Elsewhere

NSW DET and Windows 7

Date Stamp:

15 October 2009

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Essentially a Microsoft promo video on the NSW DET deploying Windows 7.

The Digital Education Revolution in NSW

Date Stamp:

31 August 2009

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Are you interested in what is happening with the Digital Education Revolution in NSW? The DET has released a public web-site with lots of information like the machine specs and software. Also check out the slightly kitschy video:

A response to the DER

Date Stamp:

16 June 2009

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The DER as it is unfortunately named, is about to hit NSW schools. This letter provides a convincing statement of what I’ve been thinking. In my school, equipping every teacher with a computer, projector and IWB (or even just the projector) – and a couple of days of professional development (formal or informal) would have been a better investment.

DET going Gmail

Date Stamp:

24 June 2008

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Given how stuck in the mud the DET seems when it comes to IT, moving their email to Google’s Gmail is intriguing.

Computer needs of schools kept secret

Date Stamp:

12 April 2008

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The SMH writes that the government is not releasing details of which schools are currently most in needs of funding to better their ratio of computers to students (1:7+).

More worrying to me is that the NSW DET is dictating that NSW’s schools will spend any funding received on a specialised high-end educational laptop (which I suspect is something like the Intel Classmate). This might be a nice little machine, but it is not the ideal situation for every school and will create more problems in some schools.