<div dir="ltr"><div style>Sorry for the spam, but for once things are going in the right direction and we should submit encouragement.</div><div><br></div><div>The National Computer Science School is running a petition about the newly written <b>National Curriculum for Technologies</b>. The Digital Technologies section of the draft Curriculum for Technologies is a <b>massive step in the right direction (w</b>hich is very unlike what normally happens). If enacted, it will equip Australian students with the skills they need; not just to become competent consumers of technology, but to design and create our shared technological future.</div>
<div><div><br></div><div>As a person invested in everyone being an digital citizen, the least you can do is to sign the following petition;<br></div><div> <a href="http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/australian-curriculum-assessment-and-reporting-authority-acara-support-the-draft-digital-technologies-curriculum">http://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/australian-curriculum-assessment-and-reporting-authority-acara-support-the-draft-digital-technologies-curriculum</a></div>
</div><div><br></div><div>If you have time, you should also submit a personal submission by;<br></div><div style>email, which is easier than the online form. You need to sign up on the ACARA website, then email your response to <a href="mailto:technologies@acara.edu.au">technologies@acara.edu.au</a> along with a <a href="http://consultation.australiancurriculum.edu.au/Static/docs/Technologies/Technologies%20feedback%20cover%20sheet.pdf" target="_blank" style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">cover sheet</a>.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Tim 'mithro' Ansell</div></div>