by Sandy Phillips | Jun 17, 2014 | Global2
An invitation to all Global2 users to check out our new themes. Thanks to the Edublogs team who have been busy supporting Global2 to look more dynamic and stay up to date with new accessible and usable templates which look great and work beautifully on mobile devices....
by Sandy Phillips | Jun 12, 2014 | Class Activities
There is great excitement in the air around one of the world’s big sporting events, The World Cup. Australia is in a tough group – Group B but how tough is it for other countries? Oxfam has produced some educational resources for teachers to use...
by Sandy Phillips | Jun 10, 2014 | Programming
With the development of the Australian Curriculum’s Digital Technologies In a world that is increasingly digitised and automated, it is critical to the wellbeing and sustainability of the economy, the environment and society, that the benefits of information...
by Sandy Phillips | Jun 6, 2014 | Cybersafety
Within this module students are encouraged to discuss and learn about issues relating to cyberbullying, including bystander behaviour, lying and pretending, self-respect and respect for others and acceptance and difference. For more information, see: Activity Guide...
by Sandy Phillips | Jun 5, 2014 | Cybersafety
Just a reminder for teachers that this interactive resource is available for staff to investigate bullying and cyberbullying and support their response. http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/bullystoppers/Pages/bullystopmodules.aspx...
by Sandy Phillips | Jun 3, 2014 | Challenge, Class Activities, Digital Learning, Digital Stories, Video
ABC Splash are running their 90 second news challenge for students. For full details Students are asked to: Decide on your story using the theme: ‘What do we need to know about your community in 90 seconds’ Use your mobile phone or digital camera. Plan what you...
by Sandy Phillips | Jun 2, 2014 | Class Activities, Online Resources
Dipity is a simple to use timeline tool for both you and your students to use to organise the sequence of events or dates of any topic you are working with. http://www.dipity.com/ You get 3 for free and of course you could upgrade. Some ideas include a history...
by rcrellin | May 29, 2014 | Mathematics, Science
Explore the teacher resources offered by Museum Victoria’s Learning Lab. It includes Science and History for early learners and History and History Skills for senior students. All resources are based on the Australian Curriculum.
by rcrellin | May 27, 2014 | Curriculum, Pedagogy
A new strategy has been launched to support Victoria’s gifted and talented children and young people to reach their potential. Aiming High: A strategy for gifted and talented children and young people, 2014–19 outlines 18 actions to assist children and young...
by rcrellin | May 22, 2014 | Class Activities, Curriculum, Digital Literacy, Digital Technologies
“Our policy at Facebook is literally to hire as many talented engineers as we can find. There just aren’t enough people who are trained and have these skills today.“ Mark Zuckerberg -Founder, Facebook Are you interested in coding with your students? ...
