by Sandy Phillips | Sep 12, 2014 | Class Activities, Creativity, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Stories, Pedagogy
Screen it is ACMI’s national moving image competition for primary and secondary students. Screen It is designed to encourage and foster the next generation of young moving image makers. This year is Screen It’s 10th Birthday! To help mark this special...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 9, 2014 | Digital Pedagogy, Digital Technologies, New technologies, Pedagogy
The K-12 Edition of the Horizon Report explores the key trends accelerating educational technology adoption in schools, the significant challenges impeding it, and emerging technologies poised to impact teaching, learning, and creative inquiry. Download the full...
by rcrellin | May 27, 2014 | Curriculum, Pedagogy
A new strategy has been launched to support Victoria’s gifted and talented children and young people to reach their potential. Aiming High: A strategy for gifted and talented children and young people, 2014–19 outlines 18 actions to assist children and young...
by Sandy Phillips | May 8, 2014 | Assessment, Class Activities, Digital Learning, Mathematics, Pedagogy
Conrad Wolfram is presenting Mathematica, computer-based math and the new era of STEM and you are invited (or the maths teachers at you school) Conrad Wolfram, physicist, mathematician, businessman and technologist is Director of Strategic Development and European...
by Sandy Phillips | May 5, 2014 | Curriculum, How To, New technologies, Pedagogy, Professional Learning
An online professional learning program related to using a range of digital tools in the classroom has been developed to meet request from schools. Focus areas will include: Beyond classroom walls – Web conferencing (2 sessions) Social media in teaching and learning...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 28, 2014 | Assessment, Challenge, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Digital Pedagogy, Literacy, Professional Learning
If any teachers out there have had the experience (as I have) of getting back student assignments that are clearly a copy and paste from the web you have to stop and do an analysis. – a self-analysis. What did I ask them to do? It’s too late to turn off the internet...
