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{{Distinguish2|[[Building the Education Revolution]], a similar program to improve infrastructure in eligible schools, also funded by the Australian Government.}}
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The '''Digital Education Revolution''' (DER) is an [[Australian Government]] funded [[educational reform]] program that was promised by Former [[Prime Minister of Australia]] [[Kevin Rudd]] during the launch of his [[Australian federal election, 2007|2007 Australian federal election]] campaign in [[Brisbane]].<ref name="DT2">{{cite news | url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/rudd-computer-for-every-kid/story-e6frev8i-1111114877480 | title=Rudd computer for every kid | thetelegraph.com.au | accessdate=29 March 2011 | author=Farr, Malcolm | date=15 November 2007 | publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref><ref name="COURIERMAIL1">{{cite news | url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/kevin-rudd-faces-pressure-over-digital-education-revolution/story-e6freoof-1225830274317 | title=Kevin Rudd faces pressure over digital education revolution | Courier Mail | accessdate=20 March 2011 | author=Chalmers, Emma. Balogh, Stefanie | date=14 February 2010 | publisher=[[The Courier-Mail|Courier Mail]]}}</ref> It was officially launched in late 2008, with the first deployments announced by then [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia]] and [[Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations|Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations]], [[Julia Gillard]] and then [[Department of Education and Training (New South Wales)|New South Wales counterpart]], [[Verity Firth]]. The first deployment took place at [[Fairvale High School]] in August that year.<ref name="TER1" />
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The Director-General for Education, Michael Coutts-Trotter, told [[The Sydney Morning Herald]]: "We can't commit at this stage until we can be sure the full cost of implementing the computers can be met. But we are enthusiastic about the program and as soon as the funding is sorted out, we will apply in the third round."<ref name="SMH3" /> The Minister for Education and Training Verity Firth said she expected the State Government to resolve the funding issue ahead of the second round of funding. "NSW can't commit to any infrastructure ahead of the mini-budget," said Firth,<ref name="SMH3" /> "It would be unfair to schools and students to seek new computers only to find that there was insufficient funding for their operating costs from the federal Government" .<ref name="TAUS1">{{cite news | url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/state-rejects-unfair-computers-deal/story-e6frg6o6-1111117598327 | title=State rejects 'unfair' computer deals <nowiki>|</nowiki> The Australian | accessdate=11 April 2011 | author=Ferrari, Justine | date=27 September 2008 | publisher=[[The Australian]]}}</ref>
In November 2008, after negotiations with the Commonwealth Government at the [[Council of Australian Governments]] (COAG),<ref name="SMH2">{{cite web | url=http://news.smh.com.au/national/govt-adds-807m-to-school-computer-deal-20081128-6mnx.html | title=Govt adds $807m to school computer deal | accessdate=19 March 2011 | author=Drape, Julian. Berdon, Caroline | date=28 November 2008 | publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref>
On 26 August 2009 the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Julia Gillard and New South Wales Minister for Education and Training, Verity Firth announced the delivery of the first laptops to secondary schools in [[New South Wales]]. Gillard and Firth visited a Year 9 class at Fairvale High School in [[Sydney, New South Wales|Sydney’s west]] to witness the integration of laptops into the lesson.<ref name="TER1">{{cite web | url=http://theeducationrevolution.com.au/index.php?news&nid=5 | title=The Education Revolution | accessdate=19 March 2011 | author=The Education Revolution | date=26 August 2009 | publisher=The Education Revolution}}</ref>
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