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Old Oxleyan James Hill is in the running for a position with Queensland Tourism.

Check out his great video and VOTE FOR HIM!

Here’s “Amazing Story,” a poem by Stephen Dobyns. It might be good listening practice for English classes or something to ponder for RE classes - or for those who just like to ponder…

note: when the video is finished playing YouTube displays a random selection of other videos. This feature has been disabled.

Why do you say that? Be specific and creative.
Think “laterally.” Are these people a metaphor? If so, for whom?

The following video has created a lot of excitement on the Web.  In it, university students from the US tell the truth about how they use technology.

A Vision of Students Today (YouTube Link)

Maybe the era of big lecture rooms is over?  Many people see a new “personal” way of learning as better. Look through the links below.  In each, people either focus on personal learning or how technology  allows students to take the “middleman” out of their learning. Of course the “middleman” means “classroom teachers.”

• One of 14 “Grand Challenges” for engineers for our era: Advance personal learning
• Online Mentors: Tutor.com, Online tutoring pays off at home, abroad, YAHOO Directory
• Open Source Knowledge: MIT OpenCourseware for Students, Stanford on iTunes U, Wikipedia
• Learning the iPod way: The iPod widens its audience in school & Are iPod-banning schools cheating our kids?

Please answer the following question:

How should Oxley College respond to technology’s ability
to promote each individual’s personal learning?

As technology puts the potential for learning in every student’s hands, how can schools still be sure students learn “what’s important.”  In answering the question, you might want to describe “what’s important.”

What will they think of next…

Technologies seem to be advancing daily.  Below are links to information and videos that show how various groups make use of your “digital trail” or “electronic breadcrumbs.”

• Global companies seem to have access to a lot of information on where you go and what you do: Google profiles & Google Street View
• So can national governments: Intelligent roads & government mobile phone tracking
• Your parents can have the same: GPS tracking, whrrl & Spyware
• And you might want your friends to know what you’re up to all the time: loopt & twitter

So much can be learned about what students do, where they go, what they buy and what interests them, how should schools use this power?

Given that everyone else seems to use your “digital trail,”
how should Oxley College use your  online “breadcrumbs” to help you?

Describe what you think would be good.  Your answer must include the interests of the following groups:

• Your parents
• The School
• Yourself
• Your country

It might help to consider your answer on a continuum that goes from:

complete freedom ————> ————-> to complete surveillance

If you have broadband access to your phone, you can get “The New WWW” - “Whatever you want, Whenever and Wherever.”  Isn’t that great!

Or it it….?

What happens when World of WarCraft become World of WarCrack?  Or people play games to death and aren’t good enough to fight.

Do you know people addicted to Facebook, Bebo or MySpace?

What Is Facebook Addiction?

Is Virtual Reality Really What we Want?

Your job is to answer this question:

How should Oxley College care for its students in a world where technology
lets them access “Whatever they want, Whenever and Wherever?”

The College is interested in students’ physical, intellectual and spiritual development.  What should we be doing?