about 2 years ago - No comments
Every year I write at least one blog post lauding the brilliance of Garageband as a creative tool for students. Again, I cannot speak highly enough of the power of GB especially when it is used as a tool for student composition. The underpinning philosophy that Kynan Robinson and I have is that we believe in More >
about 3 years ago - No comments
Follow Kate Leeming as she cycles over 20000km across Africa, highlighting social issues along the way. The trip commences in October this year and continues until June 2010. As Kate says: The purpose of the project is to learn firsthand about the causes and consequences of extreme poverty and through the story of the expedition which unfolds, educate and More >
about 3 years ago - No comments
Are you doing some wonderful work connecting students using web 2.0 applications in your classroom … or keen to start? You might be interested in entering the Connect and SLAV web 2.0 competition 2009. What do you need to do? Work in a team to create a unit of work incorporating the use of web More >
about 3 years ago - No comments
Whether you attended the National History Teacher’s Conference on Thursday 16th July or not you might be interested in checking out this presentation on Connect – many aspects apply to all subject areas. I uploaded it to Slide Rocket in two sections as it was quite big! With thanks to Dr Ross Todd for some of More >
about 3 years ago - No comments
After many end of term/semester interruptions we managed to get our student compositions back on track and record them on video. Kynan Robinson and myself embarked on a student composition unit at the beginning of term 2 with all grade 5 and 6 students. We began the unit by focusing on whole class ensemble performance More >
about 3 years ago - No comments
Looking for exciting digital fiction for Secondary students? Check out We Tell Stories. Six authors. Six stories. Six weeks. Digital fiction from Puffin. Based on the 39 Steps by John Buchan, this is ‘The 21 Steps’ – an adventure written and and designed for Google maps … ‘One minute, Rick Blackwell is sightseeing at St. Pancras in More >
about 4 years ago - No comments
Connect is an awesome site for early childhood, primary and secondary students implemented by the Victorian Department of Education and Early Education.   Links to each of the age groups contain an Aladdin’s cave of wonderful resources. The primary students link has some of my favourite sites such has the ABC Behind the News site (a More >
about 4 years ago - No comments
Last year Mooroolbark College teachers Jodie Tilley and Pennie White developed a wonderful WebQuest. This WebQuest was an award winner in the Education Channel (now Connect) and SLAV WebQuests and Beyond 2008 competition.  Schoolyard Blitz! home Jodie explains how the WebQuest came about. ‘The Yarra Valley eLearning Community implemented a 1:2 laptop program for year More >
about 4 years ago - No comments
Kerry Rowett, the Client Liaison Officer for Connect (formerly the Education Channel) has kindly agreed to be interviewed by the School Library Association of Victoria’s  Bright Ideas blog. Who is behind the fantastic new Connect websites? The Connect sites are an evolution of the Victorian Education Channel and are funded by DEECD. Different areas of More >
