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Education technology is assisting in a huge change in educational practice. This is not really something new, as education technology has been changing over several decades. When we first began teaching, it was said that teachers from the 19th century would experience limited difficulty in working in those classrooms. This would certainly not be the case now.
Not only has the range of technology changed, but it has widened access to knowledge to such an extent that students as well as others now have to accept they will be lifelong learners. As Alvin Toffler has said - ‘The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn’. Heidi-Hayes Jacobs says - ‘Teachers need to integrate technology seamlessly into the curriculum instead of viewing it as an add-on, an afterthought, or an event’. Encouraging students to learn how to learn is, in our opinion, the most important aspect of education.
This page looks at different educational technologies, ways of integrating them into the educational process, research which supports and assists this, sources of information to help and support teachers and other information that will, hopefully, be of value. It is not just about computers and software programs.
The webmasters would appreciate help in this area. If you are aware of a suitable inclusion not already listed on this page, please take the time to notify us. Every suggestion will be seriously considered and if deemed suitable will be added. With your assistance, this page will be more useful. This is very much a work in progress and will require considerable, further development.
Education Technology
Interactive Whiteboards
- An Interactive Whiteboard … What Next ?
‘Penny Ryder tackles the initial fear factor head on and shares ten tips for starting out with interactive whiteboards’. -
Interactive Whiteboard Internet Sites
A listing of site compiled by a Queensland school. - Interactive Whiteboards
Sharing resources, resources from schools, additional resources [often PDF files]. e·learning. Victoria. - Interactive Whiteboards, Teachernet
Booklets, guides, health & safety and more. UK. - Interactive Whiteboard Top Tips
Basic tips, followed by links to other whiteboard information. - Inter-Tech Education
‘Inter-tech Education is a company established by South Australian teachers who are committed to sharing interactive educational programs with smart teachers. These programs embrace society’s technological advances and the technological tools that students engage with daily’. There are costs involved with these. -
See Share Shape
Online training, notebook lessons, What’s New ?, Case Studies, more.
Previously listed as InteractiveWhiteboard.net.au. - Smart
‘Share resources and ideas for using Interactive Whiteboards’.This is the UK site. Check International from the bottom menu to access Australian links. - Whiteboard Room
Access Free resources for use with a whiteboard.
General Sites
- Centre for Learning Innovation
NSW. ‘Brings together educational expertise and educational technology infrastructure to form a hub of innovation for schools and TAFE, as well as external clients’. Services, teacher tools, more. - Education Uses of Specific Learning Technologies
Grouped links under a range of headings. Australian collection. General to Digital Video, social conferencing to Electronic Whiteboards. - Electronic Student Profile
NT. ‘Online system that manages student records and enables you to keep in touch with your child’s performance and development at school’. - Facebook Guide For Educators
‘The Facebook for Educators Guide aims to answer teachers’ top questions about Facebook from how to create school policies and the most appropriate tools to connect with students, to teaching parents how to reinforce lessons of “digital citizenship”’. Download a copy via this link for Free. - National Digital Learning Resources Network
‘The National Digital Learning Resources Network contains more than 12 000 digital curriculum resources that are free for use in all Australian schools. The resources are aligned to state and territory curriculums and are progressively being aligned to the Australian Curriculum as it develops. The resources are made available to teachers through state and territory portals or Scootle. The tertiary sector can access the content through the E-Content repository’. - Other K-12 ICT in Education Sites and Portals
Extensive collection of links. - The Right Way to Use Technology in the
Classroom
Video, via the Huffington Post, of one approach to the implementation of technology. - Victorian Student Number
‘Assigned by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development to all students in government and non-government schools, and students in Vocational Education and Training Institutions. The number, which is unique to each student, will be used as a key identifier on a student’s school records, and will remain with the student throughout his or her education, until reaching the age of 25’.
Teaching With the Internet
- Teaching With the Internet
‘Gersh’s Guide For Educators’. City College of New York. Extensive listing of sites in topic areas. - Teaching With the Internet K-12
New Literacies for New Times. Extension information in multiple chapters. has embedded links to top sites for specific areas and examples. - Using the Internet to Enhance K-12 Teaching & Learning
Fairly brief but has several short pages with links to lesson plans, rubrics, worksheets, more.
