Classification: (E – digital schooling) (E – online education)

Virtual Education Networks

http://www.virtualeducation.net.nz/index.asp

Virtual Education Networks (VEN) has a goal of manageable, safe and secure online environments for learning and administration in New Zealand schools. VEN is committed to facilitating the best internet networking solutions for schools across New Zealand.

Classification: (E – digital schooling) (E – futures)

Futurelab

http://www.futurelab.org.uk/

Future lab is a not-for-profit organisation from Great Britain who is passionate about transforming the way people learn. Tapping into the huge potential offered by digital and other technologies, they develop innovative resources and practices that support new approaches to learning for the 21st century.

Classification: (E – digital schooling) (T – learning management systems)

Scootle: A Treasure Trove of Digital Content

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This presentation was presented by Bernie O’Sullivan at the Sixth National IWB Conference in 2009.

Description: The Scootle website has been set up by The Learning Federation as a free resource of digital content for Australian and New Zealand teachers. It has thousands of easy-to-search-for digital learning objects across curriculum and year levels in its bank. Users can select whatever content that suits their need, and then save it to an easy-to-access folder on the site for future in-class or student use. Scootle is a must-have tool in your armoury of digital content.

Classification: (E – digital schooling) (E – pedagogy/philosophy)

Quality Teaching Resources for the Interactive Classroom K-6

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This presentation was presented by Hillary Hughes at the Sixth National IWB Conference in 2009.

Description: The Centre for Learning Innovation is developing Activstudio flipcharts to support teachers as part of the Connected Classrooms Program in NSW. It is also integrating IWB friendly activities and video-conferencing opportunities into its many learning resources. This session will:
*lead discussion of the pedagogical principles for resources suitable for IWBs
*show examples of digital materials for primary schools developed for use on IWBs.

Classification: (E – digital schooling) (E – pedagogy/philosophy)

Quality Teaching Resources for the Interactive Classroom 7-12

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This presentation was presented by Hillary Hughes at the Sixth National IWB Conference in 2009.

Description: The Centre for Learning Innovation is developing Activstudio flipcharts to support teachers as part of the Connected Classrooms Program in NSW. It is also integrating IWB friendly activities and video-conferencing opportunities into its many learning resources. This session will:
*lead discussion of the pedagogical principles for resources suitable for IWBs
*show examples of digital materials for secondary schools developed for use on IWBs.

Classification: (E – pedagogy/philosophy) (E – digital schooling)

The Beginner’s Guide to Digital Curriculum Design

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This presentation was presented by Shanti Clements at the Sixth National IWB Conference in 2009.

Description: This session will focus on a theoretical and ‘hands-on’ approach to using SMART Notebook™ software. Shanti will provide an overview of the Virtual Constructionism design framework, then support course participants in learning basic SMART Board skills to implement IWB technologies in the classroom.

Classification: (E – leadership) (E – digital schooling)

A Review of New Technologies and their Implications for Schools and Learning

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This presentation was presented by Professor Michael Hough at the Third National Leading a Digital School Conference in 2009.

Description: This session will provide an overview of the new “Knowledge Revolutions” which are generating change in a modern economy, and stress that ICT based technologies are only one of a set of new knowledge based technologies which will impinge on schools and learning. It will review the likely changes created by non ICT based knowledge technologies such as genetic engineering, nano-technologies, long cycle systems, and the challenges of providing effective leadership skills for modern schools that prepare themselves to deal with these change capabilities. It will particularly emphasize the emerging genetic bases of learning, and review the implications for schooling of learning models based on deliberate changes in DNA/ RNA structures.

Classification: (E – leadership) (E – digital schooling)

Developing Leadership Capabilities in Staff

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This presentation was presented by Professor Michael Hough at the Third National Leading a Digital School Conference in 2009.

Description: This session will focus on the current dilemmas and challenges of providing effective leadership skills for modern schools with digital ICT capabilities. It will review the selected challenges of engaging different generations of staff in ICT based learning, and recommend strategies for effective leadership of ICT based schools. It will particularly focus on the issues of how to select relevance and appropriateness of new ICT based proposals, and suggest ways to implement leadership policies which enable senior staff to remain accountable whilst all the changes enabled by ICT based learning are occurring within a school.

Classification: (E – futures) (E – digital schooling)

Leading Schools That Face The Future

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This presentation was presented by Professor Michael Hough at the Third National Leading a Digital School Conference in 2009.

Description: This session will provide an overview of the societal and economic changes that are driving change in Australian schools, review the characteristics of Australian society and its generations, summarize the current trends in Information and Communication technologies and their impacts on learning and schooling, and finish with very specific advice on the features of a school that fully incorporates digital technologies and is developing its version of a ‘preferred future’ so that it remains central to the needs of a modern Australian society and its learning community.

Classification: (E – digital schooling)

Leading a 21st Century School – The ICT Research, Policy and Practice Interface

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This presentation was presented by Assoc Professor Glenn Finger at the Third National Leading a Digital School Conference in 2009.

Description: Educational leaders need to enable teaching and learning in the 21st Century to be transformed through the use of ICT informed by educational theorising and ICT research. We need people to develop visions of the future which encourage imagination, ideas, and inspiration to create a better world. This session attempts to assist you in positioning your thinking to be able to both respond to and shape the future in these new times, capitalise upon the use of new technologies, and work within the frameworks reflecting new expectations for teachers. Importantly, it explores and provides guidance for practice by discussing the interface with ICT research and policy.

Classification: (E – futures) (E – digital schooling)

The Journey to Education Transformation

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This presentation was presented by Stephen Jury at the First NZ and AUS International IWB Conference in 2009.

Description: In this Keynote Address Stephen will reflect on the development of classroom technology solutions and how their use has developed over the years. He will draw on his experience of work with schools in many countries to illustrate how the best ‘conditions for success’ can be created and some of the pitfalls to be avoided. He will also share some thoughts on future directions for technology, teaching and learning.