by Jillian Brown | Mar 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Session: 17/03/2017 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM Presented by Greg Gebhart and Sandy Phillips The presentation will assist students to: identify when upsetting and annoying behaviour becomes cyberbullying recognise the emotions that appear when they or a friend is having...
by Sandy Phillips | Mar 7, 2017 | Events, Uncategorized
Outreach Virtual Classroom ‘Respectful chat, I can do that!’ Audience: Years 4, 5 and 6 students. Session: 17/03/2017 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM Presented by Greg Gebhart and Sandy Phillips The presentation will assist students to: identify when upsetting and annoying...
by Sandy Phillips | Mar 6, 2017 | Digital technology, Uncategorized
Can you get to the next meetup? 2017 is the Year of Digital Technologies in schools right across the country, where coding in the Australian Curriculum comes to life. You can read more about how coding in the curriculum has taken a turning point in education...
by Sandy Phillips | Mar 1, 2017 | Challenge, Class Activities, Coding, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Tech Curriculum, Digital Technologies, Digital technology, Programming, Uncategorized
Students from around the world have real issues and problems they want to solve. Not many of them involve lions. This TED talk is a great tuning in resource for teachers creating maker spaces and students using critical and creative thinking and a bit of technological...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
Virtual classroom events provide short easy to access activities for the classroom delivered by professionals from all over Australia. The tools include Zoom, Polycom Unit, ipad or simply an internet connection Just find a session that is of interest and book in. Your...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Sylvia Libow Martinez & Gary Stager, authors of Invent to Learn, Making, Tinkering and Engineering in the Classroom will be in Melbourne for a series of hands-on workshops. Teachers are invited to register for the sessions. Wednesday 1 March, focused on primary...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 22, 2017 | Cybersafety
Schools are asked to invite interested parents to the the new new 4-week ABC Splash’s live series, with expert advice to help support what kids are doing at school. 12pm on Wed 8 March – Sarah Moran, CEO of Girl Geek Academy, on why it’s so important to...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 17, 2017 | Digital Technologies, Digital technology
These full-day workshops walk school leaders through the process of developing a long-term school ICT Plan that: addresses the learning and teaching goals of the school develops a sustainable ICT plan that meets the needs of the school community ensures a coherent...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 15, 2017 | Challenge, Digital Tech Curriculum, Maker
Quantum Victoria is hosting a series of six FREE ‘Women in STEM’ state wide events. These events are open to ALL Year 9 – 12 students and their teachers. Each event will feature a prominent female leader delivering the keynote across one of the five themes: Coding...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 9, 2017 | Curriculum, Digital Learning, Web Conferencing
On Tuesday (despite only going back to school for a few days) 227 teachers had their first ever go at doing a webinar with their students for Safer Internet Day. With close to 13,000 students in Victorian Schools alone, the sessions were well received and the teachers...