Research & Reports
- 2010 Horizon Report : K-12 Edition
‘The 2010 Horizon Report, examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching, learning and creative expression within the environment of pre-college education’. - Analysis of Emerging Trends Affecting The Use of Technology in Education
BECTA, UK. Carried out through 2008 and released in 2009. Not just learning, but also administration, more. PDF format. - A Special Report on Multimedia in Schools
‘This report, “Multimedia Transformation”, examines the many ways multimedia tools are transforming teaching and learning as schools work to raise achievement and prepare students for careers that require increasingly sophisticated uses of technology. Download the interactive PDF version of the report, Multimedia Transformation’. - Building Schools for the Future
UK secondary schools program. The program was cancelled in mid 2010 but there is still some detail available about the aims of the program including school listing, framework and archive. - Digital Education Revolution
‘The aim of the Digital Education Revolution is to contribute sustainable and meaningful change to teaching and learning in Australian schools that will prepare students for further education, training and to live and work in a digital world’. Publications, sections, more. Commonwealth Government. - Learning : Is There An App For That ?
‘This report focuses on how new forms of digital media are influencing very young children and their families in the United States and how we can deploy smart mobile devices and applications - apps, for short - in particular, to help advance their education. It does so in three parts’. - Reading Comprehension on the Internet
‘ Expanding Our Understanding of Reading Comprehension to Encompass New Literacies. An online version of the February 2003 Exploring Literacy on the Internet document, Donald J. Leu, Jr., edited for the International Reading Association’s journal The Reading Teacher’. - STEPS
Study of the impact of technology in primary schools. ‘Provides the most detailed picture yet of national ICT strategies and their impact in primary schools in the 27 countries of the European Union, as well as in Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway’. - The Role of Technology in Education 3.0
‘Little evidence suggests that new technologies in the classroom are being used to transform educational paradigms. If technologies are not making an impact in the classroom today, should they power Education 3.0 ?’ Article from a series in this area.
Virtual & Online Learning
- Distance & Rural Technologies
‘Connections, Virtual Excursions’. What is happening in NSW. - eFolio in the UK
Blog, with this section looking especially at ePortfolios. - eLearning Learning
‘A community collecting and organising the best information on the web about eLearning’. - Flex e-News
‘The e-newsletter from the national training system’s e-learning strategy’. Australian Flexible Learning Framework. News, events, tips, resources, focus topics, more. - Flexible Learning Toolboxes
‘High quality, cost effective interactive e-learning and assessment resources featuring scenarios, images and activities. They are designed for use by training providers, industry and business and support online delivery of recognised training packages for the vocational education and training sector’. - Learning Circuits
‘To promote and aid the use of e-learning, creating a body of knowledge about how to use technology efficiently and effectively for learning. It delivers a fully interactive Website with discussions, demos and resources, and articles on a weekly basis’. US developed. - Online Curriculum Services
Department of Education, WA. Teaching and learning, curriculum, collaboration, Professional learning, digital content, more. - Plan e-learning
Part of the Australian Flexible Learning Framework. ‘Links provide comprehensive guidance and support for practitioners in planning and implementing e-learning’. - Research Shows Evolving Picture of E-Education
Article with associated links. 2009, Edweek.org.
You now need to be able to log in to access this site but registration is Free. - Students Prepare for First Term in Virtual
School
ABC News, Jan. 4 2010. Students in the NSW far west will begin at a Virtual Selective High School for the first time. - The e-Learning Plan
‘Useful resources to assist schools in developing their e-Learning Plan, from the NCTE’s e-Learning Handbook and Roadmap to case studies and video exemplars highlighting how teachers are integrating ICT in their classrooms’. - Westwood Cyber High School
‘A virtual learning experience offering students an opportunity to obtain a High School diploma by teaching them the skills necessary for higher education or future employment’. US example of the Notschool program initiated in the UK by Inclusion Trust.
Other Information
Blogs, Pods, Social Networking
- 30 Posts About Free Education Technology Tools
& Resources
‘All of the articles reference free technologies and/or resources. The posts are simply listed in alphabetical order [I haven’t quite decided how best to organise them otherwise]. I hope you find something fun and useful here !’ - Betchablog
‘Education + Technology + Ideas’. Has podcasts, screencasts, wiki and much more as well as the other information around the main theme. - Classroom 2.0
‘The social network for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education’. - Ed Tech Crew
‘A weekly podcast about technology in education. The Ed Tech Crew chew the fat on all things ICT’. - E-Wot
‘E-learning options for classroom use. Online educational resources, courses and programmes for e-learning best practice. Cross platform resources. Keeping up to date with current educational e-learning trends’. - Human
‘The only, the biggest and the friendliest Moot. My creed is “what if ?” and I often tinker with ICT, particularly with Moodle, Twitter and Web2.0. Rather than teaching people, I prefer to make them think and learn together [hence the Latin ‘educare’ tagline of this space]’. - Integrating Technology in the Primary Classroom
‘A primary school teacher sharing resources, practical ideas and thoughts on blogging, global collaboration and technology integration’. Australian site. - iPreps : In the Beginning
A Victorian blog from a teacher who uses iPads with Prep aged students. Interesting concept.
