Instructional video is a way to free up the teacher or leader to engage more actively with students and staff while still delivering Direct Instruction or information as needed, says Steven Kolber. Named among the ‘Top 100 Educators leading Flipped Learning’ in the K-12 sector for 2018, Kolber is an advocate for delivering instructional content, particularly via video.

Reading and spelling acquisition is much simpler, faster and more sustainable than conventional ‘phonic’ approaches when a phonetics teaching-tool is used with a phonographic, multisensory focus, says Denyse Ritchie, Principal at The THRASS Institute.

It is vital that teachers and school leaders understand that body image and eating disorders are developing and increasing in those who identify as boys and men, according to Danni Rowlands, National Manager, Prevention Services, Butterfly Foundation.

The learning outcomes and mental health of Victorian students is being challenged by sobering statistics around healthy eating and nutrition. According to the Department of Education’s VCAMS data (2018), Victorian students are getting forty per cent of their daily energy intake from ‘junk foods’ such as cakes, fast food, confectionary, and sugary drinks, with only ten per cent of students eating their recommended intake of fruit and vegetables.

The school setting is the most critical and untapped site for identification and support of school aged students with mental health concerns, says special education consultant Tim Connell.

Inclusive design in technology is giving students struggling with literacy the ability to tackle tasks independently at school, reducing the stigma they face in seeking support from a teacher or educational support staff and it’s readily available.

Technology is amoral. It is neither good nor bad. It simply enables and amplifies that which we use it for, says passionate educator Chris Betcher.