by Sandy Phillips | Oct 16, 2015 | Professional Learning
The Education in games summit October 30 provides a professional Learning opportunity for teachers and access to day one of PAX Australia. To see the full program Register here
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 15, 2015 | Class Activities, Global2, Online Resources
Many thanks to Chelsea, a year 8 student from Hawkesdale P-12 College. Chelsea has created this video to help us all learn about two of the new tools in Global2 – Adding webfonts and shortcodes. Thanks also go to to Dylan who wrote and performed the...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 12, 2015 | Class Activities, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Digital Stories, Digital technology, Mathematics
ABC Splash are setting a maths mission for students: grab a smartphone or a video-recorder, explain a maths idea in 30-seconds, then enter it into their “Make a maths movie” competition. They will select three entries with the best explanations to be...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 7, 2015 | Class Activities, Digital Technologies, Gaming for learning
As part of International Games Week in the last week of October, Victorian primary and secondary teachers will have the opportunity to listen to some of the leading players in the game development industry. With its growing popularity among young people and the world,...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 7, 2015 | Class Activities, Cybersafety, Digital technology, Student activities
The Department and eSafety Commission are running a repeat of the successful ‘Secret Security Business’ webinar for years 5-7. Thursday October 15th 9:40 -10:25 am (Room opens at 8) NB This is a repeat of the session, not a recording. To register please visit the...
by Sandy Phillips | Sep 30, 2015 | Class Activities
A great Koorie event is happening in Melbourne on 8 October 2015. The Tanderrum is a traditional ceremony of the Kulin nation. It is a welcoming festival of song, dance, trading and cultural exchange. This is an essential and vital part of Kulin ritual. Students will...
by Sandy Phillips | Sep 30, 2015 | Challenge, Class Activities, Engineering, STEM
Thanks to the Home School Scientist for this fabulous list of hands on engineering projects to use in your classroom. See the full list There are many ideas but mine has to be the Chocolate Assembly Line 90 more Just like this ! Paper Building Blocks Build A Truss...
by Sandy Phillips | Sep 28, 2015 | Digital Learning, Digital Pedagogy, Digital Technologies, Leaders, Pedagogy, Professional Learning
A Great blog post from Common Sense Graphite introduces the connection between the SAMR model and Blooms Taxonomy and presents a great film for discussion in staff meetings. A quick prompt for deep discussion...
by Sandy Phillips | Sep 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
We know that you are dedicated and on holidays but for those teachers who would like to use the time to participate in some Professional Learning Sessions and are early risers here are a couple on offer comin gout of the states. Register and use the link to join these...
by Sandy Phillips | Sep 23, 2015 | Challenge, Class Activities, Connected Educator Month
The Edublogs Global Student Blogging Challenge Come get your students blogging and connecting with their peers from around the world! The Global Student Blogging Challenge is a free project that the Edublogs team runs for 10 weeks. The event has occured twice yearly...
