by Sandy Phillips | Apr 13, 2015 | Digital Literacy, Uncategorized
Following Nik Peachey on Scoopit I came across this handbook created by David Mcgillivray. The handbook was initially designed for a Commonwealth Games Project but is relevant to educators using digital media (blogs, audio, video and social media).. It has a great...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 8, 2015 | Digital Literacy
We see them everywhere on the web. Infographics are used to communicate ideas, products and instructions across the web. Getting students to create one around a topic of interest or a project they are undertaking requires some pretty detailed literacy skills. Some...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 1, 2015 | animation, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital technology
A key tool used in animation production by Pixar (think Toy Story) has been released for free for non-commercial usage on Windows, OS X, and Linux. For teachers working with students on high level computer graphics, animation, media, science, architecture, or any...
by Sandy Phillips | Mar 27, 2015 | Challenge, Creativity, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Digital technology, Gaming for learning, Pedagogy, Programming
Get your students involved in The Great Victorian Coding Challenge – register your school by visiting the Victorian Education Department website – Click Here Students will be challenged to develop their creativity using the computer program Scratch. Scratch is...
by Sandy Phillips | Mar 26, 2015 | Challenge, Class Activities, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Digital Stories, Digital technology
The Australia Centre of the Moving Image (ACMI) are presenting a Screen It 2015 Videoconference Series This free, video conference series allows students and teachers to discover what makes a winning Screen It entry. The sessions are being repeated (for those of you...
by Sandy Phillips | Mar 12, 2015 | Challenge, Digital technology, Uncategorized
The Australasian ‘New Pedagogies for Deep Learning’ (http://www.newpedagogies.org/) cluster is a group of schools in Victoria, Tasmania and New Zealand. The cluster has developed a project to engage students from across the globe in authentic action...
