by Sandy Phillips | Jul 30, 2015 | Digital Learning, Digital Technologies, New technologies, Online Projects, Online Resources
With the growing interest in developing creativity amongst our students, teachers are looking for digital solutions to embed within their curriculum planning. As BYOT (Bring Your Own Technologies) and Cloud based platforms become increasingly popular across Victorian...
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 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...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 13, 2015 | Blogs, Digital Technologies
The template you are using is about to expire. What is that all about? You might have seen within the back end of Global2 a message that the template you are using is due to expire in a set (and decreasing) number of days. With the increased uptake of mobile phones,...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 8, 2015 | Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Technologies, Pedagogy
Over the holidays is a great chance to take some time to relax but also check out some of these Ted Talks. Compiled from Open Colleges here are 50 Ted Talks every educator should check out These are the best TED Talks for any educator because they make us laugh, warm...