Steven Salamon Welcome to the Education Technology Unit. Our role is to provide training and ongoing support for students and their teachers to make use of technologies and applications to deliver, support and enhance education for all government school students in Western Australia. Some of these technologies include computers, teleconference and videoconference systems and interactive television programs delivered from the Leederville Interactive Television Centre. Staff at the ETU provide training and support for teachers and administrators in Government schools in the use of current and emerging technologies to enhance the delivery of educational offerings to students. Traditionally called correspondence education, distance education is now delivered in a variety of modes.
Students log into timetabled lessons using computers and modems with a voice phone facility.
Interactive Satellite Television - weekly productions support learning and teaching for a number of SIDE courses. Students are encouraged to participate in each program's phone-in question segment. HF Radio - the Education Technology Unit is responsible for the order and supply of all base radios required by the Schools of the Air. Radios are placed at the students' homes to allow them to participate in on air lessons. Teleconferencing - this is an integral part of the SIDE's quality LOTE courses.