by Sandy Phillips | Aug 31, 2015 | Challenge, Curriculum, Digital Technologies
The Global Digital Citizen Foundation has provided these strategies to support students to be able to take stands on issues that matter to them in non confrontational ways. The strategies foster critical thinking and can be used as part of any inquiry based learning....
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 25, 2015 | Challenge, Class Activities
In the excitement of National Science Week last week I missed another exciting event with particular relevance to the digital world – World Photo Day on the 19th August each year. The date behind World Photo Day originates from the invention of the...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 21, 2015 | Challenge, Digital Learning, Digital Stories, Student activities
The ABC’s 2015 Heywire Competition is open now and closes on Wednesday September, 16 2015. Enter now! The heart of Heywire is an individual telling a personal story. You must be aged 16-22 on 31 January 2016. You must also live in Australia, but not in...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 13, 2015 | Challenge
If you are using Global2 blogs with your students, connecting to or collaborating with others or using it in interesting ways to share information can you let us know? We would love to feature your blog on our Blogroll to inspire others. Just email us at...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 6, 2015 | Challenge, Class Activities, Science
National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. Running each year in August, it features more than 1000 events around Australia, including those delivered by universities, schools, research institutions, libraries, museums and...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 22, 2015 | Challenge, Class Activities, Digital Learning, Digital Stories
To enter My Story My Content, students must create a 60-second short film and submit it into one of the following two categories: Primary Schools/Students Secondary Schools/Students Entries must be based on this year’s theme: ‘Movies Matter’. Your film must be about...