by Sandy Phillips | Nov 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
RALEIGH — It will soon be illegal for a student to bully a teacher online in North Carolina, under an expansion of the state’s cyberbullying law that goes into effect Dec. 1 and may be the first of its kind in the country. The School Violence Prevention Act of...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
With 100 million first-grade-aged children worldwide having no access to schooling, the One Laptop Per Child organization is trying something new in two remote Ethiopian villages—simply dropping off tablet computers with preloaded programs and seeing what happens. The...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
Here are two interesting articles for you to check out. Both are written by By Graeme Paton, Education Editor Telegraph UK Spellcheck generation ‘failing to write simple words’ Children are struggling to write “simple and everyday words” because of an...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Facebook Launches Prevent Bullying Page Facebook has launched a page aiming to stamp out bullying . The Prevent Bullying page as part of National Bullying Awareness Month in the US. The social network gathered together resources on the topic, including: A support...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Tom Kenyon – 09.10.2012 The other day a very talented and committed member of my team suddenly looked very worried and asked me: ‘What if we’re wrong?’ ‘What do you mean?’ I replied. ‘What if we’re wrong about digital...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Food for thought is an occasional article/ blog/ report that is worth discussing as educators. Here is one that begins ….. ANYONE who has taught has regrets, and a student I’ll call Frank Gagliado is one of mine. Frank was one of my students at Salisbury North...
by Sandy | Oct 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Cultural Infusion and the DEECD partnered to create Sound Infusion, a free, online, interactive learning experience that blends music making and cultural awareness. This web 2.0 tool has made it to finals of the Australia and New Zealand internet awards. –...
by joedy | Jul 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
ACMI Screen It 2012 Virtual Conference Time: 1.30pm (Melbourne Time*) Duration: 30-45 mins Date: Wednesday 8 August *For the time in your city go here http://goo.gl/tHs4a Hi Screen It Producers Find out all you need to know about entering your production in a virtual...
by joedy | Jul 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
ACMI SCREEN EDUCATION Dear colleagues, We are all really excited at ACMI about the opening of our spectacular Game Masters exhibition. For those of you who are keen to capitalise on the use of games in your classroom, we have some teacher programs to support you,...
by joedy | Jun 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Blogs –Creating Worlds of Learning (Global2) An ICTEV study group of 20 teachers arrived at the school gates to find out how blogging and games-based learning enriches learning for both students and teachers of Fitzroy North Primary School. The school in old in years...
