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Category Archives: digital education revolution


Will the DER give students more reasons to come to school?

March 12, 2009 – 8:00 am

If the experience of a New Zealand school is anything to go by, then rolling out computers into secondary schools in the Digital Education revolution might just reduce the truancy rates.
But then again, perhaps with the current emphasis of the rollout into secondary schools, it may be just a touch too late. The anecdotal evidence […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Education Services Australia, notschool | Comments (0)

Building the Education Revolution Guidelines available

February 27, 2009 – 8:00 am

On Tuesday 24 Feb, the Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, released guidelines that will assist schools around the nation to be part of the Rudd Government’s $14.7 billion Building the Education Revolution.
Building the Education Revolution is a key element of the Rudd Government’s $42 billion Nation Building and Jobs Plan to support jobs, stimulate local […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Education Services Australia, Australian education | Comments (0)

A new digital divide yawns?

February 23, 2009 – 9:00 am

Following on the heels of my post on Friday about Australian internet access, an article published last week in Crikey.com titled The digital divide holding back disadvantaged kids, makes interesting and relevant reading. What Patricia and Don Edgar are saying in that article, echoes what Professor Alan Hayes said last year in a speech, Divided […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Education Services Australia, digital divide | Comments (0)

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’ […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Education Services Australia, online technologies, lifelong learning, professional development, professional learning, innovation | Comments (0)

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 […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Education Services Australia, teaching and learning, professional development, professional learning | Comments (2)

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 […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Education Services Australia, Australian education, future schooling, changes in education | Comments (0)

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 […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Education Services Australia, Australian education | Comments (2)

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. […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Education Services Australia | Comments (4)

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 […]

By Kerrie Smith | Also posted in Education Services Australia, green ICT | Comments (6)

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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