Digital education revolution?
So you want a revolution?
The government has provided funding for computers in schools but failed to invest in the human side of it, writes Kathryn Moyle.
One of the major platforms the ALP took to the 2007 federal election was the digital education revolution (DER).
When Labor won, overnight, the DER moved from being an election promise to government policy.
This one policy highlights that the choices and actions taken by the government about the technologies they deploy in schools influence the pedagogical approaches possible within a learning environment and, as such, influences the sorts of technical and pedagogical skills teachers, school leaders, technical support officers and students require. Under DER is the national secondary school…read on
http://www.educationreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=15808
