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Throughout May and June, the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and education.au supported by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), presented a series of symposia to explore and illuminate the possibilities and the realities of the implementation of the Digital Education Revolution.
These presentations were held in Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. Key speakers included; Mark Pesce, Shelagh Whittlestone (DEEWR), Gerry White, Garry Putland (education.au), Julian Fraillion (ACER) and Michael Cowling. If you missed out on the opportunity to attend, don't despair presentations are now available for download - see below.
For a complete list of all presentations, including podcasts, please visit www.acer.edu.au/proflearn/digital
Presentations
1. Keynote Presentation - MARK PESCE - 'Those Wacky Kids'
2. What is the Digital Education Revolution? - Shelagh Whittlestone, Branch Manager of the Digital Education Revolution task force
3. education.au - GARRY PUTLAND - What is Powerful about Teaching with Technology? (1MB PDF)
4. ACER – JULIAN FRAILLION - How does research inform better decisions? (237KB PDF)
5. Aberfoyle Park High School - MICHAEL Cowling shares the impressive work that Aberfoyle Park High School (8-12) does in integrating elearning technologies into their teaching practice.
6. DEEWR AGQTP Program - Shelagh Whittlestone, Branch Manager of the Digital Education Revolution task force in Canberra looks at the AGQTP Program and what comes next.
7. Summing Up and Sending On - Mark Pesce and Gerry White take questions from attendees and discuss the implications of technology, the revolution and what needs to happen to support educators.
Other Presentations available for download shortly. Bookmark www.acer.edu.au/proflearn/digital now!