Category Archives: access

The real barrier to IT adoption

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

In response to Dan Haesler’s piece For today’s learners , it just clicks.SMH Nov 14(http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/for-todays-learners-it-just-clicks-20111113-1ndwi.html). Yes, NSW schools now have access to great learning technologies thanks in large part to the National DER initiative and our State Connected Classrooms Program. … Continue reading →

Posted in access, digital natives, schooling, Teacher | 1 Comment

ICT and Educational Outcomes

Posted on March 26, 2010 by

With the paucity of good educational research on ICT on educational outcomes this report  (Are the millenium learners making the grade? ) makes a significant contribution to redefining the landscape and better focusing the research question. In 2006, PISA ran its … Continue reading →

Posted in access, Leadership, Outcomes, professional development, schooling | 9 Comments

Predictions for DET 2010-joining the dots

Posted on February 15, 2010 by

The  2010 IT predictions  are in, with many hot favourites including: Cloud computing, OER, Mobile devices and virtualisation (including gesture based interfaces).  And of course the Gartner and Horizon reports are always  grounded  and set the script for  the IT … Continue reading →

Posted in access, blogging, education, innovation, platform, policy, predictions, Repositories, Social networking, Wikis | 3 Comments

Participating in the INformation economy

Posted on February 9, 2008 by

After having all my computer gear knocked out in a recent electrical storm- I’m still workng through renewing and networking my home systems. Only a few years back we were all satisfied to have a stand alone computer with a … Continue reading →

Posted in access, Commentries, information organising | 1 Comment

Alan Levine-being there…

Posted on October 18, 2007 by

Alan‘s presentation on behalf of the AFLF group in Sydney, was a whirlwind trip of Web 2 offerings. After a number of these events-its time to act on how we as educators/administrators can knock down -or at least provide gates … Continue reading →

Posted in access, AFLF, blogging, Commentries, Communities, education, filtering, Informal learning, innovation, Internet safety, knowledge, Net Gen, policy, Public schools, schooling, Uncategorized, Web2 | 2 Comments

Achieving learning impact

Posted on September 15, 2007 by

This report from IMS Global Learning Consortium, looks at key trends in the use of technology to support learning. After 10 years of observing, four clear scenarios are identified: Rise of the learning platform [not sure what is defined by … Continue reading →

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Net safety

Posted on July 29, 2007 by

Colleague Ian Mckee passed on this background briefing from ABCs radio national. Again the message is that we need to educate kids about Internet safety and not rely on filters to do the job. Kids are too savvy these days … Continue reading →

Posted in access, digital natives, Internet safety, Net Gen, Social networking | 1 Comment

Open access

Posted on July 20, 2007 by

Mike Seyfangs dump on his frustrations reporting on the CEGSA conference in South Australia, brings home the frustrations we are all experiencing regards the limitations of network access in education systems. Ironically Gerry Whites presentation (below) at the conference was … Continue reading →

Posted in access, open content, Opensource, schooling, Social networking, Web2 | 1 Comment

Handle in the wind

Posted on July 11, 2007 by

Inspiring story by Elissa Baxter in the Sydney Morning Herald recently, about a young African (Malawian) guy who left school at 14, built two wind generators with little formal assistance. His work got him an invitation to an international conference … Continue reading →

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