Theme - ELH Conference 2011

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What Ever Happened to the Revolution?

Do You Hear the (Students) Sing?...or are they Miserable? Have you seen a Revolution in your school, and if so…what did it look like?

Four years ago hundreds of schools in Australia signed up for the 'digital education revolution' and with it came unprecedented and largely unexplained expectations. Their students were joining the tens of thousands of students in other schools across Australia who had been living and learning with their own laptops, some for well over a decade.

So it is certainly a most opportune time for us to all reflect on exactly what the experience has been, on not only schools who have recently launched 1-to-1 initiatives, but equally importantly, those who have had long established programs. How have you been able to leverage this investment made by the government, or more significantly, has that investment allowed you to be more bold and ambitious, and if so how?

In what ways has DER been significant in your school…or not? In what areas has it had the most impact?...and if two Billion dollars didn’t 'make the ground move', then what will?

Whether DER has in fact been revolutionary in any way, or not…it would seem to be contingent upon us to now critically reflect on what this initiative has meant for our schools, what could have been done better, and most importantly, what should happen moving forward.

We are in a unique place and time. For the first time in our history, the majority of our older schools students will be living and learning in a technology-rich environment. Is it possible that to date, we have been too content with incremental progress, when big steps and revolutionary thinking might be necessary? …and if we haven't progressed far enough, then what have been the missing pieces?

So in keeping with our theme for this conference, let’s challenge ourselves to address these tough questions. There is much to learn, much to share and most importantly some serious advocacy and thought leadership to be shown by those who will be attending ELH and SchoolTech 2011.

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Theme What Ever Happened to the Revolution? Do You Hear the (Students) Sing?...or are they Miserable? Have you seen a Revolution in your school, and if so…what did it look like? Four years ago hundreds of schools in Australia signed up for the 'digital education revolution' and with it came unprecedented and largely unexplained expectations. Their students were joining the tens of thousands of students in other schools across Australia who had been living and learning with their own laptops, some for well over a decade. So it is certainly a most opportune time for us to all reflect on exactly what the experience has been, on not only schools who have recently launched 1-to-1 initiatives, but equally importantly, those who have had long established programs. How have you been able to leverage this investment made by the government, or more significantly, has that investment allowed you to be more bold and ambitious, and if so how? In what ways has DER been significant in your school…or not? In what areas has it had the most impact?...and if two Billion dollars didn’t 'make the ground move', then what will? Whether DER has in fact been revolutionary in any way, or not…it would seem to be contingent upon us to now critically reflect on what this initiative has meant for our schools, what could have been done better, and most importantly, what should happen moving forward. We are in a unique place and time. For the first time in our history, the majority of our older schools students will be living and learning in a technology-rich environment. Is it possible that to date, we have been too content with incremental progress, when big steps and revolutionary thinking might be necessary? …and if we haven't progressed far enough, then what have been the missing pieces? So in keeping with our theme for this conference, let’s challenge ourselves to address these tough questions. There is much to learn, much to share and most importantly some serious advocacy and thought leadership to be shown by those who will be attending ELH and SchoolTech 2011.