Google Wave developer presents...

Google Wave is a new model for communication and collaboration on the web-coming soon.
This video is a long one....but most enlightening!!
I suggest you download it only if you have plenty of speed and downloads available.

What is a wave?

According to Google:

A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.

A wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when.

A wave is live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time.

Maths sites for younger kids from EdNA

BBC - Number Time
BBC Education - Little Animals' Activity Centre
BBC Education Online - Games - Numbers
Bobbie Bear
Bobinogs
CanTeach - Numbers
Change Maker
Chris's Virtual Clock and Watch Collection
Clock Wise
Count Us In Games

Shape of the Australian Curriculum

Australian Policy Online:
Shape of the Australian Curriculum: English, Mathematics, Science and History.

The National Curriculum Board (NCB) has reached a major milestone in developing the Australian curriculum. They have now released reports covering the overall goals and objectives of the National Curriculum, as well as individual reports for English, Mathematics, Science and History. There is also a summary of the work of the Board from its inception in April 2008 to May 2009.

Program Manager of the Laptops

Congratulations to Dianne Marshall for her appointment as Program Manager

Congratulations to Dianne Marshall for her appointment as Program Manager of the Laptops for Learning Program. Dianne will lead the team in this most exciting program for the next four years.

Smartboard maths sites

Number Cruncher
Number Cruncher is a numeracy application available at no charge for anyone who uses a SMART Board interactive whiteboard.

Check out these other maths links

Free Rainforest accounts still available

Rainforest maths is a wonderful resource by Jenny Eather

The Re-growth of Rainforest Maths!

Due to classes moving across to the Mathletics platform, 1500 Rainforest Maths school licences have become available. A school site licence gives you 24 hour access, at school and home.
If you are interested go to :
http://www.rainforestmaths.com/

Intel® Teach Essentials Online

Intel® Teach Essentials Online combines both face to face workshops with a significant online component to provide teachers with a foundation of skills to fully integrate ICT into existing classroom curricula and promote student-centred learning.



The teacher undergoes 40 hours of Master Training. This involves:

* two hours of online course orientation
* two days (14 hours) of face to face training on the dates listed below.
* 24 hours online facilitated by a Senior Trainer.



On their return to their home school, the Master Trainers trains ten participant teachers at their home school or cluster of schools (in the case of small schools).



The program which is accredited by the Institute of Teachers:

· is an excellent way to meet professional learning needs

* has a whole school approach
* incorporates the Quality Teaching Framework

· is designed to support teachers in the integration of ICT into the teacher’s classroom, but not to increase their workload

* provides high quality staff training of Master Trainers at no cost to the school
* results in a significant increase for staff in ICT skills and confidence to embed a greater variety of ICT applications into class learning
* provides support for initiatives such as Connected Classrooms and Laptops for Learning.

The two day face to face component of the course will be run at:

· Wyong High School on Thursday 4 and Friday 5 June

· Lismore DET Office Goonellabah on Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 July.

Further course information and nomination forms are available from: http://cliwww.det.nsw.edu.au/cli/connected_learning/intel_teach_program/essentials.shtm

For email enquiries contact Sue Martin sue.martin@det.nsw.edu.au

Library plans are now available!

Plans are available in the staffroom.
Come and check them out!!

A video example of the finished product is available at:
https://detwww.det.nsw.edu.au/assetmanagement/capiproj/berindex.htm
You need to go through "My portal" if at home.

Children's Television Channel

There will be a Children's Television Channel up and running by Christmas as announced in yesterday's budget. This is a great achievement for the Australian Children's Television Foundation who have been lobbying for this for many years.



“The ABC’s proposal to Government was an aim to broadcasting 50% Australian content on the channel across all genres, including drama, animation and factual programming. This will ensure that future generations of Australian children can continue to see and hear Australian stories and Australian voices on children's television,” Mr Dalton (
ABC Director of Television) said.

Smartkiddies Mathematics

Smartkiddies Maths is developed by experienced Australian teachers.

All content is Australian curriculum based and directly targets the skills children need to learn in mathematics while having fun!

Smartkiddies Mathematics has been providing Australian schools and families with quality education since 2001.

Smartkiddies makes learning maths fun using a combination of video lessons, interactive activities, games, number challenge drills, worksheets, assessments and exams all blended into a sequential learning program.

Teacher/School Lessons

* FREE Access
* Unlimited Student accounts
* Over 1500 Lessons
* No obligations or hidden costs.


Included

* Full class access during school hours
* 24 hour teachers access
* 24 hour student access to homework and other activities
* Complete curriculum
* 500+ Interactive tasks
* 200+ Video lessons
* 250+ Assessments
* 1000+ printed worksheet variations
* 100+ interactive maths challenges
* Mathethon fundraiser
* Online Smiley face progress charts
* Course selection
* Mathematics Dictionary
* Posters
* Awards and certificates
* One on one warm-up battles
* Electronic whiteboard resources
* Standardised testing and reporting
* Student task allocation
Teachers Sign Up