The Electronic Community Software Plan is now up and running online. No more leaflets in boxes or CDs to handle. With the eCSP parents simply go to www.edalive.com/ecsp, nominate their child’s school and then order EdAlive titles at up to 70% off. At the same time 20% of the value of their sales are claimable as CASH by schools that actively support the eCSP.

For more information on the eCSP and its benefits for your school go to www.edalive.com/ecsp/schools

For the last 11 months we have been working on the brand new “ZooWhiz” Online Learning System that integrates kids’ learning between home and school. The graphics are stunning and kids will really love the new approach. The new ZooWhiz website is almost ready for launch and we will be moving ahead with school trials in the coming weeks. If you would like more information about ZooWhiz or how your…

Upfront Series – Our Interactive Whiteboard Activity Bank Prepare interactive whiteboard lessons and printable worksheets in minutes and get the most out of your teaching time! Based on the award-winning BRAINtastic content, Upfront includes over 17,000 activities in both literacy and numeracy. Lesson plans can even be created from home and then used in the classroom later. Suitable for all brands of PC- or Mac-based IWBs (interactive whiteboards). Now is the time…

Last month Apple released Lion, the latest instalment of its Mac OS X operating system. While there may be good reasons to upgrade to Lion, if you are using EdAlive titles in your classroom then you may be well advised to wait. We have identified an issue where the text within some activities does not display correctly, making those questions unanswerable. Unfortunately, fixing the problem requires that we build entirely new…

EdAlive is well advanced with the development of ZooWhiz, our new FREE online learning system but we need your help as we begin the school beta trials. We’ve been working on ZooWhiz for the past 18 months and it will be ready for release for the 2012 school year, so we’re currently looking for schools to start testing it and to provide feedback. If you or your school are able…

Schools are being dragged in opposite directions over homework, with some incorporating household tasks, sporting and cultural activities under the banner of homework and others embracing traditional nuts-and-bolts learning. The full report on homework in the 21st century is available here…

Software MacKiev has purchased the KidPix software brand from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and has enlisted the assistance of Kid Pix creator, Craig Hickman, in designing future editions. Learn more about the future plans for KidPix here…

If the numbers are to be believed, as these reports claim, then that means cyber crime costs us nearly as much as the global trade in illicit drugs. It’s a sensational claim and makes an awesome headline, but any way you slice or dice the numbers they just simply don’t stack up. Take a look at the numbers for yourself in this report…

South Korea, one of the world’s highest-rated education systems, aims to consolidate its position by digitising its entire curriculum by 2015. The are planning to be able to deliver all of the curriculum materials in a digital form through computers. The information that would once have been in paper textbooks will be delivered on screen.

When it comes to surfing the web, switched on Aussie kids are leading the world. The average Australian child first goes online just before they turn eight, according to a new study whose authors believe the early start will help them find jobs in a digital future. Read more…

Microsoft and its hardware partners will offer a new line of computers in 2012 starting at $250 in an initiative designed to put computers into the the hands of as many as 17 million kids from low income American families. Read more…

With some educational apps available for .99c and free content abounding how are we going to ensure that quality for kids endures? Read more…

Women are greatly outnumbered by their male counterparts in IT. From university days to the board room they are in the minority by four to one but there are some great advantages for women in the IT world.

British children will now learn to write computer program and study internet safety from their first two years of primary school under a revised national curriculum recently unveiled in the UK

ZooWhiz to be officially launched by Senator Conroy on 17th Feb!ZooWhiz.com, EdAlive’s new FREE online learning system for kids aged 5 – 15, is having its Global Launch at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Armidale on Friday the 17th of February 2012. We’re pleased to have Senator Stephen Conroy the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, onboard to help ‘flick-the-switch’. It’s true that ZooWhiz will continue to be FREE…

Want to kick off the new year in top shape? Then these resources might help.

Poor-quality training and ‘sausage factory’ courses leave companies struggling to recruit computer-literate workers.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 1993 approximately 37% of teaching staff in South Australia were males but by 2009 this proportion had fallen to 31%.

We can’t afford to imprison computer science in the classroom – or turn children into criminals. Just as ZooWhiz is free to schools and kids there’s a crying need for ICT resources that give all kids access to quality ICT training.

It’s Back-to-School time and using the eVoucher “EM-16-HZ7S”  parents buy one and get one “For the Whole Family’ range of titles free! It makes great sense to buy through the eCSP… Not only are parents able to save up to 70% off the RRP, but your school can also earn 20% of their order! To get more details about how to promote the eCSP in your school community please click here…