The First Years Journal is now available online. What a great resource this has been for our team as professional development facilitators. Along with Early Education this is the most often referred to Journal in our work.

Although specifically targeting those who are interested in the education and care of Infants and Toddlers, many of the articles are alsorelevant across all ages.

We often refer to articles on planning that were published here, written by such luminaries as Diti Hill, Kingston and Wright, Robyn Lawrence and Ann Hatherly amongst others.