The BlueJ system was developed by John Rosenberg and Michael K lling of Monash's Faculty of Information Technology. This Australian-developed system is now also promoted by Sun in the USA as an ideal entry to teaching and learning Java, and many US universities are using it. BlueJ is in fact so simple to use that it is possible to bring the teaching of Java even further down in the curriculum-into high schools. The plan for the immediate future is now for the developers at Monash to work with IT teachers of secondary schools to start using BlueJ at Victorian high schools. BlueJ is free, an attribute which provides a major benefit for all of the institutions teaching with it.
Students can install a copy at home at no cost.
BlueJ is written in Java and has full cross platform capabilities. The 2001 Laureates are a source of pride and inspiration. Each year, the Computerworld Honours Chairmen's Committee nominates organisations who are using information technology to improve society for inclusion in the Computerworld Honours online Archive and the Collections of the Academic Council. The Academic Council represents the forty plus countries with case studies in the Collection.