by Sandy Phillips | Dec 3, 2015 | Blogs, Class Activities
An important, and often overlooked part of using any online space is retiring or relocating it when it is time – sort of like sending your blog to the blogging “farm!” Old and out of date content floating around the web makes your blog look bad and reflects badly on...
by Sandy Phillips | Dec 2, 2015 | Blogs, Digital Learning, Global2
Woohoo! The 2015 Edublog Awards are a go for the TWELFTH year! All Global2 blogs are eligible!! #eddies15 There are 2 parts to the awards: Nominations – NOW through December 2nd. (That’s in US time so we have till the 3rd (today) Voting – TBA *Nominations will...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 25, 2015 | Class Activities, Digital Resources
Life Saving Victoria (LSV) has launched a new app that is available to students for learning emergency response, water safety and lifesaving skills. The app uses gamification to make learning water safety, emergency response and CPR more engaging. The Everyday...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 19, 2015 | Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Technologies, How To, Leaders, Online Resources, Professional Learning
We are pleased to announce the launch of the new DigiPubs site! Created by DET Digital Learning and STEM Branch for Victorian school educators, DigiPubs are digital publications which provide practical advice and resources that can be accessed online on any device...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 18, 2015 | Class Activities
Stories can be complex things, full of emotion, depth, themes, and new ideas. But, like castles, cakes and cars, if you have all the right parts, they’re not too hard to create. In this digibook, Matt from Sydney Story Factory will show you how to build your own...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 16, 2015 | Professional Learning
Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at galleries and museums? Here is a chance to get a sneak peak at some of Australia’s treasures and I mean the curators….. ACMI in Victoria and the Australian Museum in NSW will be hosting the reVEAl. Presenters...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 16, 2015 | Professional Learning
2016 seems along way away but already there is an opportunity to get involved in a Teachmeet. Welcome to Teachmeet Melbourne is a space for organizing physical or virtual meetings of teachers in and around Melbourne and Victoria. The 2015 Plans Page is available to...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 11, 2015 | Class Activities, Digital Resources
The FUSE team has collected some great resources for teachers and students to investigate Remembrance Day. Check them out here
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 5, 2015 | Creativity, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Gaming for learning
BrainPOP has been known and loved by teachers and students since the early days of the WWW. It hosts some great resources including this educational games portal. There are a couple of ways in which teachers and students could use these resources. They could let their...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 29, 2015 | Assessment, Digital Learning, Digital Resources, Digital Technologies, Student activities
We are always looking at ways to assess for, as and of learning. Encouraging students to work and create with media allows them to demonstrate their knowledge and understandings in any topic or subject area possible. I came across this resource “Show What You...
