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The Ultranet June 2012

The Ultranet is a secure Internet portal for students, parents and teachers at State Schools in Victoria. This is a brief summary capturing some of the buzz on social networks about the Ultranet during May 2012 .
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Twitter / Ed_Robot: #tommyleeisnotimpressed with ...

#tommyleeisnotimpressed with #springst plans to wind down the #Ultranet http://t.co/hspz2Kuj
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Lessons to be learned from the Ultranet – Did it work?

Lessons to be learned from the Ultranet – Did it work? | Ultranet | Scoop.it
Yes. Kind of. Sometimes.

The inauspicious launch in August 2010 is often pointed to by those familiar with the Ultranet as being indicative of the issues that the platform had experienced throughout its development.

Whilst ICT in education throughout Victoria has undeniably experienced pockets of innovative development over the past 20 years – FUSE, ideasLAB - for the most part this has never been able to develop the momentum to become mainstream or accepted among the wider teacher community. At its inception, the Ultranet represented the best opportunity for schools to tap into the ground-swell of technology acceptance that was coursing through society during the early/mid 2000′s. Somewhere along the journey, the Ultranet failed to live up to this lofty and ambitious goal.
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Net Traveller: Audit of Learning Technologies in Government Schools

Net Traveller: Audit of Learning Technologies in Government Schools | Ultranet | Scoop.it
However, the software project, called "Ultranet", was "...poorly planned and implemented". The system is 80 per cent over budget, late, has a low uptake rate and limited functionality. It would seem to me that the Victorian ...
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Victoria could decommission Ultranet and start again | Australian Government ICT resources - intermedium.com.au

The Victorian Auditor General has recommended that the State’s Education Department think seriously about decommissioning its
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Desperate bid to salvage schools Ultranet

Desperate bid to salvage schools Ultranet | Ultranet | Scoop.it
The Victorian Government will seek advice on whether the calamitous $180 million schools' intranet can be salvaged, after an audit found it failed to deliver the promised benefits and has been shunned by schools.
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Ultranet Learning tasks do work and are better linked to the Victorian curriculum than any alternative.

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Lessons to be learned from the Ultranet – the background

Lessons to be learned from the Ultranet – the background | Ultranet | Scoop.it
Over the past year, there have been louder voices within Government and the media discussing the ‘uncertain’ future of the Ultranet in Victorian schools.

This will come as no surprise to those of us that have ignored the bad press, over-looked the obvious limitations and put hours of effort into using the Ultranet as a springboard to reform pedagogy within ourselves and within our schools.
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Ultranet Student Report Card Trial - Alkira SC

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Ultranet Parent Information | Sunnycliffs PS

Home » Activity » Ultranet Parent Information. As a parent, the Ultranet will give you more detailed and timely access to information so you can monitor and support your child's learning. Information about your child and their ...
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NEC SCOOPS TWO AIIA iAWARDS FOR SCHOOL ANALYTICS PLATFORM ... - CFO World

NEC SCOOPS TWO AIIA iAWARDS FOR SCHOOL ANALYTICS PLATFORM ... - CFO World | Ultranet | Scoop.it
NEC SCOOPS TWO AIIA iAWARDS FOR SCHOOL ANALYTICS PLATFORM ...CFO WorldUltranet, NEC's modular collaboration, analytics and business intelligence platform for the global education market, has won the Victorian Australian Information Industry Association...
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The Ultranet June 2012

The Ultranet is a secure Internet portal for students, parents and teachers at State Schools in Victoria. This is a brief summary capturing some of the buzz on social networks about the Ultranet during May 2012 .
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Student Lead Users – ICT and the Ultranet

Student Lead Users – ICT and the Ultranet | Ultranet | Scoop.it
Today has been a hive of industry in the Senior Campus computer labs, with 26 visitors coming to be trained as Student Lead Users in the Ultranet. We had groups from our two 7 – 10 campuses,...
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Collaborative Learning Online | Country Education Project

