by Sandy Phillips | Sep 16, 2016 | Cybersafety, Digital Literacy
The eSafety Commission are hosting a series of webinars for educators. Details, including how to registration, may be found on The eSafety Commission site. Digital rights and digital wrongs will be held on Tuesday 25 October Featuring interactive questions, the...
by Sandy Phillips | Sep 3, 2016 | Digital Literacy, Digital technology
Find the complete unit in the Digital Technologies Digipub Digital Technologies Curriculum F-2 Digital Systems Content Description Identify and use digital systems (hardware and software components) for a purpose. Lesson Ideas Introduction to Information Networks: is...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 4, 2016 | Class Activities, Digital Literacy, Digital Technologies, Games, New technologies
The Department of Education, Victoria (DET), Microsoft and ACMI are proud to announce the Victorian Schools Games and Apps Challenge. This exciting challenge provides an opportunity for students in Years 6, 8 and 10 to design, develop and pitch a game or app to...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 27, 2016 | Class Activities, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Literacy
Looking for some quick inspired ideas for your planning with young students? Here are some English ideas featured in the Ideas to Try resource released this week for teachers. All have direct links to the Victorian Curriculum. #032 Story boarding Use the Storyboard...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 22, 2016 | Arts, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Digital technology, Financial Literacy, Geography, Health Education, History, languages, Literacy, LOTE, Mathematics, music, Reading, Science, STEM
Here are some practical ideas for teachers and students at Foundation level (Prep) to use digital technologies in their classrooms. Linked to all areas of the Victorian Curriculum (VC) it is a handy resource to have when planning, and includes a number of activities...
by Sandy Phillips | Jun 27, 2016 | Class Activities, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Online Projects, Student activities
ATOM and ClickView are proud to present the inaugural 1-Minute Film Competition. Australian and New Zealand primary and secondary–school students are invited to make a 1-minute short film or animation, and win fantastic prizes in the process. The theme for this year’s...