Tiburon middle school puts a laptop on every pupil's lap -- teachers and students give the idea both passing and failing grades. Del Mar Middle School in Tiburon is finding itself in the front row of a debate about the use of technology in the classroom. Two years ago, the well-funded public school became the first in the Bay Area…
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Family, school and community partnerships. The Minister for Education has announced funding of $800,000 for a unique Family-School and Community Partnership Bureau. The aim is to help develop partnerships between parents, schools and the community. [School Education Headlines]
Online collaboration tools available for VET practitioners. Education Network Australia (edna) has released a suite of free online voice tools to further online collaboration and communication for those working in the education and training sectors. The online voice tools were recently integrated into edna’s online collaborative spaces, edna Groups. This means that all edna Groups now have free access to…
Developing Australia's digital skills. To fully participate in the digital economy, Australians need effective digital, media literacy and e-business skills. We are talking about skills at all levels
Teachers need performance pay: Bishop. Theage.com.au - Mon Aug 28, 04:33 am GMT [News4Sites - Australia Education]
First and most obvious, setting up schools requires that learning take place in a defined place at a defined time. It brings together a group of people who do not necessarily have anything in common apart from their ignorance, and requires them to learn a subject through a sequence of arbitrarily defined attendance slots in a physical setting selected for…
MindManager Comes to the Mac. A mind map is a diagram of connected ideas. In the past, I've written about various mind-mappers, including the minimalist Pyramid ("Pyramid Therapy," 2004-09-13) and the full-featured NovaMind ("Draw What's On Your Mind With NovaMind," 2006-04-17). Recently, a new heavy hitter has appeared on the scene: Mindjet MindManager 6. The "6," a surprisingly high version…
Towards a world-leading skills passport for Australian students. A consortium of 14 universities, led by the University of New England, will develop a single agreed template for an Australian Diploma Supplement. Development of the Australian Diploma Supplement is in response to feedback from the discussion paper 'The Bologna Process and Australia: Next Steps'. The Bologna Process in Europe aims to…
VET is the way forward for half of Australian school leavers. More than 50% of school leavers attend vocational education and training (VET) soon after leaving school, according to a new study released by the National Centre for Vocational Education and Training (NCVER). [Vocational Education & Training Headlines]