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A Digital Education Revolution

 

Realising the possibilities - managing the realities

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The Australian Council for Educational Research and education.au supported by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), presented a series of symposia around Australia to explore and illuminate the possibilities and the realities of the implementation of the Digital Education revolution (DER).

Papers, PowerPoint presentations and audio files from these events are available below.  

Presentations - PowerPoint

Presentations - multimedia

  • Those Wacky Kids - The video presentation by Mark Pesce at 'The Digital Education Revolution'. It looks at how kids' hyperconnectivity, and the gap between how the kids communicate today and how we try to educate them in the classroom.
  • Those Wacky Kids - The text version of Mark Pesce's presentation at 'The Digital Education Revolution'.
  • 1 of 6 Welcome and Shelagh Whittlestone - ICT Consultant Gerry White opens and symposium and introduces Shelagh Whittlestone, Branch Manager of the Digital Education Revolution taskforce in (DEEWR). (MP3 format)
  • 2 of 6 Those Whacky Kids - 'Those Wacky Kids' by futurist, Mark Pesce. (MP3 format)
  • 3 0f 6 Garry Putland - education.au General Manager Garry Putland presents on the mind shifts that need to occur to enable schools to effectively integrate ICTs.
  • 4 of 6 Michael Cowling, Aberfoyle Park Highschool - Consultant Michael Cowling shares the impressive work that Aberfoyle Park High School (8-12) does in integrating elearning technologies into their teaching practice.
  • 5 of 6 Shelagh Whittlestone - next steps - Shelagh Whittlestone, Branch Manager of the Digital Education Revolution (DER) task force in Canberra looks at what comes next.
  • 6 of 6 Mark Pesce and Gerry White - Mark Pesce and Gerry White take questions from attendees and discuss the implications of technology, the revolution and what needs to happen to support educators.