by Sandy Phillips | Aug 11, 2015 | Class Activities, Science, Web conferencing
As part of National Science Week Google running a program of hangouts with classrooms and the National Maritime Museum. If you’re interested in booking in for one of the time listed below contact sallyann@google.com Be an Underwater Survivor Presenter: Lloyd...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
A great idea for science week: Do you have a favourite science experiment you’ve conducted in class or watched on YouTube? Or have you been inspired by a great scientific discovery in history? If you’re at an Australian high school, you could win a $500 voucher and...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 6, 2015 | Challenge, Class Activities, Science
National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. Running each year in August, it features more than 1000 events around Australia, including those delivered by universities, schools, research institutions, libraries, museums and...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 5, 2015 | Curriculum, Digital Literacy
Ibrar Bhatt Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University has written an article that will resonate with many teachers. It explores the need for contemporary skills, digital literacy skills and effective ways to assess them. He writes under a subheading : Digital...
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 27, 2015 | Class Activities, Curriculum, Digital Literacy, Digital technology
How do we teach young children about social media? There is no one way, as the teachers who are using Global2 know. A New York teacher Jennifer Aaron tweets with her very young students at PS 150. “We tweet as a whole class three times a week,”she told the New York...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 22, 2015 | Challenge, Class Activities, Digital Learning, Digital Stories
To enter My Story My Content, students must create a 60-second short film and submit it into one of the following two categories: Primary Schools/Students Secondary Schools/Students Entries must be based on this year’s theme: ‘Movies Matter’. Your film must be about...
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...
