by Sandy Phillips | Dec 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Accident rates on the Melbourne Metro were rising, largely due to an increase in risky behavior around trains. But a rail safety message was the last thing our audience wanted to hear and traditional public safety messages just don’t work on young people: tell them to...
by Sandy Phillips | Dec 3, 2013 | Research
This working paper from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research looks at the influence of participation in extracurricular activities on the behaviours of Australian adolescents. The research found that while participation does significantly...
by campus | Nov 29, 2013 | Blogs, Digital Technologies, Web 2.0, Wikis
The Annual Edublog Awards have started and you have until Dec 1 to nominate your favorite blogs, twitterers, community sites, videos, podcasts and more… for 2013. The Edublog Awards started in 2004 in response to community concerns relating to how schools, districts...
by rcrellin | Nov 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
The sixth eLearning Excellence Awards of the eLearning Industry Association of Victoria was held on 14 November. The K-12 sector had a great range of finalists worth checking out. Winner: Royal Children’s Hospital Create, Explore, Learn App. This app encourages...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 27, 2013 | Online Resources
I am presenting a blog post by Saga Briggs “197 Educational YouTube Channels You Should Know About” to try to rid the old urban myth that “The department” is “the boss” of all school filters and access to sites like YouTube. Each...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
A valuable resource can be found at APPitic. The site presents lists of educationally relevant Apps which are presented for iPads but could be a reference for other tablet users. This particular link presents well organised apps for teaching and...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
We discuss persuasive text with students and get them to write them. This blog post writen by Gregory Ciotti is a handy resource for teachers to invesitgate the words that persuade us to buy. Great resource for digital literacy, critical thinking and simply writing...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Australian vocational education and training statistics The Australian vocational education & training statistics have released the findings around the likelihood of completing a VET qualification 2008–11 Highlights For qualifications commencing in 2011 The...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
Kayne Tremills from ABC3 presents this action-packed live event all about Vikings! He’s roped in Viking expert Dr Stephen Gapps, curator of ‘Vikings – Beyond the Legend’ and a village full of Viking re-enactors. Find out what Vikings ate for dinner,...
by rcrellin | Nov 18, 2013 | Digital Literacy, Health and Physical Education, Pedagogy, Uncategorized
Research fromLiz Weir at the ACU looks at how iPads complements the teaching of Physical Education in the Bachelor of Education (Primary) course and develops the acquisition of movement skills, concepts and strategies that enables the pre-service teacher to...
