School Tech News Archive

Weblogs in Education

(Thursday 28th February 2008)
Information about blogs supporting the curriculum in a K-12 environment. Includes some ideas for specific KLAs, Libraries, etc. (From WA Education Dept.)

ASTD Extension - Professional Development Workshops

(Tuesday 26th February 2008)
Discover how podcasting can be a powerful tool in the primary and high school classroom, then spend time on each step of the process from planning, through recording, editing and publishing your podcast. Available in Wollongong, Narooma, and Sydney, as an extension of Scott Barnham's session at ASTD 2007.

Using Blogs in Your School

(Monday 25th February 2008)
Ten ways to use an EduBlog to support your curriculum, and communicate with your wider school community.

Where2Now

(Friday 22nd February 2008)
Are the technologies that we deploy in our schools really engaging our techno-savvy students? Or are we just inflicting them with our outdated views of the use of old technologies? Where do we start when commencing the school ICT planning process?

Secondary Schools' Computer Funding on Track (The Australian)

(Thursday 21st February 2008)
The Australian Federal Government's $1 billion National Secondary School Computer Fund is set to benefit around one million secondary students nationwide each year, with schools identified has having the most urgent needs given priority. An audit of computer resources in schools is currently being undertaken by the Council of Australian Governments.

NetRestore 3.4

(Thursday 21st February 2008)
New version is fully Leopard compatible - in fact it will only run on Mac OS X 10.5. Now seemlessly restores BootCamp Windows partitions too!

ISER - RASouth Mini Movies 2008

(Monday 18th February 2008)
Information and application forms to participate in this year's gala Mini Movies festival. Includes dates for teacher workshops, and details of the "must include" item for all movies for 2008, as well as a sample movie from 2007.

Live Broadcast from Federal Parliament

(Wednesday 13th February 2008)
Always available, but may be of more interest today!

School Excursion Monitor

(Tuesday 12th February 2008)
Did your school need to postpone an outdoor trip during the rain last week? How did you notify student' families about the changes? Radio? Phone? Why not setup a Web 2.0 web site (that can be linked to your school's main web site) that any staff member can edit and update from home. No need to go to school, or contact the school's web designer. See also Wazza's GooglePages Quickstarts for info on how to create your own excursion monitor page.

SuperDuper 2.5 (Mac)

(Wednesday 6th February 2008)
Clone your computer the easy way. SuperDuper creates a fully bootable copy of everything on your computer. Now Leopard compatible for incremental backups. Free version available.

App Update (Mac)

(Wednesday 6th February 2008)
Making a new image for your school's Macs? This widget will scan your Applications folder and let you know if there are updates available for any of your installed applications.

Welcome to the Digital Education Revolution (DEST)

(Tuesday 5th February 2008)
Australian Federal govt site to support recently announced initiatives in the implementation of ICT in secondary schools - "The aim of the program is to contribute sustainable and meaningful change to teaching and learning in Australian schools that will prepare students for further education, training, jobs of the future and to live and work in a digital world." See also the Computer Fund FAQs.

What makes a Good Teacher? (BBC)

(Friday 1st February 2008)
Sound familiar?..... "For those with long memories, it was the politicians' loss of confidence in child-centred learning that led to the creation of the national curriculum and, with it, a system of national testing to handcuff teachers to a framework of required knowledge."