I believe that the use of technology in the classroom offers far more engaging and interesting learning experiences for students. There is now the evidence to prove it. I have just read an article by the ABC News discussing research done by The University of Tasmania. The University has found “students who spend more time [...]

Recently I discussed the need for teachers to create engaging lesson for the students in order to capture their attention and imagination. Harder than it sounds? Not really! Here is an example I found on Youtube when writing a mathematics lesson plan or perimeter and area. It uses Google Earth in a very innovative way. [...]

After viewing the Youtube video Classrooms for the Future, I started to wonder if Australian school students would be offered the same opportunities as students in the US, in terms of technologcal advances in the classroom. Then I read the article: Rudd’s School Computer Promise Comes Unplugged. The article discusses how the government is wiling to offer the [...]

I found Sean’s blog on Interactive whiteboards very interesting, as I myself have a limited understanding of the implementation of interactive whiteboards in the classroom. Sean was commenting on a video he had seen on Youtube. The video discussed the bnefits of the interactive whiteboards in the classroom. These benfits include improving: the pace of the [...]

This Youtube video entitled Classrooms for the Future. directly relates to the article I have previously commented on by Pamela Livingston: Laptops Unleashed. Both this video and the article discuss the measures being taken in the U.S to ensure children gain an education primarily through the use of technology, including: computer, smartboards, digital cameras, printers, [...]

A blog written by a friend has really got me thinking. After reading the article: A Modern Fairytale, Mel posed the question; will Australian schools become brave and bold in relation to their attitude toward embracing new technology or will they be stuck in the past?
While my experience in the classroom to date is limited, [...]

I have recently read an article on schools in the 21st Century unable to escape the methods, strategies and technologies of the 20th Century. The article entitled How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 2oth Century (2006) by Claudia Wallis and Sonja Steptoe, discusses the need to re-evaluate “what we teach and the way [...]

I recently read an article entitled Integrating Computers into the Primary School Curriculum by Janet Wood. The article discussed the benefits provided by effective computer integration in the classroom. The article discussed how computer technologies have been responsible for massive changes in the way students learn, research and present their work. Wood wanted other teachers [...]

I have just finished reading the article Laptops Unleashed by Pamela Livingston (2004). The article discussed the Peck Middle School (K-8) which successfully integrated a laptop program into the school six years ago.
Students in years seven to eight are equipped with apple ibooks and connect to the Peck’s network for email, internet, printing, viewing assessment [...]