The behaviour of teens over recent years has been changing, most would claim not for the better. Teachers and parents bemoan the rise of problematic behaviours in the classroom, playground and in the home. The “naughty” and disengaged boys show ...

A survey of 40,000 US children released in 2011 by Cylab, a division of Carnegie Mellon University, found that 10.2 per cent had their identity compromised with someone else using their social security number. Among adults the figure is a ...

When I deliver professional learning for educators, I am sometimes asked about how I find the time to keep up with the exponential growth of information. I’m almost embarrassed to say, I probably don’t invest any more time than most ...

The NSW Education Department has announced it will review its current internet filtering policy. This announcement is not before time. Relevant 21st century learning and teaching demands we engage with the tools of today’s world, the technologies young people know and ...

On January 19, Apple announced a new innovation in the field of education – digital textbooks on iPads. In true Apple style, the new iBooks 2 software for iPad was hailed as a revolution, with Apple encouraging K-12 school students ...

Cyber bullying is the number one cyber safety concern for teachers, according to a national survey involving over 1000 respondents. Strategies to assist young people to make good online decisions ranks number two, followed by strategies to assist parents help ...

Bower acknowledges that there can be a gulf between what undergraduate students learn about in a university setting and what they actually experience in real classrooms. Natalie was eager to start putting into practice all she had learned during her ...

Imagine a school that throws away its timetable, that allows students to learn at their own pace wherever and whenever they want, where teachers support students’ own learning plans. For the Northern Beaches Christian School, it’s not imaginary – it’s ...

All states and territories are on track to achieve a 1:1 ratio of secondary students to computers in government schools by the end of the year - and the federal government has committed to a mid-program review in early 2012. ...

I often get asked for advice about the process for planning for improvement in information and communication technology (ICT) in schools. There are a few common scenarios that present. Lost in cyberspace: in this situation the school has suddenly found ...