by slav | Nov 23, 2009 | Web 2.0
Michele Berner, English teacher and e-learning coach and Katherin Grelis, Teacher Librarian at Rowville Secondary College have developed a winning way with Web 2.0. As joint winners of this year’s SLAV/Connect Web 2.0 competition, Michele and Katherin have...
by Marie Coppolaro | Nov 8, 2009 | Uncategorized
Presently I am working in an education environment that restricts student access to web technologies that I would like to use. Keeping students safe is of course of paramount importance, but as we live in the 21st century awareness and use of these technologies are...
by Andrew Williamson | Nov 7, 2009 | Creativity, Digital Stories, Literacy
This was a fantastic unit one of my favourites for 2009. Our grade 4 students enjoyed it too. The ICT skills needed to complete these were extensive. At least four different pieces of software were used. Safari (HeroFactory), Comiclife, iphoto, Garageband, and iTunes....
by kerry | Oct 28, 2009 | Blogs, Class Activities
One of the great things about the Global Teacher and Global Student blogs are the opportunities they offer for sharing fantastic practice. We’ve collated some great posts on the ‘What can I do?’ page in Global Teacher. Many teachers want to know more...
by Kathleen Morris | Oct 26, 2009 | Web 2.0
Read Write Think is a site from the UK that offers a collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning in the P-12 classroom. While this site includes lesson plans and web resources, I have found the most useful aspect of the site to be the Student...
by heatherblakey | Oct 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Global Teacher and Global Student use the same operating system. If you are new to this blogging environment check out this great video created by Darrel Branson: Blogging with Globalstudent.org.au from Darrel Branson on Vimeo.
by Andrew Williamson | Oct 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Hi all, I have been using twitter for 12 months now and have found it to be a really powerful tool connecting me with many teachers from around the globe. However, I am only following a handful of Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development...
by heatherblakey | Oct 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Ten year old Keyzy has learned about collaborative blogging and benefited from international comments on the Halloween poem she posted on the collaborative blog, Once Upon A Midnight. With ten days still to go to Halloween you could join in the fun too. Perhaps you...
by kerry | Oct 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Are you a teacher of play based learning or do you have colleagues who are? Even if you’re not, you’ll enjoy exploring this blog. Created by two passionate Victorian educators, Sherry and Donna, it aims to showcase irresistible ideas for teachers who...
by murch | Oct 11, 2009 | Blogs
This week is global handwashing week. Global handwashing day is on October 15th. My students will be writing a post on this global event and answering these questions as a post:- Why would there be a global handwashing day? What purpose would it have? Write about good...
