by Sandy Phillips | Aug 21, 2014 | Curriculum, Literacy
Teachers, why not celebrate Book Week 2014 by setting up your own class Book Club on the State Library of Victoria’s Inside a Dog Just register and then invite your students, all of the technology is there for you free and supported by the fabulous library of...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 14, 2014 | Challenge, Class Activities, History
Over 350 primary schools across Victoria have already registered, for the Gallipoli Oaks Project. The Quercus Calliprinos (Palestine Oak) saplings are now being grown at various nurseries and Burnley Horticultural College for planting by Victorian primary students at...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 18, 2014 | Arts, Curriculum
Arts Centre Melbourne presents presents Instant Rockstar Kids get to be the rockstar and director in this fun and easy music video workshop. Create a song using lots of cool music samples and then use the track to make a great music video....
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 14, 2014 | Curriculum, Cybersafety, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Research
Taryn Degnan from Commonsense Media suggests that: “Every kid knows how to Google, but do they know how to Google well? A wealth of built-in — but sometimes hidden — features can help kids find the information they need much more efficiently than...
by Sandy Phillips | Jun 23, 2014 | Challenge, Class Activities, History, How To, Online Projects, Online Resources
Historypin is a web 2.0 tool that allows students to explore it contribute to it and curating stuff on it. The site allows students to take images, build a story, set it within real locations (Google Map allows placement anywhere in the world) and authentic sharing...
by rcrellin | May 29, 2014 | Mathematics, Science
Explore the teacher resources offered by Museum Victoria’s Learning Lab. It includes Science and History for early learners and History and History Skills for senior students. All resources are based on the Australian Curriculum.
