Creating an environment and providing opportunities for students to engage.
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Remote learning has been hard on everyone but with a little creativity I turned it into an engaging opportunity that I thought I would share with you…
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What comes to mind when you visualise a classroom? The posters on the wall, the chitter chatter of students…
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As the review of the Australian Curriculum is underway, with Digital Technologies and Mathematics being the first subjects in this process, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the opportunities that this review brings.
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People can be created or destroyed by words, the words you say about others will influence who they become.
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Animals and books have always been intrinsic elements of my life. You could say they’re in my blood.
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At the core of it, innovation can be the term to describe something that makes a thing better…..
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Genrefication has been a buzzword in school libraries in recent years, though the concept has been around much longer than that.
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Phonics is essential and non-negotiable in building the foundations of literacy acquisition but how phonics is taught will determine…
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Many dyslexic children are also potential high-flyers – the long roll call of famous dyslexics includes Steven Spielberg, Richard Branson, Kiera Knightley and Jamie Oliver
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A big part of managing allergies in schools is raising student awareness. So what can we do to help kids with allergies apart from requesting peanut butter sandwiches be left for eating at home?
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Some students with dyslexia have poor recognition of letters, groups of letters (prefixes and suffixes) and whole words. These students can be diagnosed with orthographic dyslexia.
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As we enter the fourth industrial revolution where it’s no longer just human physical but also mental skills that technology can replace, a different approach is needed.
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As the quote from Alvin Toffler identifies we are rarely prepared for what the future might bring, and it rarely plays out in the way ‘experts’ predict. We are about to enter a time of exponential change.
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The start of the school year is a great time for families to commence the year effectively and positively with regards to tech use. However, if you didn’t, and wish you had…
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People underestimate the ability of younger children when it comes to technology. We all hear the same excuses…”they can’t log on”…”it’s too hard for them”…”it takes them too long to do it”…
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A PLN, or Personal Learning Network, is a flexible, personalised and multi-faceted approach to professional learning that may meet the needs of contemporary educators…
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Recently released technologies have allowed Augmented Reality to become more mainstream in schools. While ‘triggers’ and sharing them continues to be a challenge…
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Jackie Child shares a very long list of ideas, resources and links with you to encourage collaboration and imagination…
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Find the balance between embracing technology in the classroom, and at home, as a way to facilitate learning…
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