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Keep up to date with all the news from EPICT Australia.

  • 22 Feb 2010

    $40m for teachers' professional development in ICT

    A $40 million initiative to help ensure teachers and school leaders receive comprehensive training in information and communication technology has been announced. The Digital Strategy for Teachers and School Leaders will help teachers and school leaders achieve ICT proficiency and embed these skills across the curriculum and teaching practices. Minister for Education, 18 February 2010.
  • 17 Feb 2010

    Improving teacher quality, literacy and numeracy and support for disadvantaged students

    A quarter of all Australian schools are to participate in the Smarter Schools National Partnerships. The partnerships will provide funding aimed at overcoming educational disadvantage, improving teacher quality and raising the literacy and numeracy standards of all children. Minister for Education, 11 February 2010.
  • 09 Feb 2010

    EPICT Facilitators

    December 2009
  • 09 Feb 2010

    EPICT graduates

    Congratulations to the first EPICT graduates!
  • 02 Feb 2010

    Report on Government Services 2010 - Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision Report

    This Report compares the performance of Australian, State and Territory governments providing a range of services. It contains performance indicators of the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of: early childhood, education and training; justice; emergency services; health; community services; and housing services.
  • 01 Feb 2010

    Parent School Quality Surveys added to My School

    Work is already underway to report on school income so parents will be able to see the resources that are going into both government and non-government schools and the difference this makes. If re-elected the Rudd Government will work with the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority to further empower parents by surveying their satisfaction with schools with the survey results to be disclosed on My School. The survey could: look at the issues of bullying and school safety - whether or not parents felt their child was safe at school, how teachers responded to concerns raised by parents and behaviour management strategies; look at how the school works with the community - the range of extra-curricular activities, P&C activities, accessibility to school facilities after hours, administration, the availability of information to parents, opportunities for parent and teachers to communicate; look at how the school approaches teaching and learning - look at whether teachers are helpful and easy to talk to, whether parents understand and are involved in the here opportunities to innovate in classrooms and strategies to improve performance;and, look at how the school manages transitions - the availability of information for students about subject selection, post school options and career information, access to guidance officers, support for students transitioning to high school.
  • 26 Jan 2010

    Led by Facebook, Twitter, global time spent on social media sites up 82%

    According to The Nielsen Company, global consumers spent more than five and half hours on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in December 2009, an 82% increase from the same time last year when users were spending just over three hours on social networking sites. In addition, the overall traffic to social networking sites has grown over the last three years. Globally, social networks and blogs are the most popular online category when ranked by average time spent in December, followed by online games and instant messaging. With 206.9 million unique visitors, Facebook was the No. 1 global social networking destination in December 2009 and 67% of global social media users visited the site during the month. Time on site for Facebook has also been on the rise, with global users spending nearly six hours per month on the site.
  • 26 Jan 2010

    Support for schools leading up to the launch of My School

    All Australian schools will receive a comprehensive support package from the Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority in the lead-up to the launch of the My School website on 28 January 2010. Minister for Education, 21 January 2010.
  • 19 Jan 2010

    New study shows negotiation can reduce school bullying

    Australian research on the 'Method of Shared Concern,' which seeks to resolve cases of bullying without the use of punishment, has been released. This approach seeks to empower students who have contributed to bullying or become aware of bullying to act. A copy of Applying the Method of Shared Concern in Australian Schools ? an Evaluative Study is attached or will be available at: http://www.deewr.gov.au/schooling/nationalsafeschools Minister for Education, 17 January 2010.
  • 19 Jan 2010

    Horizon report - 2010 edition

    The 2010 Horizon report describes six emerging technologies or practices that are likely to enter mainstream use on campuses within three adoption horizons spread over the next one to five years. The technologies to watch are mobile computing, open content, electronic books, gesture-based computing and visual data analysis.