by Sandy Phillips | Jul 18, 2016 | Class Activities, Curriculum, Cybersafety, Digital technology, Parents, Student activities
Erin Wilkey Oh from Common Sense Education prepared a great article around managing the Pokemon craze in your classroom and presents some tips and fun ideas for channeling kids’ excitement into meaningful learning experiences. Erin opresents some great classrom...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 11, 2016 | Coding, Digital Technologies, Digital technology
Code Club Australia is a nationwide network of free, volunteer-led, after-school coding clubs for children aged 9-11. They provide training for teachers. The mission of Code Club Australia is to give every child in Australia the skills, confidence and opportunity to...
by Sandy Phillips | May 26, 2016 | Curriculum, Digital Literacy, Digital Technologies, Digital technology, Student activities, Video
Hothouse is a week-long intensive program for Victorian students in Years 10, 11 and 12, aimed at nurturing creativity and moving image skills. Each year, ten students are selected and dropped into a fast-paced studio to gain hands-on production experience, contacts...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 22, 2016 | Curriculum, Digital Technologies, Digital technology, Pedagogy, Professional Learning, STEM
The Design and Technology Teachers Association (DATTA) Vic invites teachers to their STEAMpunk Conference 13 & 14 May STEAMpunk is for primary & secondary teachers. It will explore best practice in teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, Art &...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 25, 2016 | animation, Arts, Challenge, Curriculum, Digital Literacy, Digital Resources, Digital Stories, Digital technology, How To, languages, Literacy, Mathematics, music, Online Projects, Online Resources, Science, STEM
Art, Maths, literacy? ….I am not sure which teachers and students will grab this first. Pixar in a box is a collaboration between Pixar and Khan Academy. It is a free online tool/course which not only presents students with an amazing set of tools but also the...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 18, 2016 | animation, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Digital Stories, Digital technology, Literacy, Online Projects, Uncategorized
Last post I congratulated Yanni from Northcote High School for winning the Tropfest Junior Film Festival. Here is the link to see his, and all the finalists’ films. The event is sponsored by the Australian Television Foundation. All students (and...
