Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, Jun 1, 2002
Being literate in today's society and in the future is more than just being to read and ... more Being literate in today's society and in the future is more than just being to read and write the written word. With advances in technology and the inclusion of technology in educational settings students are reading and viewing an increasingly complex and diverse range of multimodal texts. Literacy and learning in these new environments requires students to be multiliterate. This paper presents a curriculum framework for new learning environments to assist teachers to develop pedagogical practices for the multiliterate student, the case for ...
This paper contextualises the Teaching Teachers of the Future (TTF) Project and acts as a preambl... more This paper contextualises the Teaching Teachers of the Future (TTF) Project and acts as a preamble for the TTF stream of papers at ACEC2012. It discusses the aims and objectives of the project, its genesis in a changing educational and political landscape, the use of TPACK as a theoretical scaffold, and briefly report on the operations of the various components and partners. Further, it will discuss the research opportunities afforded by the project including a national survey of all pre-service teachers in Australia gauging their TPACK confidence and the use of the Most Significant Change (MSC) methodology. Finally the paper will discuss the outcomes of the project and its future.
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, Mar 1, 1995
Responsibility for education at all school levels in Australia is the constitutional prerogative ... more Responsibility for education at all school levels in Australia is the constitutional prerogative of the states and territories while almost all the funds are produced via Commonwealth taxation.
Meta-studies of the effectiveness of ICT (information and communication technology) in education ... more Meta-studies of the effectiveness of ICT (information and communication technology) in education indicate that it has about as much impact as any other innovation (Parr 2000). However, there are great expectations about ICT having as significant an influence ...
... vi Contents Approaching pedagogical networking through teacher education 69 TOMI NUMMI, RlIKK... more ... vi Contents Approaching pedagogical networking through teacher education 69 TOMI NUMMI, RlIKKA RlSTOLA, AARNO RONKA AND JANNE SARJOLA Lurking, anonymity and ... xii Preface 2. WELCOME FROM PROGRAMME CHAIR Bernard Comu IFIPWG 3.1 Chairman. ...
Information and Communication Technologies in Education, 2001
New literacies for connected learning in global classrooms Toni Dowries and Katina Zammit Univers... more New literacies for connected learning in global classrooms Toni Dowries and Katina Zammit University of Western Sydney, PO. Box 555 Campbelltown, NSW2560 Australia. t. downes@ uws. edu. an. kzammit@ uws. edu. au Abstract: While much is being researched and ...
Google, Inc. (search). SIGN IN SIGN UP. Tracking Technology and Literacy Practices. Authors:Katin... more Google, Inc. (search). SIGN IN SIGN UP. Tracking Technology and Literacy Practices. Authors:Katina Zammit, Toni Downes, Published in: · Proceeding. ... top of page ABSTRACT. An abstract is not available. top of page AUTHORS. Katina Zammit No contact information provided yet ...
The Teaching Teachers for the Future (TTF) project is a unique nationally significant project fun... more The Teaching Teachers for the Future (TTF) project is a unique nationally significant project funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Employment, Education and Workplace Relations (DEEWR, Au$8.8 million) and the Information and Communication Technology Innovation Fund (ICTIF). This 2011-2012 project has ambitiously attempted to build the ICT education (ICTE) capacity of the next generation of Australian teachers through its focus on pre-service teachers, teacher educators and the new Australian Curriculum. This paper will provide an overview of the project including a description of its genesis in a changing educational and political landscape, its structure and operations, its grounding in contemporary theory, the research opportunities it has engendered and its tangible outcomes.
An open question in the field of relativistic quantum information is how parties in arbitrary mot... more An open question in the field of relativistic quantum information is how parties in arbitrary motion may distribute and store quantum entanglement. We propose a scheme for storing quantum information in the field modes of cavities moving in flat space-time and analyze it in a quantum field theoretical framework. In contrast to previous work that found entanglement degradation between observers moving with uniform acceleration, we find the quantum information in such systems is protected. We further discuss a method for establishing the entanglement in the first place and show that in principle it is always possible to produce maximally entangled states between the cavities. arXiv:1007.4035v2 [quant-ph]
Have children and childhood been radically transformed through the use of new information and com... more Have children and childhood been radically transformed through the use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs)? Have children of the developed world turned into digital natives, cyberkids or Ôaliens in the classroomsÕ? Such claims come from a sense of moral panic, technological determinism or from outright enthusiasm for the potential of the ICTs for improving childrenÕs worlds. Despite their diverse locations the proposers of these terms all attribute significant power to the new technologies in terms of shaping childrenÕs identities and learning experiences. This book questions that power.
