Ed Tech Crew 116 - Interview with James Spittal from Merspi.com
Podcast number 116 - March 1st 2010
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Audio Transcript for the Interview with James Spittal from Merspi.com.au
General topics of interest & In the News week
ICT Innovation Fund -$40 million for 2010 - 2012 : http://www.deewr.gov.au/Schooling/DigitalEducationRevolution/Pages/DigitalStrategyForTeachers.aspx
Access the funding guidelines:
National Curriculum - On Monday 1 March 2010 (Today), the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) published the draft K-10 Australian Curriculum in English, mathematics, science and history for a period of national consultation. The consultation period closes on 23 May 2010.
The draft curriculum and all the resources required to provide feedback are published at: http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au
Interview with James Spittal
Website: http://merspi.com.au
Twitter: @merspi
Facebook fan page: http://facebook.merspi.com/
Events
Online course around Kudo - Starts 1 March. http://fuse.microsoft.com/kodu & http://planetkudo.com
ACEC - 2010 Conference http://acec2010.info/
Richard Olsen - ideasLab - online course around Kodu starting Feb 15th - http://fuse.microsoft.com/kodu
Apple ITSC - events for Apple enthusiasts. http://www.apple.com/au/education/itsc/venue_dates/
Scratch Day 2010 - May 22, 2010: http://day.scratch.mit.edu/
Scratch Conference in the US- August 11, 2010 – August 14, 2010 http://events.scratch.mit.edu/conference/
ACEC Conference 2010 - April http://acec2010.info/
Computer Games Boot Camp - Andrew Owen http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/promotion/games-boot-camp/
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