Description: just when you think you've got it all together
I’ve posted several articles here about Kevin Rudd’s/Julia Gillard’s Digital Education Revolution , from its ambitious inception through to one state’s innovative interpretation of it , and ultimately its relegation to national folly status . Then I read Greg Whitby’s latest article .
I tried posting a comment on the Australian Teacher Magazine’s guest article last night, but comments are moderated because their teachers and readers can’t be trusted to comment professionally, and I just can’t allow Mr Whitby’s post to stand without any visible responses.
I’m so sorry that other states and educational jurisdictions did not have the foresight back in 2007/8 to realise that the Federal Government’s original funding plan for computers to allocate to students alone was never going to be “revolutionary”. The $2.3B plan was flawed from the start and every state should have challenged the Federal government to deliver a viable end to end solution rather than something that might sound good to voters. You can’t get value from PCs if they are not connected to the Int