by Sandy Phillips | Sep 26, 2016 | Challenge, Class Activities, Coding, Creativity, Data visualisation, Digital Technologies, Games, How To, Pedagogy, Professional Learning, STEM
The Victorian Games and Apps Challenge closes 14 Oct (early Term 4) in 2016. Its not too late to get an entry in. We are holding final webinars for the challenge to help to pull it all together and get is submitted. GAC Submission Support Session: Minecraft Edu and...
by Sandy Phillips | Mar 8, 2016 | Creativity, Curriculum, Digital Pedagogy, Digital Resources, Research, Student activities
The 8th March is International Women’s Day . The 2016 theme for International Women’s Day is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”. This interactive time line from the United Nations (UN) celebrates some remarkable achievements by women. It...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 5, 2015 | Creativity, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Gaming for learning
BrainPOP has been known and loved by teachers and students since the early days of the WWW. It hosts some great resources including this educational games portal. There are a couple of ways in which teachers and students could use these resources. They could let their...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 28, 2015 | Assessment, CEM Events, Class Activities, Creativity, Digital Learning, Digital Pedagogy, Digital Technologies, Learning Styles, Pedagogy, Professional Learning
One for the truly dedicated…… On Friday, October 30, 2015, K-5 teachers from across North America and beyond will click on a simple link and be joined together online for a live-streamed participatory event they will enjoy with their students from the...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 26, 2015 | Creativity, Curriculum, Digital Pedagogy, Learning Styles, Pedagogy
I found this online and wondered what teachers though of it’s idea around the idea of connectivism? The infographic appears on an international blog (Spanish ? Portugese?), was then connected via Pinterest and finally I saw it on Scoopit. Post any ideas or...
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...