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 | Mar 23, 2015 | Challenge, Digital Pedagogy, Digital Technologies, How To, New technologies, Pedagogy, Professional Learning
The Department’s Virtual Conference Centre is providing eight iPads for Learning Online Professional Learning sessions in Term 2. These sessions are for teachers and leaders who are using iPads in their teaching and learning with sessions including: Tuesday 21st...
by Sandy Phillips | Mar 18, 2015 | Class Activities, Digital Pedagogy, How To
Most of you will know TED talks, but did you know there is a fantastic tool for teachers to support them to create their own digital lessons?. It allows you to take an online resource and building your own teaching and learning around them for your students....
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 20, 2015 | Blogs, Challenge, Digital Technologies, Global2, How To, New technologies, Professional Learning, Web 2.0
For teachers who would to really like to get their heads around blogging and its potential for their students Edublogs is running its first Teacher Blogging Challenge of 2015! The closing date for having the activities emailed to you have closed however you are still...
by Sandy Phillips | Dec 17, 2014 | How To, Parents
THE Martin Place siege has received near blanket coverage in the media, prompting many parents and teachers to ask what is appropriate for children to see, and what children should be told about the situation. Sandy Rae, Psychologist presented some ideas on Channel...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 15, 2014 | Cybersafety, Digital Technologies, How To
I was asked today how to create student email accounts for Global2 from a teacher in a Victorian site. I supplied the following advice and ask if you could share it widely as it also applied to filtering in Department of Education and Early Childhood Development...