This article explores factors that contribute to low participation rates in computing and informa... more This article explores factors that contribute to low participation rates in computing and information technology (CIT) courses in senior secondary school, particularly for females. Partly drawing on the Values-Expectancy Theory the following variables are explored separately and within a single model: gender, ability and values beliefs, access and use at home and at school. As well as presenting results consistent
Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, Jun 1, 2002
Being literate in today's society and in the future is more than just being to read and ... more Being literate in today's society and in the future is more than just being to read and write the written word. With advances in technology and the inclusion of technology in educational settings students are reading and viewing an increasingly complex and diverse range of multimodal texts. Literacy and learning in these new environments requires students to be multiliterate. This paper presents a curriculum framework for new learning environments to assist teachers to develop pedagogical practices for the multiliterate student, the case for ...
This paper contextualises the Teaching Teachers of the Future (TTF) Project and acts as a preambl... more This paper contextualises the Teaching Teachers of the Future (TTF) Project and acts as a preamble for the TTF stream of papers at ACEC2012. It discusses the aims and objectives of the project, its genesis in a changing educational and political landscape, the use of TPACK as a theoretical scaffold, and briefly report on the operations of the various components and partners. Further, it will discuss the research opportunities afforded by the project including a national survey of all pre-service teachers in Australia gauging their TPACK confidence and the use of the Most Significant Change (MSC) methodology. Finally the paper will discuss the outcomes of the project and its future.
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, Mar 1, 1995
Responsibility for education at all school levels in Australia is the constitutional prerogative ... more Responsibility for education at all school levels in Australia is the constitutional prerogative of the states and territories while almost all the funds are produced via Commonwealth taxation.
Meta-studies of the effectiveness of ICT (information and communication technology) in education ... more Meta-studies of the effectiveness of ICT (information and communication technology) in education indicate that it has about as much impact as any other innovation (Parr 2000). However, there are great expectations about ICT having as significant an influence ...
... vi Contents Approaching pedagogical networking through teacher education 69 TOMI NUMMI, RlIKK... more ... vi Contents Approaching pedagogical networking through teacher education 69 TOMI NUMMI, RlIKKA RlSTOLA, AARNO RONKA AND JANNE SARJOLA Lurking, anonymity and ... xii Preface 2. WELCOME FROM PROGRAMME CHAIR Bernard Comu IFIPWG 3.1 Chairman. ...
Information and Communication Technologies in Education, 2001
New literacies for connected learning in global classrooms Toni Dowries and Katina Zammit Univers... more New literacies for connected learning in global classrooms Toni Dowries and Katina Zammit University of Western Sydney, PO. Box 555 Campbelltown, NSW2560 Australia. t. downes@ uws. edu. an. kzammit@ uws. edu. au Abstract: While much is being researched and ...
Google, Inc. (search). SIGN IN SIGN UP. Tracking Technology and Literacy Practices. Authors:Katin... more Google, Inc. (search). SIGN IN SIGN UP. Tracking Technology and Literacy Practices. Authors:Katina Zammit, Toni Downes, Published in: · Proceeding. ... top of page ABSTRACT. An abstract is not available. top of page AUTHORS. Katina Zammit No contact information provided yet ...
The Teaching Teachers for the Future (TTF) project is a unique nationally significant project fun... more The Teaching Teachers for the Future (TTF) project is a unique nationally significant project funded by the Australian Government through the Department of Employment, Education and Workplace Relations (DEEWR, Au$8.8 million) and the Information and Communication Technology Innovation Fund (ICTIF). This 2011-2012 project has ambitiously attempted to build the ICT education (ICTE) capacity of the next generation of Australian teachers through its focus on pre-service teachers, teacher educators and the new Australian Curriculum. This paper will provide an overview of the project including a description of its genesis in a changing educational and political landscape, its structure and operations, its grounding in contemporary theory, the research opportunities it has engendered and its tangible outcomes.
An open question in the field of relativistic quantum information is how parties in arbitrary mot... more An open question in the field of relativistic quantum information is how parties in arbitrary motion may distribute and store quantum entanglement. We propose a scheme for storing quantum information in the field modes of cavities moving in flat space-time and analyze it in a quantum field theoretical framework. In contrast to previous work that found entanglement degradation between observers moving with uniform acceleration, we find the quantum information in such systems is protected. We further discuss a method for establishing the entanglement in the first place and show that in principle it is always possible to produce maximally entangled states between the cavities. arXiv:1007.4035v2 [quant-ph]
Have children and childhood been radically transformed through the use of new information and com... more Have children and childhood been radically transformed through the use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs)? Have children of the developed world turned into digital natives, cyberkids or Ôaliens in the classroomsÕ? Such claims come from a sense of moral panic, technological determinism or from outright enthusiasm for the potential of the ICTs for improving childrenÕs worlds. Despite their diverse locations the proposers of these terms all attribute significant power to the new technologies in terms of shaping childrenÕs identities and learning experiences. This book questions that power.
This article explores factors that contribute to low participation rates in computing and informa... more This article explores factors that contribute to low participation rates in computing and information technology (CIT) courses in senior secondary school, particularly for females. Partly drawing on the Values-Expectancy Theory the following variables are explored separately and within a single model: gender, ability and values beliefs, access and use at home and at school. As well as presenting results consistent
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