by Sandy Phillips | Jul 27, 2016 | Class Activities, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Literacy
Looking for some quick inspired ideas for your planning with young students? Here are some English ideas featured in the Ideas to Try resource released this week for teachers. All have direct links to the Victorian Curriculum. #032 Story boarding Use the Storyboard...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 22, 2016 | Arts, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Digital technology, Financial Literacy, Geography, Health Education, History, languages, Literacy, LOTE, Mathematics, music, Reading, Science, STEM
Here are some practical ideas for teachers and students at Foundation level (Prep) to use digital technologies in their classrooms. Linked to all areas of the Victorian Curriculum (VC) it is a handy resource to have when planning, and includes a number of activities...
by Sandy Phillips | Jun 29, 2016 | Coding, Digital Learning, Digital Resources
A great view for the holidays with an excellent message for educators. Through her nonprofit, Girls Who Code, Reshma Saujani initiates young women into the tech world.
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...
