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22 Jun 2010
Digital education revolution policy
05 Jun 2010
National Catholic Education ICTIF Task Group [edna Groups] (Stephen Orazi bookmarked this item)
Group Description: The purpose of this group is to contribute proposals and ideas to inform a national Catholic education ICT Innovation Fund (ICTIF) submission under the governance of NCEC and CNA as part of the Digital Education Revolution.Group Keywords: Catholic, ICTIF, Digital Education RevolutionPRIVATE
03 Jun 2010
Google (Antonio De Rosa bookmarked this item)
25 Apr 2010
The QCEC DER Forum supports participants in a face-to-face event to share ideas and resources associated with the implementation of the Digital Education Revolution in the Queensland Catholic sector.Keywords: QCEC, Digital Education Revolution, DER, education, computersPRIVATE
05 Mar 2010
http://www.digitaleducationrevolution.gov.au/ (Garry Putland bookmarked this item)
Digital Education Revolution Website
16 Aug 2009
Group Description: A program of work to support the Digital Education RevolutionGroup Keywords: DER, Link Affiliates, Standards, technicalPRIVATE
07 Aug 2009
vetvirtual.com - Home (Lynley Clark commented on this item)
VET Virtual is a web based conferencing application that allows you to communicate with audio/video (web camera), upload documents, and convert PowerPoint for presentations and many other functions
Iw this a LiveClassroom/Wimba/DimDim type thing?  -  Nick Lothian
Been offered a trial of this product. So the communities team will be giving it a go in the next few weeks.  -  Lynley Clark
27 Jul 2009
Brad Bennett, 14 year old student from Lake Illawarra High School is blogging about the NSW DET Year 9 laptop program
15 Jul 2009
http://qn2009vc.usq.edu.au/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=118 (Pru Mitchell commented on this item)
Tip to Moodle newbies: You can login as Guest and access these presentations. Thanks for the link Simon. Bit challenging to watch on my netbook, but I will be back.  -  Pru Mitchell
http://qn2009vc.usq.edu.au/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=118 (Pru Mitchell commented on this item)
This is a link to some recordings of questnet's presenters. Putting Larry Fruth with Evan Arthur was a stroke of genius. Institution vs user centric perspectives.
Tip to Moodle newbies: You can login as Guest and access these presentations. Thanks for the link Simon. Bit challenging to watch on my netbook, but I will be back.  -  Pru Mitchell
Comment Rachel Teesdale-Smith  30 Mar 2010 
Hi everyone Wonder what the concensus is about the My School website in this group? Here is a snapshot of what the Principals think! http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2010/2857491.htm
Comment Stu Hasic  12 Jan 2009 
I'm a bit late to the discussion, but I can talk about the NSW DET Connected Classrooms Project if anyone wants to know anything specific.
Comment Jenny Millea  26 Sep 2008 
INVITATION You?re invited to participate in an open conversation about collaboration in teaching and learning (CTL), online from 3 October 2008 to 14 November 2008 at http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=2010 The Collaboration in Teaching and Learning Tankette is being conducted by education.au (www.educationau.edu.au) as part of the Strategic ICT Advisory Service it is providing to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). To participate, you will need to register at edna groups at http://groups.edna.edu.au/ and use the group invitation key CTL2010. WHY PARTICIPATE? The CTL Tankette (a small think tank), and the associated supporting materials, will provide DEEWR with information to feed into their policy making process.
Comment Tony Searl  22 Jul 2008 
John Travers asked for a summary of the NSW CCP. I'm still curious if any other school systems are doing this on the same scale? 1) schools receive an installed video conference classroom, ultra short throw projector, iwb, computer, ancilliaries and software. 2200 schools at $20000 each install. 2) bandwidth upgrade 3) TaLe/Share/DET Interactive Tools and resources. The NSW DET portal has comprehensive information as does NSW Teaching and Learning Exchange(TaLe)
Comment Tony Searl  13 Jul 2008 
I am curious, are any other Australian states contemplating the NSW Connected Classroom Program? https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/strat_direction/schools/ccp/aboutccp/index.htm
Comment John Travers  24 Jun 2008 
Two snippets of news in The Australian today: NSW government schools getting computers under the NSSCP will have to get laptops. And NSW 1.5 million students are going to get a special version of Gmail as their mail service.
Comment John Travers  31 May 2008 
My blog post says this in a bit more detail, but isn't there a lack of appreciation that this initiative by the federal government a very good thing? (see links) Lack of computers has been a really major factor in not getting the benefits that the digital revolution promised for the last 15 years. It would be nice if we could focus more on the opportunities rather than the barriers.
Comment John Travers  15 Mar 2008 
The first round of schools has been approach to apply under the National Secondary Schools Computer Fund NSSCF by April 4th. The funds are only for computers (until the school reaches the 1:2 ratio) and schools or systems are responsible for networking, ISP, furniture, etc etc. So there will be substantial demands on school funds. Schools need a Strategic Plan and details of what is planned by April 4. What are the options, best approaches? One significant system has decreed that no desktop computers can be purchased under the scheme!
Comment John Travers  21 Feb 2008 
The Julia Gillard interview [links] is interesting from a couple of points of view. 1, that the media are picking up on the notion of "your promised a computer for every kid" and 2. that she seems to be saying "yes, but the specifics of how it happens is up to the school"
Comment Kerrie Smith  7 Feb 2008 
I've just put up a blog post where I've pointed people to the Digital revolution website and talked about what I see as some of the issues. http://url.edna.edu.au/j4Vt I think there are elements, in school infrastucture for example, that the funding round won't address. You might like to add comments to my blog.