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Category Archives: digital education revolution


Are you an agent for change?

October 31, 2008 – 8:54 am

I came across a challenge laid down at NECC in June this year where ISTE President Trina J. Davis challenged attendees to really transform education through the use of technology, not just implement small changes. It was a message repeated at ACEC2008 and which I blogged about earlier but I think today, on World Teachers’ […]

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ISTE NETS for Teachers

October 31, 2008 – 7:59 am

At NECC in June, ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, released the next generation of NETS for Teachers which focuses on ”using technology to learn and teach.”
“Teachers must become comfortable as co-learners with their students and with colleagues around the world. Today it is less about staying ahead and more about moving ahead as members […]

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The State of the Revolution

October 29, 2008 – 8:37 am

28 October, ABC’s Australia Talks, Education Revolution. - podcast of the programme available.
The preamble:
The Rudd government says it’s committed to establishing Australia as one of the world’s most highly educated and skilled nations. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the promised education revolution marks the first time all states and territories have committed to a national […]

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Heralding a new era of reform

September 2, 2008 – 11:23 am

Julia Gillard, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education opened the ACPET (Australian Council for Private Education and Training) 2008 conference on Friday 29 August.
The speech that she gave is available here.
The focus of her speech was “the need to modernize, expand and strengthen Australia’s vocational education and training industry.” It really ties in well […]

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What does it take to make a digital school?

August 21, 2008 – 1:03 pm

This is a question that many principals, educators, and administrators both here in Australia and worldwide are asking themselves: and the answers are not simple.
We all know that it involves a bit more than just rolling out the computers, ramping up the wiring and fibre optics, handing out some laptops, training the teachers and so. […]

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How Green is your DER?

July 25, 2008 – 4:50 pm

A very satisfied ICT Cordinator reported on a list that I belong to: “we purchased 210 computers, delivered on 3 July and during the July holiday break our Network manager, one technician and four Yr 12 ITVet students deployed them throughout the College. Wednesday was our first day back for the start of Term 3 […]

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School Libraries in the Digital Education Revolution

May 21, 2008 – 9:00 am

Those who talk up the role of ICT in education often refer to the internet as a”cyber library”. They believe books are obsolete technology, that libraries will become an anachronism, and the economists have even been heard to say that schools will be able to save money by doing away with their libraries.
Back in 2000 […]

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Digital Education Revolution - things will be different

May 15, 2008 – 12:18 pm

A discussion here yesterday with colleagues at education.au got me thinking about how different things might be once you can assume that every Year 9-12 secondary student has access to a computer all the time while at school.
One of our group commented that everything that has happened so far in the last 20 years with […]

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