2003 eLearning News and
Ideas
Last updated
11/3/2003
DE&T Initiatives
- eLearning Planning Guide
- Bridging the Digital Divide
- Staff Purchase of Notebooks
Annual Computer Census
Schools
need to complete their Annual Computer Census by Friday March.
Details of previous School census will be found at
www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/computer census which is accessed by the
schools official Edumail account. Instructions emailed to
Principals.
eLearning Planning Guide
- This eLearning Planning Guide supersedes the Learning
Technologies Guide and ensures that schools have the necessary
information to create their plan at their finger tips.
- The eLearning Planning Guide is a web-based resource
(http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/lt/pguide/index.htm)
for school leadership teams and other key school personnel, who
are expanding and consolidating the use of eLearning within their
school and updating their 3-year eLearning (Learning Technologies)
Plan.
- The Guide contains conceptual and background information,
hints and tips for tasks in the planning process - as well as
support items including case study examples, sample documents and
links to other useful information.
- The content of the Guide is divided into 5 sections, which
take you through the process of developing an eLearning vision and
strategies, preparing the budget and eLearning Plan - obtaining
approval of the Plan and carrying out ongoing reviews.
- The Guide includes downloadable word documents and templates,
which can be used to produce your valuable working document.
Bridging
the Digital Divide
Schools need to use any unused credit allocations with Bridging
the Digital Divide by June 2003. This allocation maybe used for
improving the school network.
Notebooks
EdChannel
Follow the link on our home page to browse this fantastic resource
- http://www.education.vic.gov.au
SOFNet
- Educational television programs via satellite to schools
- All Government and Catholic schools have access
EduConf
and NetMeeting
- EduConf now allows use of NetMeeting
3.0
- Installation of USB Camera - $100-$150
- Camera can be used for still and video capture
- Combination headphone and microphone headset $15-$20 - to
prevent feedback
- MS NetMeeting Configuration (once only) ILS Server is at:
ils.educonf.edu.vic.gov.au
- Follow this link for more ingformation - http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/lt/telemat/index.htm
EduMail
Outlook - EduMail and EduLibrary video. A school copy of how to
use Outlook and EduMail and EduLibrary should be in your school. This
goes for 12 minutes and is worth watching by everyone.
EduMail Please check this at least a couple of times a week. There
is a DE&T campaign within the Region and across the state to
increase use of EduMail. Check it daily is a great idea
VicOne
ADSL Upgrades
Schools can apply for an upgrade ISDN lines to broadband ADSL
currently. It is a recognition that as both the Administration and
Curriculum networks share the same ISDN line that it cannot cope with
the demands of CASES 21 and particularly HRMS which can take up to
2/3 of 64K bandwidth.
My Internet - SINA (EduNet)
My Internet New Features gives more choices and a new pop out menu
style. Current version is 10. Check out:
- My Mail - formally Dingo Mail web mail
- Calendar feature
- Internet Projects
- Opportunity to alter color schemes and add or delete
features
- Noticeboards
- We use 3 Noticeboards
- School - staff information
- Student - student information
- eLearning - updates and information specific to
eLearning
See the My Internet site at http://www.myinternet.com.au
Training site for My Internet at http://www.training.myinternet.com.au/index.html
Help, FAQs, Manuals and support for EduNet service is available at
http://www.edunethelp.vic.schools.au
EduNet's current plan is to upgrade during the Term holidays - a
few features at a time.
Hardware
USB
removeable drives
A great alternative to floppy disks. Store from 16 Mb to 1 Gb.
Prices start from approximately $65 for 16Mb/ Many brands.
HP Printers
- Tender available through Computelec. Excellent prices
Software
- Microsoft products available through Ipex (New Tender) - $8 -
$18
- Microsoft
contract is up for renewal - there are cheaper alternatives
- Software Rolling Fund - ordered through EdSoft - pay
upfront
Other Retailers
Global Classroom Project
- Valuable Victorian teacher designed web site of collaborative
projects for schools. Website http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/gc
- Select projects by CSF II level, KLA, involvement or topic to
find them
- Several excellent GC Projects developed in CHW
- Funding is available each December for developing projects
normally in $1000 - $3000 range - use for time release, software,
attending PD, materials required
eLearning and Professional Development
- Note that the fantastic PD programs Computing Across the
Primary Curriculum (CAPC) and Learning with the Internet (LWTI)
are no longer being offered by DE&T. Online information is
still available. Hopefully something new will come to the
fore.
- Check the WimmeraNet PD calendar. Learning with the Internet
CD and some Self Paced Learning CDs all at the library.
