The Connected Classrooms Program is a NSW government initiative consisting of 3 key projects to invest $158 million over 4 years: 1. The Network Bandwidth Project will upgrade school network connectivity across the state. 2. The Learning Tools Project will provide learning applications, email, and multimedia content creation tools for students and teachers. 3. The Interactive Classrooms Project will provide an interactive whiteboard and videoconferencing equipment to every school in NSW by 2011.

1. DET Portal https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/lists/directoratesaz/ccp/aboutccp/icp/index.htm ww.tale.edu.au

11. “ Making a film: Life Cycles” Curl Curl North

24. eASY ICP PLAN

25. “ Enhancing Student Learning Using Video Conferencing” A Introductory resource

26. Video Conferencing –Our own resources

27. Readings and useful sites http://digitaldialogues.blogs.com/learning_technologies/2004/11/videoconferenci.html http:// www.reefhq.com.au /