by Sandy Phillips | Dec 18, 2015 | Blogs, Digital Technologies, Student activities
From all at the Global2 team we wish you and your family a joyful and safe Christmas. We look forward to blogging with you next year. We will be posting throughout the holidays so stay tuned.
by Sandy Phillips | Dec 17, 2015 | Cybersafety, Cybersmart, Student activities
The theme for this years Safer internet is Be smart, play your part! Safer Internet Day will take place on Tuesday 9 February 2016. The day offers the opportunity to highlight positive uses of technology and to explore the role we all play in helping to create a...
by Sandy Phillips | Dec 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Victorian school holidays will begin for many on 21 December. Here are a range of activities students might want to check out over the holiday period. The list has been created by the Victorian State Government and features events from all over Victoria. Arts...
by Sandy Phillips | Dec 9, 2015 | Challenge, Digital Technologies
Congratulations to all Global2 bloggers, we have been nominated as “The best edtech / resource sharing blog (community)” in the 2015 International Edublogs awards. Voting has opened and we encourage you and your community to vote for us See a list of all...
by Sandy Phillips | Dec 7, 2015 | Blogs, Class Activities, Digital Resources, Digital Technologies, Global2, languages
Earlier this term we highlighted some of the great blogs that teachers and students were creating on Global2. Here is the class blog for Aitken St Primary School’s Spanish class or “blog de la clase de español en Aitken Creek PS” Activities link...
by Sandy Phillips | Dec 3, 2015 | Blogs, Class Activities
An important, and often overlooked part of using any online space is retiring or relocating it when it is time – sort of like sending your blog to the blogging “farm!” Old and out of date content floating around the web makes your blog look bad and reflects badly on...
by Sandy Phillips | Dec 2, 2015 | Blogs, Digital Learning, Global2
Woohoo! The 2015 Edublog Awards are a go for the TWELFTH year! All Global2 blogs are eligible!! #eddies15 There are 2 parts to the awards: Nominations – NOW through December 2nd. (That’s in US time so we have till the 3rd (today) Voting – TBA *Nominations will...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 25, 2015 | Class Activities, Digital Resources
Life Saving Victoria (LSV) has launched a new app that is available to students for learning emergency response, water safety and lifesaving skills. The app uses gamification to make learning water safety, emergency response and CPR more engaging. The Everyday...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 19, 2015 | Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Technologies, How To, Leaders, Online Resources, Professional Learning
We are pleased to announce the launch of the new DigiPubs site! Created by DET Digital Learning and STEM Branch for Victorian school educators, DigiPubs are digital publications which provide practical advice and resources that can be accessed online on any device...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 18, 2015 | Class Activities
Stories can be complex things, full of emotion, depth, themes, and new ideas. But, like castles, cakes and cars, if you have all the right parts, they’re not too hard to create. In this digibook, Matt from Sydney Story Factory will show you how to build your own...