- Numerous books in the teacher reference section of the library
and a range of publications I have created and collected -> see
Ian C Several staff at this school have excellent skills. Check
people in your unit
- Information and Communication Technologies in Education
Victoria (formerly CEGV) - http://www.ictev.vic.edu.au
- Victoian Information Technology Teachers Association (VITTA) -
http://www.vitta.cc.au.com/
- ASET - Australian Society for Educational Technology -
http://www.global-ed.com/aset2002
- Tammy's Technology Tips for Teachers (US) http://www.essdack.org/tips/index.html
Professional Development issues and SchoolKiT Pedera
- Pedera Online delivers SchoolKiT's Professional Development
training directly to teachers and in the familiar paradigm of the
class or study group.
- Pedera courses are primarily short workshops that teachers can
complete within hours or days. They are designed to accommodate a
teacher's heavy schedule and the time they can set aside.
- Pedera allows administrators of schools to maintain their own
users. SchoolKiT publishes flexible class schedules, accepts user
registrations for classes and runs and manages those classes.
Administrators can track the activity of their staff, course
completion rates and user satisfaction.
http://pedera.schoolkit.com/skpd/default.asp
Class Ideas
Class Keypals
Why not register with ePals and develop a collaborative project
with other teachers and students around the world. Teachers and
students from nearly 200 countries around the world. Website
http://www.epals.com
Download this PDF file of some of my other favorite Keypals and
Collaborative Project Sites
Projects.PDF
Digital Portfolios
Each student has their own individual folder on the Curriculum
Network Server. When Students logon they have access to the S drive
which has folders for Year level, Class Group and individual students
- they contain student files, photos and some work samples
Robotics
Use RoboLab from Lego to program robots. See RoboCup for
competitions. $1000 to buy 2 robots and tower, software, soccer ball
and playing fields.
Visit the RoboCup
Junior website
CSFII Ideas
- Can't think of anything else to do besides word processing. I
have attempted to collate some ideas for you to use in your
classroom with your children.
- See eLearning support including 6 of the Best and eLearning
Scope and Sequence or try the Leading Idea Bank on SOFWeb
- See eLearning activities on curriculum@work CD
Great learning with SchoolKiT and MS Office
- SchoolKiT is K-12 learning activity software that helps
educators integrate technology and curriculum. The curriculum
based activities are all designed by Australian teachers and
provide step by step instructions about how to use the appropriate
MS Office product with plenty of extension activities.
- SchoolKiT ENACTZ activities present powerful learning
experiences, and are designed so that good teachers, whether they
are technology experts or not, can pick them up and implement them
quickly and easily in their own classrooms. http://enactz.schoolkit.com/
- Now on the Victorian Rolling Fund, the 'Microsoft Office
add-on for education' is a demonstration copy for you to take home
to try out SchoolKiT.
- You can visit the website http://www.schoolkit.com/Corporate/
for more information and download 20 free activities
Classroom Organisation
- Stick rigidly to your timetable. 30 minutes every week with
some occasional extra time is better than an hour once a
month
- Plan to have 1-2 hours free each day where you have time for
catching up kids or doing a different activity.
- Select 3-4 programs that you know well
- e.g. MS Office or Claris Office, Kid Pix Studio Deluxe,
Encarta, TextEase, HyperStudio, email/WWW and plan the majority of
your class programs around those.
eLearning Taskgroup
- At Horsham 298 we created this key reference group to provide
support and input into eLearning at Horsham Primary School.
- I believe that being a member of this group is a great benefit
to members and the resultant work of major significance to Horsham
298.
Our 2003 priorities
- Implement new eLearning Plan
- Audit of what we have (current status) - networking, hardware,
software, staff and student skills, PD
- Use revised P-6 Scope and Sequence chart
- Implement 2003 eLearning Compact
- Implement new Acceptable Use Policy 2003
- Implement an eLearning Year Level school Planning sessions for
all staff in eLearning each Term
- All staff complete eLearning survey in March 2003
- eLearning PD develop from school PD requirements
- Develop P-2 checklist of student skills
- Upgrade Internet connection to broadband ADSL link
- Develop Video intranet conferencing across school
- Further develop school Intranet for publication of student
work and staff PD
eLearning and Students
- We need to recognise that we are working with a new media
- Projects need to accommodate needs of teachers who are unsure
of expectations and students who feel more comfortable in digital
environment
- Many Projects work on Big Bang Theory - Launch It + Announce
It = Success will follow
Where to from Here?
- All students need to be engaged in meaningful class activities
every week.
- They need a teacher who wants them to develop a range of new
eLearning skills
