by Sandy Phillips | Oct 12, 2015 | Class Activities, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Digital Stories, Digital technology, Mathematics
ABC Splash are setting a maths mission for students: grab a smartphone or a video-recorder, explain a maths idea in 30-seconds, then enter it into their “Make a maths movie” competition. They will select three entries with the best explanations to be...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 7, 2015 | Class Activities, Cybersafety, Digital technology, Student activities
The Department and eSafety Commission are running a repeat of the successful ‘Secret Security Business’ webinar for years 5-7. Thursday October 15th 9:40 -10:25 am (Room opens at 8) NB This is a repeat of the session, not a recording. To register please visit the...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 12, 2015 | Assessment, Creativity, Curriculum, Digital Pedagogy, Digital technology, Learning Styles, Pedagogy
James Gibbons has presented a great article around using the SAMR Model to Guide Learning in the way teachers plan and scaffold the learning for their students. He presents a fantastic diagram that is just my cup of tea. He presents: The SAMR Model was developed by...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 27, 2015 | Class Activities, Curriculum, Digital Literacy, Digital technology
How do we teach young children about social media? There is no one way, as the teachers who are using Global2 know. A New York teacher Jennifer Aaron tweets with her very young students at PS 150. “We tweet as a whole class three times a week,”she told the New York...
by Sandy Phillips | Jun 1, 2015 | Arts, Class Activities, Curriculum, Digital Literacy, Digital technology, Geography, Health and Physical Education
Common Sense Media have curated and shared resources created by Graphite featuring some great apps and websites which enable students and teachers to create content. Making something from scratch is a great skill to have. It requires confidence and imagination. For...
by Sandy Phillips | May 29, 2015 | Curriculum, Digital Literacy, Digital Technologies, Digital technology, How To, Leaders, Professional Learning
DIGICON Festival of Learning 2015 DIGICON is the annual Digital Learning Teaching Victoria (DLTV) There is still time to register It will be held at Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn 24th & 25th July 2015 DigiCon brings together educators, pre...
