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 | 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...
by Penny Rowe | Nov 16, 2017 | Challenge, Class Activities, DET Tools for teachers
Check out this detailed resource by our dedicated EduBlogs team, Ronnie, Sue and Kathleen. The blog post describes different ways that blogs could be used in teaching and learning to engage students. For teachers looking for inspiration in English and Maths, there are...
by Penny Rowe | Nov 9, 2017 | Professional Learning
The team from Computer Science Education Research (CSER) Project from Adelaide University are visiting Melbourne to offer a whole day professional learning opportunity for teachers: Date: Monday 20 November 2017, 9:30-3:30pm Location: Kensington Town Hall, 30-34...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 8, 2017 | Digital Tech Curriculum, Digital technology, How To, Professional Learning
These short, half hour, online sessions cover a range of topics to help you use ICT across the curriculum and provide educational opportunities for students. Facilitated by the DET Virtual Learning Team. Presenters provide an outline of the topic, Q & A, resources...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 6, 2017 | animation, Digital Learning, Digital Tech Curriculum, Digital Technologies, Games, Gaming for learning, Pedagogy, Programming
Education in games summit 2017 – Gain the tools to teach effectively for a digital future Join us at #EiGS17 on the 27th October to find out what leading practitioners in digital pedagogy are doing with their students. Keynote speaker Eric Jordan kicks off the...
