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The application process for Round 2 of the Web 2.0 Professional Learning Program is now closed. 
 
Further rounds will be offered throughout 2009.
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KnowledgeBank: Next Generation (KB:NG) is a two year Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) strategy harnessing the power of ‘Next Generation’ ICT services and devices.
 
We are seeking innovative teachers who can help us answer questions like:

  • How can YouTube be made safe for education, or is there a better alternative we should support through DEECD policy?
  • How can we reduce the cost of streaming media to make it more accessible for all schools?
  • Is there a place for Facebook and MySpace in education?
  • How can these new technologies be used to create new and powerful learning experiences for students?

Your participation in the program will assist DEECD to create policies and tools for the safe, accessible and effective use of Web 2.0 in education.

All participants are supported by up to $4,000 additional funding, a DEECD supported policy environment to trial these tools, the KnowledgeBank: Next Generation team, and of course all other participants.

Application is through a simple online form.  Teachers from Victorian government and non-government schools are eligible to apply.

Successful applicants participating in the program will:

• Spend two days in Melbourne to participate in an induction (8 and 9 September 2008)
• Participate in four full days of online professional development during Term 4 (every second Friday - CRT replacement is provided through the $4,000 grant)
• Prepare a basic project plan with an action research question, aligned with term 4 classroom planning
• Collected data before, during and after their action research project
• Include an approach to literacy / multi-literacy / VELS / PoLT with their action research
• Provide formal and informal collaborative support to other program participants.

Applications for 2008 programs close on 13 August 2008. 

 

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Applications for Round 2 of the Web 2.0 Professional Learning Program are submitted using the online form.  If you have any problems with the form, please contact Kate Wynack (details at the end of this section).
 
Please note:
  • All applications must be endorsed by the school principal.
  • Applications are limited to one application per school.
  • You will be asked for your 8-digit DEECD/Edumail pin number/ password when you save your application.
  • Do not start filling in the application form if you do not know your pin number and password.
  • You need to have saved your application within 20 minutes of starting it.  Otherwise your connection to our system may time out. 
  • You can save a draft application and come back later to finish it.
Applications will not be accepted after 5pm EST 13 August 2008.  Only completed applications saved onto the system at that time will be assessed.

To apply for a place in the Professional Learning Program, click here.
 
To view your current / saved application click here.
 
Non-Government Schools/Users: Teachers currently working non-government schools who would like to apply can download the application here and email to Kate Wynack on wynack.katherine.l@edumail.vic.gov.au (telephone on 03 99471818). 
 
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This program is funded by the following agencies:
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Please read through all application materials before applying.
 
  1. Web 2.0 Professional Learning Program Summary - click here to download (PDF)
  2. Web 2.0 Technologies for Term 4, 2008 - click here to download (PDF)
  3. Teacher Participant Expectations - click here to download (PDF)
  4. Program Calendar: Round 2 - click here  to download (PDF)
  5. Frequently Asked Questions including scoring sheet for applicants - click here  to download (PDF)
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