You now need to be able to log in to access this site. - Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the
Day
‘A daily item of e-learning interest selected by Jane Hart of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies’. Opens at the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009. - Miriam Tanti
An educator who works with pre-service teachers about integrating technology into learning. - Teaching and Learning in The Digital Age
A blog which covers a huge range of areas including that of using educational technology. One such page is Virtual Field Trips & webquests. Check the menu for others. An Australian site that is well worth visiting. - The Power of Educational Technology
Blog. ‘Demonstrating the power of technology to transform learning, energise communities and inspire innovative thinking’.
General Sites
- AICTEC
Australian Information and Communications Technology in Education Committee‘The revised document is now available to schools, jurisdictions and teachers to provide support in planning for integrating ICT into the delivery of teaching and learning’. - Aussie
Blog, Educator Resources, Educational Technology Resources. Annotated links for the latter. Covers Tools, Blogs, Reports. - Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
Both online and PDF versions of articles - Click - A Technology Guide for Parents
Department of Education & Training NSW. Articles, video, podcasts and more. - Converge - Classroom Technology
Articles, columns, stories. Read and discuss what they include. - Digital Directions
A journal from Education Week [US] with research, articles, news, reports, more. Many can be downloaded. Others are available online. -
Digital Education - Making Change Happen
‘Available to schools, jurisdictions and teachers to provide support in planning for integrating ICT into the delivery of teaching and learning’. - Education Services Australia
‘Bringing people, learning and technology together’. The ICT in Everyday Learning - Teacher Online Toolkit is worth monitoring. - Education Technology [Milken]
Milken Family Foundation, US. Articles, discussions, projects, reviews, PD Issues, more. - Education Technology Solutions
‘Australia’s leading education technology publication’. - Excellence Gateway - Exemplar Network
‘The Technology Exemplar Network is a successful approach to support learning providers’ use and application of technology through peer support. Members of the Network share effective practice and support through the exchange of experience, knowledge and practical know-how, that will benefit learners and organisations’. UK. - EnhanceTV
‘Open to everyone with an interest in teaching with TV. We hope you find it a lively place to connect and share with educators and the film industry’. Study Guides, Them Packs, Teaching Topics, Podcasts, Community area and more. - eSchool News
‘eSchool News covers education technology in all its aspects, from legislation and litigation, to case studies, to purchasing practices and new products’. Publications, articles, news, resources, video, help, offers, more. - ICT in Education
The Educational Technology Site. Articles Free Stuff, newsletter, products, article archive, more. ‘The aim of this site is to provide users, teachers, leaders and managers of educational ICT high quality articles that provide both information and food for thought’. - ICT ME-ntoring
‘An initiative of ESA’s Professional Learning and Online Communities team’. - International Society for Technology in Education
Educator resources, Support Ed Tech, Professional Development, Publications, research, bookstore, more. Includes Webinars. - Machines Are The Easy Part; People Are The Hard
Part
‘This little book takes a somewhat skewed approach to educational technology. Its focus is on the human elements to which attention must be paid before technology can have an impact on teaching and learning’. Fee-based, but quite small cost. - Oregon Technology in Education Network
Much of the site will relate only to the US, but the Resources section could prove useful. - pd21
‘The complete professional development solution for schools and school districts that are focused on technology integration, quality teaching and sound pedagogy’. Available in Australia. Linked to SchoolKit. - Scootle
‘Learn, teach and collaborate using digital curriculum resources from The Le@rning Federation’. - Slowmation
‘A narrated animation created by university or schools students that is played in slow motion at 2 frames/second to explain a science concept. It is a new teaching approach that integrates aspects of clay animation, object animation and digital storytelling that encourages students to use technology and design a multimodal representation of their learning’. Developed at University of Wollongong, Australia. - TeachWithMovies.com
‘TeachWithMovies.com is the premiere site on the Internet showing teachers how to create lesson plans using movies and film’. Small annual fee for access. - Technology and Education
Annotated links to roles and impacts of technology in educational settings and processes. A second section and a Toolkit. - Technology in Education
Non-annotated links under specific heading. US listing. - Technology in Education Websites
Keith Lightbody. Links in 24 areas. Digital Cameras to Wireless Networking. -
Technology Integration
‘Helping teachers effectively integrate technology into the curriculum’. A range of assistance compiled by a US school District. - Telementor.org
‘Academic mentoring support from professionals of ITP sponsor companies. All student/mentor communication is project focused and facilitated by a teacher or parent’. US based program. - Ten Ways Online Education Matches, or
Surpasses, Face-to-Face Learning
Article from 2003. - The 2020 School Links Library
Audstega listing under several headings including research, resources for parents, Professional Development Planners, School Technology Planners, teachers & learners.‘ ’