by Tamara Carpenter | Feb 6, 2018 | Class Activities, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Technologies
Sydney Opera House, Arc Centre for Excellence for All-Start Astrophysics, the Australian Museum, and Reef Headquarters are just a few organisations that offer incursions via virtual conferencing. Check out this post by the DET Virtual Conferencing team at to see a...
by Tamara Carpenter | Feb 5, 2018 | Cybersafety, Cybersmart, Digital Literacy, Digital Tech Curriculum
About Safer Internet Day Safer Internet Day (SID) is an annual, worldwide event held on Tuesday 6 February 2018 to help encourage a better internet, with this year’s theme ‘Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you’. Celebrated globally in...
by Tamara Carpenter | Feb 1, 2018 | Digital Learning, Digital Technologies
A new UNESCO Broadband Commission report on “Digital skills for life and work” shows that education systems worldwide are only just beginning to help learners cultivate the digital skills they need to excel in our increasingly digitized societies. The report...
by Tamara Carpenter | Jan 29, 2018 | Class Activities, Curriculum
Embrace of diversity, a right to be involved and included, valuing everyone as an equal. Play the video to hear Victorian students’ perspectives on inclusive education and download a copy of the poster they developed: What inclusion means to me poster (pdf –...
by Tamara Carpenter | Jan 23, 2018 | Blogs, Class Activities, Digital Technologies
Welcome back after what we hope has been an excellent summer holiday. If you are planning to use blogs for the first time, or you are looking at ideas to refresh your existing blogs, we’d like to remind you of a few of the great tools and resources available to you:...
by Sandy Phillips | Jan 22, 2018 | Webinar
About Safer Internet Day Safer Internet Day (SID) is an annual, worldwide event held on Tuesday 6 February 2018 to help encourage a better internet, with this year’s theme ‘Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you’. Celebrated globally in...
by Penny Rowe | Dec 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
Take the time to explore this helpful tool designed to support schools and teachers to find appropriate STEM activities to inspire young people to explore, discover and create. The STARportal is Australia’s first centralised national portal for exciting and...
by Penny Rowe | Dec 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to support anyone to learn the basics. It has become a worldwide celebration of coding and promotes young people to get involved. The Hour of Code takes place each year during Computer Science...
by Kathleen Morris | Dec 1, 2017 | Blogs, Digital Technologies, Global2, Uncategorized
This post by Kathleen Morris was originally published on The Edublogger. It’s often interesting to hear how educators got started with blogging. Some people are told to blog. Others are encouraged by colleagues or inspired by seeing what other classes are...
by Penny Rowe | Nov 29, 2017 | Professional Learning
If code is the colouring pens and lego blocks of our times – how do we teach creativity, curiosity, joy, and wonder to our kids? And, what does Jean Piaget or Montessori have to do with coding? Join us for a free seminar with Finnish author & illustrator Linda...
