I have known about the very large trial of netbooks in four regions of Victoria, Australia for some time now. It is a part of a considered approach to Primeminister, Kevin Rudd's Education Revolution plan to put a computer on the desk of every stude…
Hi Kieran,
I know that they recommend about 3 hours per week but in reality most schools allocate a lot less in class time. You will be amazed at how motivated the kids become, especially when they start getting international feedback. Given that t…
Hi All,
Mark and Kieran,
I notice that Mark mentions the flatclassroom project as a possibility for getting some collaborative activity around the Cybersafety/Cybercitizenship issues. You may have seen that I have been trying to encourage Hong Kon…
I know a lot of ESF schools are choosing Apple for their One-to-One programmes and the ADE programmes that Apple send teachers on as a part of the deal feature a lot of movie making with iMovie. For this reason, folks might be interested in this art…
Hi Chris,
This is a great discussion. I lead a 1:1 programme for 7 years and I would have to say that the best thing I liked about it was the variety of assessment types that teachers started accepting. We went from a typical textbook and pen and p…