This is the Australian equivalent of the epotential/elearning plan for vic schools.
Schools are either rated as developing, accomplished or leading in their use of ICT.
provides useful focus areas for developing a whole school elearning plan.
Fantastic use friendly site for creating mind maps of images / information online. Works almost in fairly similar way to prezi. Very easy to learn. Free sign up. Collaborate on mind maps with other people. You can select to be emailed daily, weekly or monthly changes to the popplet. Think you only have 5 free 'popplets' though :(
If you just build it, they won't come-you need to shape users' behavior by acknowledging their world view rather than your own as a technology implementer...
s there any evidence that schools which have allowed pupils to use their mobile phones have seen a deterioration in behaviour or a rise in online abuse?
Schools need to start piloting more open approaches now before they have to ban pens.
t a time when students can pick up a wi-fi signal on their mobiles at the back of a class, or can find education resources on their mobiles quicker than the teacher at the front, is there a vision for moving from restriction to empowerment?
Ten years on and the internet has changed beyond all recognition. Most young people don't see it as a grey box which they log onto, but rather an ever-on, indispensable vehicle through which they live and socialise; something which they inhabit.
The reality of the mobile internet has made old safety advice such as keeping the internet in a family room almost redundant. It's now portable, private and in our pockets!
A compilation of four new studies of one-to-one computing projects in K-12 schools identifies several factors that are key to the projects’ success, including adequate planning, stakeholder buy-in, and strong school or district leadership.
school laptop programs are only as effective as the teachers who apply them.
a big mistake that both researchers and educators make in talking about 1-to-1 computing programs is assuming that by adding computers to the classroom, nothing else has to change.
Specifically, seventh graders in the second year of the program showed statistically significant gains on state test scores in English and language arts after controlling for prior achievement.