by Sandy Phillips | Oct 7, 2015 | Class Activities, Digital Technologies, Gaming for learning
As part of International Games Week in the last week of October, Victorian primary and secondary teachers will have the opportunity to listen to some of the leading players in the game development industry. With its growing popularity among young people and the world,...
by Sandy Phillips | Sep 28, 2015 | Digital Learning, Digital Pedagogy, Digital Technologies, Leaders, Pedagogy, Professional Learning
A Great blog post from Common Sense Graphite introduces the connection between the SAMR model and Blooms Taxonomy and presents a great film for discussion in staff meetings. A quick prompt for deep discussion...
by Sandy Phillips | Sep 18, 2015 | Class Activities, Digital Learning, How To
The new Victorian Curriculum was officially launched this week by the Minister for Education, Minister James Merlino. AusVELs will be available until the end of 2016, after which point schools will need to teach and report against the new Victorian Curriculum by the...
by Sandy Phillips | Sep 17, 2015 | Class Activities, Creativity, Digital Learning, Digital Stories, Pedagogy, Student activities
Every year, hundreds of students across the nation enter Screen It – The Australian Centre of the Moving Image’s (ACMI’s) epic moving image competition for Primary and Secondary school students. Screen It is designed to educate, encourage and foster the next...
by Sandy Phillips | Sep 9, 2015 | Class Activities, Cybersafety, Digital Technologies, Online Resources
Audiofy turns any article or web page into audio and reads the page to you. It has sixteen voices to choose from and it is currently free.The app could be of great benefit to students with learning difficulties and those studying new languages (including English)....
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 31, 2015 | Class Activities, Digital Technologies, Global Projects, Online Projects
Global Collaboration Day Join 1,000’s of educators for the very first ‘Global Collaboration Day’ – September 17, 2015. Full details on website – Global Collaboration Day use the hashtag #globaled15 Global Education Conference The 2015...
