by Sandy Phillips | Jul 16, 2015 | Online Resources
The ABC has teamed up with Education Services Australia to link new learning resources directly to the Australian Curriculum. To date, they offer resources in the areas of Science, English, Mathematics, History, Geography, The Arts and STEM. To learn more about ABC...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 8, 2015 | Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Technologies, Pedagogy
Over the holidays is a great chance to take some time to relax but also check out some of these Ted Talks. Compiled from Open Colleges here are 50 Ted Talks every educator should check out These are the best TED Talks for any educator because they make us laugh, warm...
by Sandy Phillips | May 27, 2015 | Challenge, Class Activities, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Literacy, Online Projects
The Children’s book council of Australia have published the Book of the Year Awards Short List 2015 There are many great books on that list and I am sure you have read many in your classrooms (and the other places you like to read)! This list provides a great...
by Sandy Phillips | May 20, 2015 | Class Activities, Digital Learning, Digital Technologies, Mathematics, Online Projects, Wikis
Mark Warner suggested the following idea on the site Teaching Ideas Its a great idea but I am going to suggest to do it using the global2 wiki tool to add to and deepen the learning. Why use the wiki when it is so much easier to do on paper? It enables students to...
by Sandy Phillips | May 11, 2015 | Cybersafety, Digital Learning, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Cybersafety – Student Privacy Whiles this advice comes from the Department of Education and Training’s website it is sound advice for all when setting up student email...
by Sandy Phillips | May 6, 2015 | Challenge, Class Activities, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Digital Technologies, Video
My Story My Content Short Film Competition is an initiative of IP Awareness and Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM). It provides primary and secondary school students with the opportunity to make a 60-second short film or animation celebrating local screen creativity,...
