by Sandy Phillips | Jul 29, 2015 | Blogs, Digital Technologies, Global2
Joel Aaron from Bentleigh West Primary School has taken the initiative to create the Classroom Blog Repository. The concept is simple and relevant to all Global2 teachers. He has set up a free space for teachers to promote their classroom blogs so that other...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 27, 2015 | Class Activities, Curriculum, Digital Literacy, Digital technology
How do we teach young children about social media? There is no one way, as the teachers who are using Global2 know. A New York teacher Jennifer Aaron tweets with her very young students at PS 150. “We tweet as a whole class three times a week,”she told the New York...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 22, 2015 | Challenge, Class Activities, Digital Learning, Digital Stories
To enter My Story My Content, students must create a 60-second short film and submit it into one of the following two categories: Primary Schools/Students Secondary Schools/Students Entries must be based on this year’s theme: ‘Movies Matter’. Your film must be about...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 21, 2015 | Blogs, Digital Learning, Digital Technologies, How To, Student activities
Manage and update your Global2 blog right from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Download the Edublogs app As Global2 is an Edublogs Campus, the app will allow all Global2 bloggers to use the support and advice provided by Edublogs. Download the app, dd your username,...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 20, 2015 | Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Digital Technologies, Programming
A terrific article by Kira DeVaul featured in Common Sense Media’s summer edition (for the US and Europe) presents some great options for teachers to use in their classrooms and give to their students to explore around coding. She has organised these into three...
