On Tuesday 17th November, 2009 The Australian National Schools Network (ANSN) hosted a national forum to discuss the Federal Government’s Education Revolution two years into its term in office, and its impact on school education.

The Deputy Prime Minister the Hon. Julia Gillard launched the forum and delivered a précis on the Governments progress and accomplishments to date.

Participants of the recent Learning to Coach, Coaching to Learn workshops series were introduced to the skills and knowledge from the Cognitive Coaching program.

The first International Habits of Mind Expo was successfully held in Melbourne and Auckland in October 2007. Over 350 educators from around the world experienced first hand the lessons learnt by leading schools from Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii. Feedback from the Expo has been overwhelmingly positive and plans are now afoot for a similar event in 2008!

This report is compiled from the experience of teachers involved in the 2004 ANSN Digital Portfolio and Authentic Learning research circle.

Chef claymation from KidSmart cluster dayMany of us are still marveling at how fast technology is being engaged in our everyday life, an example of this is how newspapers through their websites now allow us to interact with the news through audio and video clips, blogs, polls, emails, "your say" comments, photogalleries and the list goes on. The future is here, and students are developing these important technology skills in their everyday lives.