Technology
01 Aug 10 edition
Beverley Head reports on the challenge of balancing the risks with the rewards of allowing students to use technology and communication networks.
Follow these top 10 tips to ensure your online experience is a safe one.
15 Jun 10 edition
Managing the environmental footprint of computers falls into the ‘too hard’ basket for many schools. Beverley Head reports.
3 June, 2010 edition
Opposition leader says he’ll scrap computers in schools program
06 May 10 edition
Beverley Head reports on how technology has been embedded in the new national curriculum, and what it might mean for teachers.
New research suggests Australian parents remain largely complacent around their children’s internet use. Darragh O Keeffe reports.
The government has provided funding for computers in schools but failed to invest in the human side of it, writes Kathryn Moyle.
01 Mar 10 edition
More than half of all migrants to Australia each year are children or young people aged 18 years or under. Many of them – particularly children of refugee parents – speak little or poor English.
01 Feb 10 edition
Beverley Head reports on one principal’s work in developing a landmark program blending virtual learning with traditional teaching.
Beverley Head reports on one principal’s work in developing a landmark program blending virtual learning with traditional teaching.
01 Jan 09 edition
Last month, users of Second Life clocked up their one billionth hour spent in the virtual online world.
The ability to predict the future takes more than a crystal ball. But one thing we can be 100 per cent certain of is that technologies will play an increasingly important role in the delivery and experience of education.
New research claims educators are still not using technology in their teaching, and urges a new wave of professional learning, writes Linda Belardi.
For a generationof students more comfortable withthe keyboard than the ballpoint pen,online assessment is the way forward, writes Beverley Head.
Developing tools that will help academics and students transform the way they teach and learn has been a focus for Mat Wall-Smith, a lecturer in the School of English, Media Culture and Technology at the University of NSW.
Educational technologies play a critical role in helping disadvantaged students successfully negotiate their education, writes Leesa Wheelahan.
The roll out of the government’s computers for schools program has not been without its stumbles.Beverley Head reports on the progress to date.
There were 169 applications for the 30 places which will be offered to the first intake of students to NSW’s virtual selective high school class beginning in 2010.
Innovative educators are using a range of popular mobile devices, with encouraging results, writes Beverley Head.
Australia follows Peru and Uruguay as the latest country to be targeted by an international education initiative with plans to help educate indigenous children. Beverley Head reports.
Beverley Head reports on how schools can counter the environmental impact of the digital education revolution.
Viruses, predators and pornography. Schools are waging a war against the risks posed by the internet. Beverley Head reports.
Australian schools need to quickly get to grips with mobile internet devices and cloud computing.
