World News
The end of the text book is nigh according to Australian professor, John Hedberg.
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More UK teachers are getting to grips with ICT says Dell-sponsored survey.
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NZ and UK sign a joint education ICT strategy agreement.
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Senior professor, David Buckingham, from London's Institute of Education says technology-wary teachers are failing their technology-savvy students.
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A recent Australian education report encourages the inclusion of IPODs and MP3 players in the classroom.
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ICT in education is acknowledged as the way of the future in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries of Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudia Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
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Hurricane Katrina damged around US$40 million dollars worth of public school computer equipment in the coastal Gulf states, meaning many ICT programmes will be delayed or canned.
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A study recently released in Wales has shown that many teachers fear ICT, believing that it hinders 'genuine' learning from textbooks and/or it will make the role of teachers redundant.
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Three hundred schools in rural NZ get an $11 million ICT funding boost
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HP donates equipment and professional development time to a Houston school
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Too much technology?
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Laptops in schools: Instructional necessity or wasteful extravagance?
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UK Chancellor, Gordon Brown, announces STG 1.67 billion investment in ICT in schools' over the next three years.
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page7339.asp
UK pupils' ICT skills to be tested online.
http://www.vnunet.com/analysis/1161992
WebPlay links classrooms in LA with classrooms in London.
State education authorities in Virginia, USA, give more money to fund technical expertise in schools.
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=82272&ran=233326
Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Helen Clark launches Project ACTIVate.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0502/S00268.htm
UK Govt spends 25 million STG on new technology in schools.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3375465.stm
Meet the US ed tech leader of the year winner and finalists.
http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=54800609
In virtual school, the teacher is just an email away.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0104/p12s01-legn.html
Plus Useful site link to The Learning Federation.
http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/tlf2/
Getsmarter is an Interactive site where students can compare their math and science achievement against others worldwide. Also provides learning opportunities with hints and links to tutorial web sites to help students improve.
www.getsmarter.org/
US National Education Association view on technology in schools:
The Digital Divide remains a challenge. The greatest strides for technology in education have been made in equipping and connecting schools. This article discusses the current status of US schools in adopting technology in schools.
www.nea.org/technology/
BBC News give an update on the Blair administration’s pledge to spend 900 million on ICT in schools by 2006.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/3522812.stm
The Irish equivalent of DigiOps:
Schools Integration Project (SIP) is the Irish equivalent of DigiOps and they have almost 90 projects on the go:
http://www.sip.ie/Projects/
