by Sandy Phillips | Aug 8, 2013 | How To, Uncategorized
Using widgets in any blog opens a new world of tools and presentations styles. Global2 comes with some widgets but it allows you to add in some external ones too. Here I have gone to the widgetbox site, chosen a widget to personalise and then inserted the code into...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Courses. Although there has been access to free online courses on the Internet for years, the quality and quantity of courses has changed. Access to free courses has allowed students to obtain a level of education that many only...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
The 2013 VITTA Annual Conference and Expo is set for August again this year and is already aspiring to be the best ever. Provoking Learning with ICT will be a conference designed for all learners, exploring the exciting environments and the opportunities for students...
by Sandy Phillips | Aug 1, 2013 | How To, Uncategorized
The School Library Association Victoria (SLAV) have put together a terrific, simple to follow “How to get started with Twitter” on their Bright ideas blog. This is a great resource to share with your staff or students to increase their social media...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Bullying and Cyberbullying This module, developed in partnership with Andrew Fuller, (clinical psychologist and student wellbeing specialist), has been developed to help parents understand, recognise and manage bullying and cyberbullying...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 24, 2013 | How To, Uncategorized
TED-Ed is a free educational website for teachers and learners. We are a global and interdisciplinary initiative with a commitment to creating lessons worth sharing. Our approach to education is an extension of TED’s mission of spreading great...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 17, 2013 | Digital Pedagogy
Yes it is another Flipped Learning video BUT have a listen to Aaron’s assessment process. Nothing new for good teachers but takes someone who knows how kids learn to do it well. This is NOT an ICT video it is a video for every curriculum area. – For every...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
School bookings for Melbourne International Film Festival’s Next Gen program are now open. Free ATOM study guides, suitable for secondary students, are available for selected films including Touch of the Light (Chang Jung-chi, 2012) and Blackbird (Jason Buxton, 2012)....
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 11, 2013 | Digital Pedagogy, Uncategorized
How can you describe the flipped classroom to colleagues? The Flipped Classroom Model by MADDrawProductions does just that.There are parts of this I would want to modify for my own understanding but this is a pretty good start. Have a look and see what you think. Love...
by Sandy Phillips | Jul 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Given the holidays are here, it is an ideal time for educators to get their heads around some of the current issues and challenges for Australian education. Many educators have followed this throughout the process but there are others wh may be asking What is the...
