In Focus

Knowledge Bank 'In Focus' features reviews and articles about Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) initiatives and themes

		Knowledge Bank 2007 Online Conference: Powerful eLearning - Connecting Victorian Educators The Knowledge Bank 2007 Online Conference, powerful eLearning occurred from 30 October - 1 November 2007. To view any PowerPoint presentations or listen to the Elluminate recordings, go to the 2007 Conference Website.
		IDEAS - Uniting staff for school renewal [February 2007] IDEAS is a dynamic teacher driven process for generating professional conversations and reflection around school wide pedagogy. Six IDEAS schools share their stories.
		Best of 2006 - a selection of outstanding case studies [January/February 2007] "This school rocks!" Packed with ideas, resources and anecdotes and examples, we've selected some of the best 2006 Knowledge Bank case studies for you to browse and share with your colleagues.
		Knowledge Bank 2006 Online Conference highlighting online innovation in Victorian schools [August 2006] The Knowledge Bank 2006 Online Conference: October 11-13 Stories from Teaching in the Digital Age This three-day online conference explored how education networks are creating and sharing knowledge. The conference featured a great line up from school presenters to e-learning experts and covered topics ranging from online competencies to digital literacy, blogging and podcasting. To give you a taster of what the conference was about, this feature highlighted some of the Knowledge Bank funded projects - teachers and their students who are doing amazing things.
		Knowledge Bank Networks Get Off the Ground [May 2006] We received an excellent response to the April 2006 funding round and were pleased to announce that funding was allocated to five (5) online networks and eighteen (18) Rich Picture Case Studies.
		Knowledge Bank Funded Projects [April 2006] In 2006 Knowledge Bank offered funding for the creation of four online networks and eighteen Rich Picture Case Studies that focus on the sharing of exemplary and promising practice across the school sector, and improve understanding of best practice - what works, where, why and how.
		Victoria - Focus on the Future [March 2006] This Schooling for Tomorrow program is an international project developing futures thinking for schools. Victoria has focused attention on developing future thinking education leaders who can take a long-term perspective on the challenge of complexity and change.
		Creating e-Learning Leaders (CeLL) - Learning in an Online World [December 2005] Case studies, links, and resources from four schools involved in the CeLL initiative to integrate technologies with teaching and learning.
		Developing a Performance and Development Culture [September 2005] 'Where do we want to be in 5 years time? How can we do things differently?' School leadership teams are starting to ask the difficult questions as they work toward Performance and Development Culture accreditation.