http://www.gtcentral.com.au/news/ GTcentral news, providing ICT education news in Australia en-au Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:56:34 -0400 http://www.rssfeedssubmit.com/rss-generator/ http://www.gtcentral.com.au/images/gtwhite.jpg http://www.gtcentral.com.au/news/ 138 61 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23807407-13881,00.html http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23807407-13881,00.html Wed, 4 Jun 2008 08:00:00 EST LESS than a month before the deadline for high schools to receive computers in the first round of the Rudd Government's digital education revolution, the commonwealth is yet to finalise how much it will provide to each state and school systems http://www.theage.com.au/education/60m-school-software-plan-faces-costly-delays-20080523-2hou.html http://www.theage.com.au/education/60m-school-software-plan-faces-costly-delays-20080523-2hou.html Sat, 24 May 2008 08:00:00 EST A NEW $60 million school software system faces delays and cost blowouts after the State Government failed to find a company to deliver the project. http://news.theage.com.au/national/schools-to-pilot-antidrinking-project-20080521-2glb.html http://news.theage.com.au/national/schools-to-pilot-antidrinking-project-20080521-2glb.html Tue, 20 May 2008 08:00:00 EST A new computer program used to combat high-risk drinking in more than 500 American schools and universities will be introduced to Australian schools http://www.theage.com.au/news/education-news/are-pcs-for-stopping-blackboredom/2008/05/16/1210765186669.html http://www.theage.com.au/news/education-news/are-pcs-for-stopping-blackboredom/2008/05/16/1210765186669.html Mon, 19 May 2008 08:00:00 EST DO COMPUTERS make learning better and easier? Should we be spending more and more of our resources on computers and software? For the past couple of years or so, I've been trialling software and pondering these and related questions. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23700586-13881,00.html http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23700586-13881,00.html Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:00 EST Font Size: Decrease Increase Print Page: Print Sid Marris and Nicola Berkovic | May 15, 2008 A PLAN to give every senior school student a computer has moved closer to implementation after the Rudd Government boosted funding. http://news.theage.com.au/national/school-computer-funding-may-fall-short-20080514-2e8n.html http://news.theage.com.au/national/school-computer-funding-may-fall-short-20080514-2e8n.html Wed, 14 May 2008 08:00:00 EST Parents will have to run lamington drives to top up the Rudd government's $1.2 billion plan to ensure every student in Years 9 to 12 has access to a computer, the federal opposition says. http://news.theage.com.au/national/11b-for-education-infrastructure-fund-20080513-2dp7.html http://news.theage.com.au/national/11b-for-education-infrastructure-fund-20080513-2dp7.html Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:00 EST The Rudd government has taken its education revolution up a gear, revealing a new $11 billion education infrastructure fund. http://news.theage.com.au/hp-unveils-small-laptop-for-schoolkids/20080408-24ju.html http://news.theage.com.au/hp-unveils-small-laptop-for-schoolkids/20080408-24ju.html Tue, 8 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST One more of the world's biggest technology companies is clamoring to enter the growing market for pint-sized computers targeted mainly for pint-sized customers http://www.theage.com.au/news/businessinnovations/now-is-the-winter-of-our-malware-discontent/2008/04/08/1207420549006.html http://www.theage.com.au/news/businessinnovations/now-is-the-winter-of-our-malware-discontent/2008/04/08/1207420549006.html Tue, 8 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST The number of malicious software programs vying to take up residence on unsuspecting computer users' hard drives has quadrupled in the past two years, security experts say. http://news.theage.com.au/va-schools-teach-net-safety-lessons/20080407-245f.html http://news.theage.com.au/va-schools-teach-net-safety-lessons/20080407-245f.html Mon, 7 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST On a screen at the front of a classroom, Gene Fishel flashed an online social-networking profile of "hotlilflgirl," which said she was 15, enjoys being around boys and wants to meet new people. http://news.theage.com.au/vic-willing-to-pay-extra-computer-costs/20080407-247f.html http://news.theage.com.au/vic-willing-to-pay-extra-computer-costs/20080407-247f.html Mon, 7 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST Victorian Education Minister Bronwyn Pike says her government is willing to pay for the state's ongoing costs as part of a $1 billion federal plan to give high school students laptops. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/computer-plan-a-con-says-nelson/2008/04/06/1207420202587.html http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/computer-plan-a-con-says-nelson/2008/04/06/1207420202587.html Mon, 7 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST THE $1 billion pledge to provide computers to all students in years 9 to 12 has been branded a "con" by the Opposition, which claims parents, the states and independent schools will have to cough up three dollars for every dollar spent by the Federal Government. http://news.theage.com.au/cough-up-laptop-money-wa-tells-canberra/20080406-241o.html http://news.theage.com.au/cough-up-laptop-money-wa-tells-canberra/20080406-241o.html Sun, 6 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST West Australian Premier Alan Carpenter has put renewed pressure on the federal government to cough up money for the ongoing costs of a $1 billion plan to give high school students laptops. http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/school-computer-program-on-track-says-gillard/2008/04/06/1207420170267.html http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/school-computer-program-on-track-says-gillard/2008/04/06/1207420170267.html Sun, 6 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST The first $100 million of Labor's $1 billion school computer election promise is on track to be handed out by June 30, with the government talking to states and territories about meeting extra costs. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23475420-13881,00.html http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23475420-13881,00.html Thu, 3 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST MORRIS Iemma has backed a controversial scheme that fingerprints high-school students for a new attendance monitoring system.A Sydney high school has been accused of intimidating students into having their fingerprints scanned, and branding parents who object as "idiots". http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/a-different-class/2008/04/02/1206850922556.html http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/a-different-class/2008/04/02/1206850922556.html Thu, 3 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST The digital age is changing teaching, reports Lia Timson.THERE has been much talk from federal and state governments on connecting schools to the internet and providing children with the skills they will need in the digital world. http://www.theage.com.au/news/articles/intel-shows-off-new-classmate-pcs/2008/04/03/1206851094344.html http://www.theage.com.au/news/articles/intel-shows-off-new-classmate-pcs/2008/04/03/1206851094344.html Thu, 3 Apr 2008 08:00:00 EST <img src="http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2008/04/03/classmate1_wideweb__470x383,0.jpg" align="left" height="193" width="235" border="0" /> Intel unveiled new features for its line of low-cost laptops for schools on Wednesday, adding bigger screens and more data storage capacity as the chip maker ratchets up its rivalry with the One Laptop per Child organisation, which sells a competing machine. