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October 21st, 2009 — The Rest
Too many schools move too slowly when implementing technological updates. Subsequently they become like The House of Ultimate Technology Products.
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October 20th, 2009 — The Rest
I’ve come across two online articles today that explain in simple terms the changes that have occurred around the globe that are mandating change within the education system.
Over on the NZ-based Interface Magazine site, we hear from David Warlick who explains that the big changes have not been about technology but about information.
Technology has done [...]
October 16th, 2009 — The Rest
The DEECD is running an Innovative Learning Environments Design Conference for educators and architects at Docklands on Monday 19 October. Six of the face-to-face presentations will be streamed online simultaneously via Elluminate.
The conference features educators who have successfully incorporated innovative practice into new learning environments. Architectural experts team up with educators to present a program [...]
October 13th, 2009 — The Rest
Three Australian education networks are now publishing on iTunesU. Catholic schools in Australia, WA Dept. of Education and Scotch College/PLC (Perth) are all now publishing content accessible to all the world’s iTunes users.
Greg Whitby summarises the benefits like this:
As with everything on iTunes U, the new audio, video and text files from Catholic schools are [...]