Ultranet

What is the Ultranet?
The Ultranet is a student-centered electronic learning environment that supports high quality learning and teaching, connects teachers, students and parents and enables efficient knowledge transfer. It’s the biggest ICT education project the Department has ever undertaken, and its rich functionality offers endless possibilities for teachers and students. The Ultranet will enhance student learning, support the work of teachers and allow parents to become more involved in their child’s education. It will establish a knowledge management framework for schools and progressively build a rich picture of each individual learner. The Ultranet will be introduced to every Victorian government school by the end of September.

**What are the Benefits to Teachers?**

The Ultranet gives teachers easy access to learning tools, resources and student information in one place. They can: Teachers have access to:
 * access learning spaces and online tools that extend the classroom
 * plan and share learning ideas and activities with colleagues across Victoria
 * access quality-assured digital resources and collaboratively design and share content with colleagues
 * access a rich source of information about each student they teach so they can more easily tailor learning activities to student needs (from the end of September 2010).
 * a personal Home page where they can see school or community notices and add their favourite tools and applications
 * an eXpress Space to capture, share and reflect upon their professional learning
 * design to collaborate with colleagues within and across schools, share professional practice, design student learning activities and plan curriculum
 * Collaborative Learning to set up learning spaces with groups of students within and across classes and schools
 * Community spaces to find out the latest school news and events and get involved in school-based groups, clubs or activities
 * a Learner Profile for every student they teach showing learning progress, attendance, timetable, tasks/submissions and teacher feedback (from the end of September 2010)
 * Learning Tasks where they can plan, deliver and assess learning activities (from the end of September 2010)
 * My Content where they can find quality assured online resources to support their teaching practice.

**What will the Ultranet look like?**

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/directions/ultranet/glance.htm


 * Getting Started - Release 1 Resource for Teachers **[[file:Getting-Started-Release1-Resource-for-Teachers.pdf]]