AITSL research project – VicPLN reflection
Last year, some of you completed a survey for us exploring your experiences of the Victorian Personal Learning Network (VicPLN) courses. In this post, we’d like to share our findings. The team at the State Library of Victoria applied to…
Forecasting the Future of Education Technology
Today’s post comes from regular contributor Catherine Hainstock (M.Ed TL) of Vermont Secondary College. Many Bright Ideas readers will be aware of the Horizon Report released by the New Media Consortium. These reports are invaluable to educators and schools planning…
Ten meta-trends from the Horizon Project
The New Media Consortium (NMC) is an international community of experts on technology in education who produce an annual report known as The Horizon Report. Horizon reports highlight key trends in technology and education for the year to come, with an emphasis on innovation…
The NBN & education
A couple of weeks ago, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications tabled its report on the inquiry into the role and potential of the National Broadband Network (NBN) entitled Broadening the debate. If you haven’t seen it yet,…
Worth looking at – Global map of social networking 2011
Globalwebindex have created a map that shows active networkers, grouped into three behaviour types: Messagers, Groupers, and Content Sharers. It is an interesting look at how different countries are using social networking tools.
School libraries and teacher-librarians in 21st century Australia
The Report of the Australian Parliament, House of Representatives, Education and Employment Committee’s Inquiry into School Libraries and Teacher-librarians in 21st century Australia was tabled on 23 May 2011. SLAV welcomes the recommendations and is working in collaboration with the…
Museums, Libraries and 21st Century Skills
This document, from the United States’ Institute of Museum and Library Services (“the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute’s mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to…
Keeping Young Australians Reading
A very interesting and useful report from the Centre for Youth Literature on the state of reading at the young adult level has been released. Updating the 2001 report Young Australians Reading, Keeping Young Australians Reading addresses the landscape and data of,…
Annual report on emerging technologies – planning for change
The annual report on emerging technologies – planning for change has been published. Education.au has released the report, which is part of the Strategic ICT Advisory Service, funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. The 102 page…