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"Bebras is an international student challenge whose goal is to promote computational thinking for teachers and students (ages 8-17 / school years 3-12). Bebras is aligned with and supports information and communication technology curricula across Australia. Bebras Australia is run by NICTA under the Digital Careers program, funded by the Australian Government. It's a great way to get students interested and participating in information and communication technology (ICT) which could lead to an interest in pursuing a career in the exciting ICT industry!"

"If you are interested in BYO or ICT strategies in schools more generally then this book contains important insights and useful advice. "

"National data released this week confirms an ongoing trend that now sees nearly half of Australian secondary school students failing to meet minimum digital literacy standards. Current data underpinning decision-making and the new digital technologies curriculum isn't working for ICT in schools for these four reasons:"

An interesting look at ICT in Australian education and the influence of professional development and conferences.

A presentation from Alec Couros looking at online identify

How to use minecraft to teach across schools. "Minecraft is an engaging platform for creativity, computational thinking, collaboration and learning. Crafting learning opportunities in Minecraft between schools is a wonderful opportunity to develop student collaboration and ICT for learning skills. Mineclass, started by a bunch of Australian Microsoft Expert Educators, was conceived to make interschool Minecraft projects a reality"

An interesting reflection from 1995 from Gary Stager about 'Professional Development'. Interesting that in many ways things have not really changed.

Dan Donahoo on technology in early childhood. Interesting reflections.

Notes and slides from Chris Betcher's presentation at EduTech 2014 on Creativity. An interesting way to incorporate technology by focusing on creativity, something that is too often forgotten and overlooked.

"...we have identified six stages in the <digital> evolution of schooling thus far, and within each of the stages a set of indicators; benchmarks that provide schools - at least within the English-speaking world - an international measure that allows them to readily position themselves on the school evolutionary continuum"

"...we have identified six stages in the <digital> evolution of schooling thus far, and within each of the stages a set of indicators; benchmarks that provide schools - at least within the English-speaking world - an international measure that allows them to readily position themselves on the school evolutionary continuum"

"...research aimed at providing robust, science-based evidence and policy options that support the widespread take up and effective use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the economy and in society."

ICT in Primary Education: Transforming children's learning across the curriculum Why and how are teachers integrating ICT (Information and Communication Technology) into primary education? In this course we analyse examples from schools in different parts of the world, and bring professional teachers, headteachers and policymakers together to share their best ideas and inspiring stories. The materials in the course are based on studies carried out for the UNESCO Institute of IT in Education, Moscow.

ICT in Primary Education: Transforming children's learning across the curriculum Why and how are teachers integrating ICT (Information and Communication Technology) into primary education? In this course we analyse examples from schools in different parts of the world, and bring professional teachers, headteachers and policymakers together to share their best ideas and inspiring stories. The materials in the course are based on studies carried out for the UNESCO Institute of IT in Education, Moscow.

Remember using XtraNormal to make online videos? Looks like the software has been acquired by a new company and may be staging a comeback. Watch this space.....

A fantastic post by Ian Guest looking at how we assess teachers capabilities in regards to technology so as to help them progress.

"I was asked by a colleague in another school the other day if I could give her a snapshot into what I actually do, and what the role of an ICT Integrator actually looks like (from my perspective anyway). Apparently she wants to talk to her school leaders about having an integrator on their staff and was trying to get an idea of what the role would entail from someone who does it..." A great read from Chris Betcher continuing on with the theme of what does an ICT and an e-Learning coordinator do.

"What excited me about the Digital Technologies curriculum in particular is the way that it has embraced the Digital Technologies as a way of thinking and a tool for creativity. The problem I've always had with the teaching of ICT in schools is that it has largely been seen as a tool that should be integrated to assist the teaching of other subjects - that's fine, but that's captured in the ICT General Capability in the Australian Curriculum and is very different to the study of ICT as a discipline, sometimes branded as Computer Science, Informatics, Computing or similar. Given the ubiquitous nature of ICT in our world today, it has always struck me as odd that we've relegated the understanding of ICT to being all about its use, rather than how it manages to achieve the "magic" that many people mistake it to be."

A great outline of where to start in regards to texts and resources associated with digital literacies.