by Sandy Phillips | Feb 22, 2017 | Cybersafety
Schools are asked to invite interested parents to the the new new 4-week ABC Splash’s live series, with expert advice to help support what kids are doing at school. 12pm on Wed 8 March – Sarah Moran, CEO of Girl Geek Academy, on why it’s so important to...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 17, 2017 | Digital Technologies, Digital technology
These full-day workshops walk school leaders through the process of developing a long-term school ICT Plan that: addresses the learning and teaching goals of the school develops a sustainable ICT plan that meets the needs of the school community ensures a coherent...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 15, 2017 | Challenge, Digital Tech Curriculum, Maker
Quantum Victoria is hosting a series of six FREE ‘Women in STEM’ state wide events. These events are open to ALL Year 9 – 12 students and their teachers. Each event will feature a prominent female leader delivering the keynote across one of the five themes: Coding...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 9, 2017 | Curriculum, Digital Learning, Web Conferencing
On Tuesday (despite only going back to school for a few days) 227 teachers had their first ever go at doing a webinar with their students for Safer Internet Day. With close to 13,000 students in Victorian Schools alone, the sessions were well received and the teachers...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 4, 2017 | Curriculum, Mathematics
The Department of Education and Training has entered into a three-year agreement for the provision of a proprietary suite of Wolfram products across all Victorian secondary schools. The licence covers school devices, teacher devices and student bring your own devices...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 2, 2017 | Digital Learning, Digital technology, Student activities
Hi to you all, hope you had a great break, As you know Safer Internet Day is a global event held annually to promote the safe and responsible use of digital technologies, for children and young people. The theme for 2017 is Be the change: Unite for a better internet....
by Sandy Phillips | Jan 30, 2017 | Class Activities, Cybersafety, Cybersmart
Safety in the age of disappearing media The Department is working with Facebook and Instagram who are hosting a #girltakeover safety workshop working with the children’s charity Plan International Australia, the anti-bullying group Sticks ‘n Stones and the New Zealand...
by Sandy Phillips | Dec 5, 2016 | Challenge, Digital Learning, Gaming for learning, Programming
The Department and Splash, are supporting Code Club Australia to challenge you to build a game using Scratch. Scratch is an intuitive tool to help children from 8 to 16 years old learn to code. Scratch helps students think creatively, reason systematically and work...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 29, 2016 | Digital Resources
This session on Monday 5th December will provide an overview of the new FUSE (https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au). Learn how to search, save and leverage FUSE for your learning and teaching program. This session starts at 3.45pm and is hosted by Sandy Phillips from the...
by Sandy Phillips | Nov 17, 2016 | Class Activities, Cybersafety, Cybersmart, Digital Literacy, Wellbeing
You are invited to the ‘Secret Security Business’ Virtual Classroom The DET and the eSafety Commission are inviting teachers to register their upper primary classes for a session titled: Secret Security Business Audience: Years 4, 5 and 6 students. We are...
