by Sandy Phillips | Feb 23, 2015 | Class Activities, Digital Technologies, iPads
iTunes U for schools One of the device choices for schools undertaking a 1-to-1 program is an iPad, using a variety of apps and the potential of bulk purchasing iBooks for students. One of the challenges for educators has been to connect the content and the learning....
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 20, 2015 | Blogs, Challenge, Digital Technologies, Global2, How To, New technologies, Professional Learning, Web 2.0
For teachers who would to really like to get their heads around blogging and its potential for their students Edublogs is running its first Teacher Blogging Challenge of 2015! The closing date for having the activities emailed to you have closed however you are still...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 18, 2015 | Blogs, Cybersafety, Digital Technologies, Global2
Ensuring that you are using images you have permission to use and presenting the attribution of those images appropriately is a challenge for all bloggers. Compfight is a new function in Global2. The plugin allows you to search Creative Commons images on Flickr from...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 11, 2015 | Blogs, Digital Technologies, Professional Learning
For teachers who would to really like to get their heads around blogging and its potential for their students Edublogs is running its first Teacher Blogging Challenge of 2015! Whether you are new to blogging, or want a refresher on all of the features that blogging...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 4, 2015 | Cybersafety, Cybersmart
Safer Internet Day will be celebrated on Tuesday 10th February. The theme for 2015 is Building a Better Internet Together. Activities include a web conference co-presented by the Cybersmart Team at ACMA and the Department of Education and Training Victoria. The...
by Sandy Phillips | Jan 29, 2015 | Curriculum, Digital technology, Gaming for learning
The Australian Curriculum presents the Digital Technologies curriculum. The Australian Curriculum: Technologies describes two distinct but related subjects: Design and Technologies, in which students use design thinking and technologies to generate and produce...
by Sandy Phillips | Jan 28, 2015 | Digital Learning, Digital Technologies, Online Projects
Connecting your students to others across the globe, and undertaking meaningful collaboration is powerful learning in action. It may seem a bit daunting at first but these two organisations have educators at the ready to help. A reminder that any Global2 educator is...
by Sandy Phillips | Jan 23, 2015 | Blogs, Cybersafety, Digital Learning, Digital Technologies, Global2
Welcome to any new bloggers who are joining Global2 for the first time and welcome back to those returning from holidays. At this time of the year, many educators set up student blogging accounts. It is really important that teachers get comfortable with how the...
by Sandy Phillips | Jan 8, 2015 | Cybersafety, Digital Technologies, New technologies
Here’s what some students are using instead of Snapchat and Instagram to share pictures and files. This can be a positive thing but in some cases not so positive. Again its not the technology itself, its what a user chooses to do with it. It is something...
by Sandy Phillips | Jan 7, 2015 | Challenge, Mathematics
The Australian Maths Trust is one of the world’s largest school-based mathematics competitions with more than 14 million entries since 1978. This is a fun 30-problem competition with many of the problems set in situations which show the relevance of mathematics in...
