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The world our children are entering is changing rapidly with smart phones reporting their every move. Every time we make a phone call, click on a website link, send an email or swipe a card through an electronic reader, we are creating a record that can be stored and later analysed by computers.

Senator Stephen Conroy’s decision to can a comprehensive internet filter for Australia is a win for common sense, for many reasons but many parents and those interested in the welfare of our children still have concerns.

WHEN the Liberal member for Bradfield, Paul Fletcher, and his group of Coalition MPs were preparing their discussion paper on ways to improve online safety for children – released by Tony Abbott on Friday – they came upon a Perth school principal who’d had to sort out a Facebook dispute between two six-year-olds.

Report after report concerning young people emphasises the difference well informed parental support can make to a child’s wellbeing and achievements and many recent initiatives are aimed at creating conditions that enable parents/carers and educationalists to operate in harmony and pursue goals which, while not necessarily identical, contribute significantly to children being able to fulfill their potential. This article looks at the 12 interdependent aims for primary education contained in…

Students aren’t daunted by the iPad interface. They may take time to experiment and understand steps required to produce an outcome, but they will persevere. Having observed students at different stages of learning, across many subjects, it has become clear that students aren’t a barrier to learning with the iPad. If a process doesn’t work for a student they will try something different. They collaborate with peers to produce quality…

Parents have a very different perspective. Whilst educators wax lyrical about the potential of the iPad for learning, there are concerns from parents about its impact on their child – or so we thought!