tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908323164857503249.post1693743165996459466..comments2023-06-07T20:25:59.503+12:00Comments on Mike's Blog: Musing on the demise of Learning Media NZMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06291605522441194537noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908323164857503249.post-75330807374332974062013-12-03T22:29:04.300+13:002013-12-03T22:29:04.300+13:00The visionary educators at LML churned out dozens ...The visionary educators at LML churned out dozens of quirky and clever multimedia CDs that bridge the learning gap for special needs kids in schools all over NZ. The SNs at the decile 2 school I contract to are sure going to miss those CDs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908323164857503249.post-89381260329404021502013-09-07T10:18:04.011+12:002013-09-07T10:18:04.011+12:00Anonymous, I found the directors here in the Learn...Anonymous, I found the directors here in the Learning Media Annual Report for 2012 http://www.learningmedia.co.nz/sites/default/filemanager/7470.pdf and a whole lot else about Learning Media that helped me understand why it might not make a profit. Whether it was directors, the integration of CWA New Media, or... or... or... that helped make Learning Media so unprofitable, when I just read about its miscellany of activities I thought NO WONDER WHAT A MESS. If only they'd brought on board a visionary business person or two who 'get' literature for children (like Gecko Press' Julia Marshall–I don't know her at all, but what a beautiful thing she's done with children's books). Preferably with e-book experience. <br /><br />Instead, our children's education may now be compromised (if not already compromised) by whoever pretends to 'do all the same stuff at a fraction of the cost'. I've seen some truly dreadful 'same stuff', developed for entirely commercial reasons. And suspect that the MoE two-year appointment process was as subject to lobbying etc as all other government provider appointments. Maybe that's OK for roads. But not for our children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908323164857503249.post-51889350477654809412013-09-04T22:14:33.513+12:002013-09-04T22:14:33.513+12:00This govt keeps showing us, time after time, they ...This govt keeps showing us, time after time, they know the price of everything, the value of nothing. Privacy, gambling, water, democracy, culture: if they're not for sale, they have no value.<br />That list of remarkable NZers who got their start- and/or made a small living through working for - the School Journal is testament to the School Journal knowing and fostering talent. Quality is always hard to measure in dollars. But take it away and we're left with nothing but numbers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04612689408655287028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3908323164857503249.post-52983280159988942252013-09-04T22:13:04.583+12:002013-09-04T22:13:04.583+12:00The other already contracted content developers, w...The other already contracted content developers, who went through a 2 year appointment process to get on the MoE panel of providers, do all the same stuff at a fraction of the cost.<br /><br />If you want to blame anyone, look no further than the board of LML.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com