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A new report highlights the way that digital media is embedded in the lives of young children, commencing in pre-school years. In 2007, 94 per cent of 3 to 4 year olds watched television and 91 per cent watched DVDs or videos, while a sizeable proportion also used a computer at home (40 per cent) and a minority (16 per cent) had played games using an electronic games system.
For the past two decades, the Internet has been used by many as an easy-to-use tool that enables the spread of information globally. Increasingly, the Web is moving beyond its use as an electronic "Yellow Pages" and online messaging platform to a virtual world where social interaction and communities can inform social science and its applications in the real world.
In response to the Victorian bushfire tragedy, edna has created a fire safety theme page that provides teachers with a collection of resources suitable for teaching fire safety and prevention.
To know more please visit their website at:
http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/go/schooled/school_theme_pages/fire/
A dedicated television channel for children will be among the recommendations from the 2020 summit to be adopted by the Federal Government.
It will be one of about six policies to be contained in the Government's final response to the hundreds of ideas generated at the 1000-strong talkfest held in Canberra last year.
Australian Idol's John Foreman has conducted what has been dubbed the country's biggest-ever simultaneous sing-along of primary school students.
More than 350,000 children from 1,700 schools across Australia participated in the second annual "Music ... Count Us In" event.
It is aimed at highlighting the need to boost music education in schools.
More than 200 Western Australian secondary school students will help shape the future of cyberspace today, as part of a world-first study into cyber bullying.
The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today announced that an additional $4.8 million has been delivered to help close the gap in literacy and numeracy levels between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students over the next decade.
The Australian Government is working with the states and territories to reach this target, through evidence-based approaches.
The Race Discrimination Commissioner, Tom Calma, called for as many Australians as possible to become involved in a discussion about the current state of freedom of religion and belief in Australia when he launched the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Freedom of religion and belief in the 21st century Discussion Paper in Canberra today.