Collaborative Learning Online | Country Education Project | Ultranet | Scoop.it
a web based learning community located within the Ultranet; regular online forums for students on specific learning topics provided through Blackboard Collaborate; in school support support provided by teachers or parents ...
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Ultranet CSS Generator

This video takes you step-by-step through the process of generating the code needed to create a background using an image. Before you start you need to have ...
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The Ultranet – doomed to fail? | The Transmoder Project

The Ultranet – doomed to fail? | The Transmoder Project | Ultranet | Scoop.it

"ULTRANET, the Victorian Education Department’s online everything system, was doomed to fail. It provides a perfect case study how large organisations engage with digital technology: because they do not trust it, they will pay anything … so long as it works. And, the irony: it invariably fails!

And was this system a failure? Mr Pearson, the Victorian auditor, couldn’t have been clearer. He reported that six years after its announcement as a government priority, the Ultranet had not delivered any of the main objectives, was significantly late and over budget and had limited functions compared with what was promised."

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Education system Ultranet suffers official launch blunder

Education system Ultranet suffers official launch blunder | Ultranet | Scoop.it
THE launch party for a bungled education system overhaul has cost taxpayers $1.3 million, it has emerged.
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The scourge of low expectations (the Ultranet post)

The scourge of low expectations (the Ultranet post) | Ultranet | Scoop.it
Disclaimer: I have many friends who have previously worked on the Ultranet and some continue to do so. Having said that, I have never had any vested interest in the Ultranet.   In all of the t...
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Rural school parents keen on system's fortnightly reporting

Rural school parents keen on system's fortnightly reporting | Ultranet | Scoop.it
The Ultranet might have its critics but it has transformed the way teachers report to parents at Nichols Point Primary School outside of Mildura.
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Ultranet e-learning system slammed by Vic Auditor - Government ...

Ultranet e-learning system slammed by Vic Auditor - Government ... | Ultranet | Scoop.it
Known as “Ultranet,” the six-year-old Oracle based project has cost taxpayers at least an estimated $162 million but still cannot provide educators or students with the functionality or outcomes it was supposed to deliver.
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Clunky, outdated ultranet faces an uncertain future

Clunky, outdated ultranet faces an uncertain future | Ultranet | Scoop.it
Many schools refusing to use Victoria's troubled online education network.

I was interviewed for this story - it doesn't include the positive comments I made about using Learning Tasks.

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Ultranet Reporting Trial at Alkira | Know Me! Know You!

Ultranet Reporting Trial at Alkira | Know Me! Know You! | Ultranet | Scoop.it
Another facet of the Ultranet is that it can help strengthen parent-student-teacher relationships by making possible continuous communication between the three.
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The Ultranet July 2012

The Ultranet July 2012 | Ultranet | Scoop.it
Roland Gesthuizen's Ultranet Story for July
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That which must not be named…..Ultranet « I'm Not Afraid of Storms

That which must not be named…..Ultranet « I'm Not Afraid of Storms | Ultranet | Scoop.it
As a graduate techer I am yet to be 'burned' by the Ultranet and am open to giving it a go, however as I write this I feel I am beginning to feel the heat of an impending burn, mostly at this stage due to the frustration of a steep ...
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Nichols Point Primary School & the Ultranet

Nichols Point Primary School & the Ultranet

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Nicholls Point PS - Ultranet Student Led Conference

Nicholls Point PS - Ultranet Student Led Conference | Ultranet | Scoop.it
Thankyou to all the parents and 5/6 students who contributed to our first Ultranet Student Led Conference. The student's confidence and parent enthusiasm was fantastic. Thankyou from the 5/6 teachers..
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How to add a submission to the #Ultranet Learning task module screencast

How to add a submission to the #Ultranet Learning task module screencast | Ultranet | Scoop.it
Screenr - @rgesthuizen: Screencast that explains how to add an submission to the #Ultranet Learning task module.
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