by Sandy Phillips | Oct 18, 2016 | Coding, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Technologies, Digital technology, Online Projects, Pedagogy, Programming
Code the Future connects developers with educators to help students learn how to code. They are presenting at a Meetup session and they are looking forward to sharing some amazing stories from their community and projects. Projects, matching with volunteers and ideas...
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...
by Sandy Phillips | Jun 20, 2016 | Curriculum, Digital Resources, Digital Technologies, languages, Online Projects, Web Conferencing
How better to support your students to be global citizens than to set up a sister school partnership? The department has set up a new space called Schools Connect and it is designed to help you to do just that. Find your school a sister school. It is a great way to...
by Sandy Phillips | May 31, 2016 | Challenge, Class Activities, Curriculum, Online Projects, Student activities, Thinking
Bena Kallick, Arthur L. Costa’s 16 Habits of Mind, has inspired a great site crafted by Nigel Coutts. The site describes the Habits of Mind and presents films which model the attitudes and behaviours Why not get your students to create their own. I must say the...
by Sandy Phillips | Mar 21, 2016 | Class Activities, Digital Technologies, Online Projects, Online Resources, Student activities
Don’t miss this FREE webinar opportunity This Wednesday, 23rd March from 12.00pm – 1.00pm (AEDT) Register NOW!!! Little Lunch is a comedy series where every episode takes place during that highly anticipated school day break – morning snack time! It is centred around...
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...
