MA in Education: Rome Centre http://rome.oxford-ma.net Just another Oxford-ma.net weblog Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:34:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Blog relocation http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/11/15/blog-relocation/ http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/11/15/blog-relocation/#comments Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:34:34 +0000 Phil Whitehead http://rome.oxford-ma.net/?p=49 The main blog homepage now has an updated look and contains the latest programme information across all our modes of delivery. This is to ensure a more consistent approach and to help create a better community of learners as the number of students across out progammes grows (and grows!).
Please check out the homepage and the new oxford blog for viewing examples of work: Gallery

]]> http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/11/15/blog-relocation/feed/ RPD Received http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/21/rpd-received/ http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/21/rpd-received/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:40:58 +0000 Phil Whitehead http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/21/rpd-received/ Thanks for your RPD second reviews - some great poems, pictures and observations.
We met to debrief yesterday (Wednesday) and are just recovering - it was an intense couple of days at what felt like the end of a long, dark, half term!
Great discussion on the presentation assignment - we will be reviewing this - see Robin’s email on Monday. We will revisit the assessment criteria and make them fit for purpose. Your comments/assessment statements welcome - especially around the learning outcomes for AR to be found in the handbook. We agreed to make this a pass/fail element worth 2000 words - this does not suit everybody but for this time around feels like a helpful compromise. Personally I’d like to see the presentations graded but with a more focused mark grid. I’d also like to discuss other options - peer assessment, option to write 6000 words, film/blog submission, podcast, place of interaction, sense of audience - sense of the learner and learning that takes place, space for a reflective commentary…Hit the comments button!

]]> http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/21/rpd-received/feed/ Useful link http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/16/useful-link/ http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/16/useful-link/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2008 09:44:14 +0000 Phil Whitehead http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/16/useful-link/ Just a reminder to look occasionally at the ’sister’ Amsterdam Blog.
Most of the resources are similar but they are 1 year ahead so if you have a dull moment - take a peek into the future!
Happy Saturday :) tasks:
RPD update - check out the Second review page under RPD.
Open up this document and work through - it should be fairly self explanatory.
When you get to the section on 6 Hats you can either work through this as an interesting thinking tool (and one that develops the PMI tool you used yesterday) or scan in and attach as a PDF your PMI review from yesterday (the photocopier in the staffroom will do this - Naomi is an expert - non-St George’s students may need some assistance in sending/picking up the PDF).
If you would rather do all this tomorrow and talk to a tutor during this time - we are all yours!

Also please note a new page - Toolkit for Research under AR - this is a useful resource and reference from the NFER.

]]> http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/16/useful-link/feed/ Today’s notes http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/15/todays-notes/ http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/15/todays-notes/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:08:10 +0000 Phil Whitehead http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/15/todays-notes/ attached: action research notes

]]> http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/15/todays-notes/feed/ We are here! http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/15/we-are-here/ http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/15/we-are-here/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:31:06 +0000 Phil Whitehead http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/15/we-are-here/ Great to see you this morning - Kate get well and hope to see you tomorrow! Looking forward to discussing AR with you and finding out about your ideas. I am still trying to get a discussion board set up but may fail on this one. In any event I will post up all the ideas for AR so you can continue to support each other in the best spirit of a learning community.

]]> http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/15/we-are-here/feed/ Coming back soon! http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/07/coming-back-soon/ http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/07/coming-back-soon/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:19:18 +0000 Phil Whitehead http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/07/coming-back-soon/ Yes - we are revving up for our next visit. It’s short, intense and sweet! You can find the programme and the Action Research module uploaded into the Your Modules pages to the right. I was hoping to have a discussion board up by now so you could post your AR topics for comments - it may still happen! Please glance through the module outline and do the linked readings before we start on Friday morning. Social when we finish on Saturday at 5.00pm - same restaurant as last October.
I’ll be at St George’s on Thursday doing poetry and performance with year 7 and 8. Robin and Erica fly in Thursday night. Two additional colleagues are also flying out - Rachel Payne our art tutor and Sarah Mossop, Education Director at Modern Art Oxford. They will be talking to Greg about the Artist Teacher Scheme - a post graduate certificate (third of a Masters degree) we are hoping to set up at St George’s next year to run alongside the MA for artist educators in the region and beyond.
Phil :)

]]> http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2008/02/07/coming-back-soon/feed/ Change of Plan http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2007/11/05/change-of-plan/ http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2007/11/05/change-of-plan/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:31:48 +0000 Phil Whitehead http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2007/11/05/change-of-plan/ Simon has asked me to post up a change of plan reference a library meeting. As he will be in Amsterdam this weekend at COBIS could the library group please convene on Saturday November 17th instead. Please contact Simon to confirm.
 simon.murray at stgeorge.school.it

]]> http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2007/11/05/change-of-plan/feed/ Gone but not forgotten! http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2007/10/30/gone-but-not-forgotten/ http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2007/10/30/gone-but-not-forgotten/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:28:07 +0000 Phil Whitehead http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2007/10/30/gone-but-not-forgotten/ Getting withdrawal symptoms? We are - had a coffee with Erica and Robin this afternoon - what a miserable looking trio we made!

Anyway - Gary has asked me to post notification of a meeting at St George’s on Saturday morning November 10th. Time to be confirmed.
The purpose of the meeting is to discuss setting up a library/course support group that meets frequently - monthly at least.
It seems like a great idea and came up strongly in course committee,.
I will post you the course committee minutes as soon as I have typed them up (unconfirmed until the next meeting in February).
best wishes
phil

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Raniero
Graeme
Geraldine
Francesca
Liz
Marco
Noreen
Susan
Greg
Simon
Gary
Katie
Catherine
Kim
Micaela
Emma
John
Wendy
Naomi

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]]> http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2007/10/28/group-shot/feed/ Sunday Stuff http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2007/10/28/sunday-stuff/ http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2007/10/28/sunday-stuff/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2007 09:49:49 +0000 Phil Whitehead http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2007/10/28/sunday-stuff/ Good morning!
Clok was great thank you.
Clocks back helped too.

1. Brookes on-line library - we didn’t get the chance yesterday so let’s work on this today. You won’t of course be able to log in until we have your student numbers and brookes passwords (different from the blog!) but we can have a try out.

Go to the link on the right in the sidebar menu - click on and follow the on-line instructions for off campus use. Let us know when you have got to the athens log in page.
Explore the on line library databases and journals.

]]> http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2007/10/28/sunday-stuff/feed/ Happy Saturday http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2007/10/27/resources/ http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2007/10/27/resources/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:41:59 +0000 Phil Whitehead http://rome.oxford-ma.net/2007/10/27/resources/ Yes, it’s Saturday and you are at work but great rewards will follow from this dedication.
A new page has been added to the blog - Resources -here you will find useful docs and links. Please send me any you find and think would be good to share.

Tasks for today:
1. Check out the new Resources tab
2. Go to your blog  surname.oxford-ma.net) and add a new ‘welcome’ post.
3. Go to the page called About and begin to edit and add relevant details as per page 8 in the RPD handbook, section What does it involve - a)
You may want to look at other exampes of blog approaches to this - check out phil’s old blog or Roger’s from Amsterdam MA
You will probably want to upload docs and images to enliven this so a short demo will follow!
4. Time now to look at the Brookes On-Line library - you should have some search tasks from Erica or Robin to follow up once we are all logged in.
5. Keep working on About Me until you have around 200 words by way of an introduction - link to a CV if you have one available - remind me to mention passwording personal infomation!

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