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SixtySeconds: Vol. 8: Issue 11 | June 2009

National ICT in Learning Symposium - overview

In this video, Education.au CEO, Greg Black, provides an overview of the key points from the recent national ICT in Learning Symposium held in Sydney, 1 May 2009. The ICT in Learning Symposium facilitated input, from leading thinkers, in the area of implementing new technologies in education and training.

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Heading into the cloud: cloud computing and education
Dis-connection

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2009 myfuture Student Video Competition - registration now open

An initiative of the Australian Government’s Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, and supported by the Crew (SBS television), the myfuture Student Video competition is now open for 2009.

The competition offers high school students the opportunity to produce a short video about an occupation, to learn useful skills, win prizes and have fun.

Entries close 30 September 2009. For more information, including suggested occupations, guidelines, technical tips, resources, registration and support, visit The Crew. Visit myfuture, to see previous winners and other great student videos.

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ICT ME-ntoring – edna public Groups for novices

This space welcomes novices to information technologies. In a supportive environment, participants will work together to build knowledge in using the Internet in a classroom environment, share files, collaborate online and find resources.

Visit the group space and click "enrol me" in the administration block.

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Creating Effective Teaching and Learning Environments - First Results from TALIS

OECD’s Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) provides the first internationally comparative perspective on the conditions of teaching and learning, based on data from over 70,000 teachers and school principals who represent lower secondary teachers in the 23 participating countries.

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Latest issue of Vision

The latest issue of Futurelab's bi-annual magazine features articles on curriculum innovation, the use of AV technology in education, the government’s Find Your Talent scheme, learning in the family, re-engaging disengaged learners, how learning about health could help to tackle obesity, and an interview with Sir William Atkinson from Channel 4’s The Unteachables.

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HotCloud 2009 - conference papers

Research papers from the recent HotCloud conference on hot topics in cloud computing are now available. These include papers from university researchers, research labs and companies innovating in this area. The papers address approaches and issues associated with cloud computing.

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EU Kids Online - final report

The EU Kids Online project (2006-2009) examines European research on cultural, contextual and risk issues in children's safe use of the internet and new media across 21 countries. Its final report presents evidence based findings and policy recommendations.

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Beyond Current Horizons - a report from the Beyond Current Horizons Programme (Executive summary)

The Beyond Current Horizons programme explores the potential futures for education that might emerge at the intersection of social and technological change over the coming two decades. Its purpose is to map out current and emerging socio-technical trends, the critical uncertainties in our understanding of future socio-technical developments, and the challenges or opportunities that such developments might offer to educators.

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Digital Families

This report identifies the attitudes that British families have to technology, the impact it has on work-life balance and the role it is playing in organising family schedules. It also pays particular attention to whether today’s current economic climate changes the way families view the importance of technology.

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Women and ICT - Why are girls still not attracted to ICT studies and careers?

This European report shows why gender differences exist in the ICT industry and makes recommendations on how this might be addressed.

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Independent review of ICT user skills

Baroness Morris’s findings indicate there are an estimated 11.6 million adults who lack basic computing skills in England. This report outlines that digital skills have an impact on an adult’s equality of access to information and services; employability; social inclusion, engagement in further learning, and on wider business productivity.

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VET e-portfolio Roadmap released

The VET e-portfolio Roadmap is a national strategic plan designed to support the diverse requirements for e-portfolios in vocational education and training (VET). Developed from extensive research and national stakeholder consultations, the Roadmap aims to assist in the development of a national standards-based framework to support the use of e-portfolios across VET.