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The launch of interactive whiteboard technology this morning in suburban Cromer was billed by the schools principal as the ?most important development in public education in 30 years' and part of the Connected Classroom push.
Deputy NSW Premier John Watkins was slated to attend, but decided that a no-show would be better than actually turning up in person. Not only that, but it seems that no one else from the NSW regime could bother to turn out to Cromer Public School this morning either.
A representative of the Department of Education and Training did attend the event, however, having a bureaucrat there is one thing and having an elected official attending is another.
The launch of the electronic whiteboard and its potential was brilliantly showcased by the dedicated teachers of Cromer public school, who demonstrated its use in a special needs class, showing just how different and beneficial the learning and teaching processes can be when using interactive digital technology, all of which is being bankrolled by the Federal governments Connected Classrooms initiative and taxpayers of course.