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23433424-15306,00.html http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23433424-15306,00.html Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:00:00 EST <img src="http://www.australianit.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5954257,00.jpg" align="left" height="199" width="314" border="0" /> TACKLING a looming funding blowout on one of Kevin Rudd's key election pitches - providing a computer for each senior secondary student - will be among the main issues discussed today http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/glitch-lets-the-uninvited-into-private-facebook-albums/2008/03/25/1206207085415.html http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/glitch-lets-the-uninvited-into-private-facebook-albums/2008/03/25/1206207085415.html Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:00:00 EST A security lapse made it possible for unwelcome strangers to peruse personal photos posted on Facebook's popular online hangout, circumventing a recent upgrade to the website's privacy controls http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23422289-15306,00.html http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23422289-15306,00.html Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:00:00 EST THE Federal Government is being accused of skimping on its school computer promises with an offer which is all toolbox and no tools. http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/dialup-duxes/2008/03/08/1204780125281.html http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/dialup-duxes/2008/03/08/1204780125281.html <img src="http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2008/03/09/classroom_narrowweb__300x320,0.jpg" align="left" height="160" width="150" border="0" /> Technology is here to stay in our classrooms. Yet parents are entitled to ask what role it is playing in the learning process, writes Lia Timson. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:00:00 EST http://news.theage.com.au/10000th-teacher-gets-laptop-in-qld/20080307-1xtc.html http://news.theage.com.au/10000th-teacher-gets-laptop-in-qld/20080307-1xtc.html The Queensland government has handed out the 10,000th laptop to a state school teacher, but it will be another four years before all teachers are equipped to use the internet. Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23328123-15319,00.html http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23328123-15319,00.html THE names of almost 1000 secondary schools in the running to secure money under the first tranche of the Rudd Governments computers in schools program will be kept secret. Thu, 6 Mar 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/attacking-the-great-digital-divide/2008/03/03/1204402367663.html http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/attacking-the-great-digital-divide/2008/03/03/1204402367663.html <img src="http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2008/03/04/digitaldivide_wideweb__470x331,0.jpg" align="left" height="176" width="235" border="0" /> IT is transforming the world. But is it leaving indigenous Australia behind? Cynthia Karena travelled to the Northern Territory to investigate the digital divide in our own backyard. Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/it-revolution-sting-may-hit-schools/2008/02/28/1203788539273.html http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/it-revolution-sting-may-hit-schools/2008/02/28/1203788539273.html EDUCATION groups have warned of a gaping hole in the Federal Governments pledge to provide computers to all students in years 9 to 12, with the states and schools forced to pay for teacher training and infrastructure. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23249324-13881,00.html http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23249324-13881,00.html Schools will be able to decide where to put computers and how they are used under the Rudd Governments $1 billion promise of a computer for every senior student. Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23246003-13881,00.html http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23246003-13881,00.html THE federal Governments bid to slash public spending will have no impact on Kevin Rudds pre-election promise to equip all year 9 to 12 students with computers. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:00:00 EST http://news.theage.com.au/libs-pick-holes-in-school-computers-plan/20080220-1tac.html http://news.theage.com.au/libs-pick-holes-in-school-computers-plan/20080220-1tac.html The coalition has used a Senate estimates hearing to pick holes in the Rudd governments plan to give every school student in years nine to 12 a computer to use at their desk. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:00:00 EST http://business.theage.com.au/microsoft-gives-tools-to-students/20080219-1t18.html http://business.theage.com.au/microsoft-gives-tools-to-students/20080219-1t18.html Microsoft unveiled a new initiative on Monday that will give college and high school students around the world free access to technology tools used to develop and design software. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.theage.com.au/news/perspectives/student-laptops-face-the-school-of-hard-knocks/2008/02/18/1203190738736.html http://www.theage.com.au/news/perspectives/student-laptops-face-the-school-of-hard-knocks/2008/02/18/1203190738736.html ONE of the Rudd Governments highest-profile election promises was to ensure every high school child will have a computer. Like many promises, it was easy to make but will prove much more difficult to deliver. Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23145954-12332,00.html http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23145954-12332,00.html AS the founders of two of the worlds largest open-source media platforms, Wikipedia and Connexions, we have been accused of being dreamers. Sat, 2 Feb 2008 08:00:00 EST http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23173500-15306,00.html http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23173500-15306,00.html <img src="http://www.australianit.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5877393,00.gif" align="left" height="199" width="314" border="0" /> MORE than two million internet users will soon have access to high-speed connections now that Telstra has decided to upgrade its ADSL services. Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:00:00 EST