Connected classrooms creating learning communities using video conferencing technology and quality teaching

Abstract

The Connected Classrooms Program is the largest single investment in public education by the NSW State Government. It was announced as a $158 million program of work in March 2007, and it includes$66 million for the Interactive Classrooms Project. By the end of June, the Interactive Classrooms Project in the Connected Classrooms Program had installed over 200 interactive classrooms in NSW Department of Education and Training schools. In 2011, there will be over 2200 such learning spaces across the state. Equipment in this interactive classroom comprises an interactive whiteboard (IWB), video conferencing kit and data collaboration software