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 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,...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 30, 2015 | Class Activities, Curriculum, Cybersafety, Cybersmart, Digital Literacy, Digital Technologies, Health Education, Research, Web Conferencing, Web conferencing
To register for one or both of these sessions go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/detonlinesafety We invite you and your students to attend two web conferences targeted at Years 4, 5 and 6 students. Each will be hosted by the Department of Education and...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 29, 2015 | Class Activities, Creativity, Digital technology, How To, Literacy, New technologies, Professional Learning
Digital technologies can present new and exciting opportunities for students. The Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) are presenting a series of three script writing workshops for primary and...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 20, 2015 | Curriculum, Leaders, Professional Learning
The Australian Learning Lecture (ALL) is a thought provoking biennial lecture series which brings big ideas around learning into the spotlight. The free five part lecture series will be conducted over 10 years, and will work to elevate the value of learning. The...
