The UK e-Learning Foundation says pupils whose families have a computer are likely to achieve a higher grade. The charity says that children without access to a computer in the evening are being increasingly disadvantaged in the classroom. BBC Research suggests that 1.2 million teenagers log on to revision pages every week and those using online resources were on average likely to attain a grade higher in exams.
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- Education Network AustraliaEducation Network Australia (edna) was a collaborative project between all Australian governments, states and territories and sectors of education and training. The project was partly funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Initiated in 1994 as a means to facilitate access to the internet for schoo […]
- Protection of children online. Risks faced by children online and policies to protect themAs increasing numbers of children worldwide enjoy the benefits of the Internet, they also face a spectrum of risks to which they are more vulnerable than adults. This report examines these risks as well as the policy responses of governments and other stakeholders to improve the protection of children online.
- ICT and the Australian CurriculumCurrently there is no published curriculum documentation for ICT Competence as a GC. Rather its place in the Australian Curriculum is recognised within each of the four published learning areas through embedding in content descriptions and/or achievement standards. As a learning area, work is just beginning on determining ICT's 'conceptual' ho […]