CMIS Evaluation Technology Focus

In case you missed it – there are a couple of items in the August 8th Eddymail of interest to DET schools.

1. There has been a modification to school bandwidth allocations which is effective immediately. Details of the allocation formula changes can be found on the Intranet Some schools may find their allocation decreased whilst others will have increased. Generally schools will have a “per student” mb increase.
2. Improvement in Anti-virus protection for the Department’s Network should result in safer Internet browsing for DET users.

 For further information, please contact the Customer Service Centre on 9264 5555, regional callers 1800 012 828 or via email.

This interesting article in The New York Times focuses on the many positive and negative outcomes that are being seen as a new generation of students spend more of their time reading online. It is the first in a series that will look at how technology such as the Internet is changing the way we read.

If you’d like to follow up by continuing to use the Internet to read some of the research, try The New York Times Web Extra:  Further Reading on Reading. And as a thought to ponder: “What do we as teachers need be doing to teach our students how to read online resources?”