In case you missed it, the program formerly known as ‘Laptops for Learning’ will now be known as ‘Digital Education Revolution – NSW’

 The ’snowballs’ were flying thick and fast this afternoon at Cardiff High while Sondra gathered more responses from Hunter Central Coast Deputy Principals about things to think about in getting ready for Laptops for Learning.
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A belief you have about ICT Professional Development

That individuals skill levels are at different stages and therefore all training [...]

At a Regional Principals’  meeting yesterday, one of our team ran a fun ’snowball’ session, quickly gathering ideas about getting reayd for L4L
The results are below.
A BELIEF YOU HAVE ABOUT ICT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Needs to be authentic, available, relevant, practical and equitable

Another instalment in Darcy Moore’s blogging of suggestions around 10 things ‘a school’ can do in preparation for 1:1 (laptops) in classrooms
Darcy has been doing a great job collating ideas received from an ever expanding Professional Learning Network via Twitter.
Have a look at the SlideShare presentation to see some of the ‘tweets’ offering advice.
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For anybody wondering about the possible value of Twitter beyond knowing what some celebrity had for breakfast….  here is a short selection of posts from a Sunday morning.  Please feel free to hit the link where it says ‘Comments’ or ‘No Comments’ and post your ideas, or coments, or whatever.
Good resources, via Twitter
10 Great ways [...]

Recent media about the L4L rollout and parent aceptance of conditions at this link.  Excerpt below

STUDENTS and parents will have to sign a “user agreement” that they will not misuse or mistreat the new laptop computers to be rolled out in schools from next term.
But the Rees Government still expects to write off about $10 [...]

One of the issues these days is that there is just simply SO MUCH information out there.  It floats around us, as if we exist at the middle of a large soup, with floating blobs of information: some tasty bits and some we would prefer to avoid.
One of our challenges is to assist learners to [...]

What do you think?  Read what other teachers have thought and reflect on the author’s commentary.  Why not make a comment to add your ideas?  Check out Parallel Divergence
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We should always remember that we have a huge array of  human creative resource within our own organisation.  Good ideas keep coming !!
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Don’t forget that you can click where is says Comment and add your thoughts … let’s share

You may find the powerpoint at the link below useful as a staff based activity to promote though about some of the issues and ideas associated with 1:1 laptop programs etc.  The presentation is best run whil connected live to the net as it contains embedded links and resources.
Pre-reading and thinking prior to L4L Forum
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