Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 4th, 2008 3 Comments »
The laptops must weigh less than 1.75 kilograms with battery, be no bigger than an A4 sheet of paper and include a 8.9- to 12-inch screen with built-in webcam. A disk drive was optional but the battery must be able to run for six hours of the school day under normal use.
Aesthetics has emerged as [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
The natives are still restless about the plan to provide mini-laptops to all Year 9-12 public school students.
Would seem there is now a search for reasons why laptops, or perhaps mini-laptops should not be provided to students. These are some of today’s comments:
One school principal has publicly “slammed” the proposal (as reported)
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24744301-15306,00.html
And more from the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
So, according to the recent announcement, the States have come to an agreement with the Feds and all Year 9-12 public school kids will be given a wireless laptop ….as early as term 2 next year.
According to the NSW Premier, Nathan Rees,
“These custom-made laptops are about three-quarters the size of a regular laptop – compact [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2008 No Comments »
In the first of the 2008 Boyer lectures, Rupert Murdoch touched on the need to revitalise our education system.
In short, we have a 21st century economy with a 19th century education system, and it is leaving too many children behind. That is an injustice to these citizens, and it puts a future burden on Australian [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 8th, 2008 No Comments »
This latest report from Becta contains many gems, such as
“Currently, most children are prevented from engaging in any social activity on the web at school. While this may remove the immediate danger to children and protect the school or local authority against lawsuits, it may also store up further problems for society at [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2008 No Comments »
I have been fortunate to be a part of a PL Project over the last 12 months or so, involving a group of schools in Queensland, ISQ and
Heulab Pty Ltd.
Under the auspices of and funded in part by the Quality Teacher Project we have been investigating
the use of Tablet PCs,
classroom use [...]
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