This is a 1 day (6 hour) course which includes:
Develop advanced skills and understanding in the use of the lesson creation software;
hands on experience to extend skills and knowledge using the IWB applications, hardware and lesson creation software;
and review of the applications to enhance school based teaching/learning activities with a focus on quality teaching.
Specifically designed for primary and secondary teachers who have experience using Interactive Whiteboards and lesson creation software.
This media release is from the Mullumbimby High School P&C Association
in the hope that it may provide some balance to the misrepresentation of our school
in some of the state and national media.
Mullumbimby High School
P and C Association
Media Release
31st August 2009
Statement by Mullumbimby High School P and C Association
Mark Collinson: President.
Mullumbimby High School P and C extends its condolences to the family and friends of Jai Morcom, who passed away over the weekend.
The incident is a great tragedy, and the P & C will endeavour to support the family and the broader community in whatever way we can.
On behalf of the P & C I would like to extend my condolences to Jai's family. The incident has touched the entire community.
The P & C also gives full support to the Principal of Mullumbimby High School, its leadership team, and the rest of the staff.
As President, I am confident in the way student welfare and discipline is managed at MHS.
As a parent, I would like to state, that media reports of of a culture of violence and bullying are not reflective of the actual school culture at Mullumbimby High School.
Friday’s incident is very rare, and is certainly not typical of the school culture.
We are all shocked, and extremely saddened by the events of Friday 28th August. It is important that we stick together as a broader community and support our school and its leadership as well as its staff and students.
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With a variety of rock music styles, this updated learning presentation catches attention and provides a professional sound never before heard on math recordings.
As they rock out to these multiplication tunes, learners develop quick, accurate recall for multiplication facts through 12.
Featuring today's "dance rap" style that kids love, this program contains tables through 12, and each group of facts has its own unique rap song.
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Join the folks at Your School Library for their third international online event. The theme is Designing the Future and will be live from October 18 through November 8.
The theme covers design of schools, design of school libraries, design of learning and 2020 scenarios. If you are interested in where schools are headed and what issues are framing education in the C21 then don't miss this important opportunity.
Join colleagues from all corners of the globe as they discuss these important topics.
"These online conferences are great....It's asynchronous so you don't have to be online at a particular time and it overcomes international time differences." Braxton, Barbara.
For those of you experimenting with Connected Classrooms the Video Conference Cafe could be very helpful.
When logged into the Portal,
Click on My Websites Learning Systems Implementation Team Resource Site
Username is your regular DET username with @DET added to it (so mine is audrey.nay@det)
password is your regular DET one VC cafe tab
there you can find or create video conference opportunities.
DeeperWeb is a free search engine tool for Google users that allows navigating through search results by employing Tag Cloud techniques.(like delicious)
These are the details of the course I am running for A.S.L.A. in Coffs Harbour on 11 September. Would you be able to let your staff know about it? It is credited with the N.S.W. Institute of Teachers for 20 hours PD. Places are limited.
This project was funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training as a quality teacher initiative under the Australian Government Quality Teacher Programme.
This course is a 20 hour course for teachers and teacher librarians in primary and secondary schools throughout NSW.
The course comprises 1 full day face to face workshop in a location across NSW followed by an online program to be completed by Term 4, 2009. Participants will learn about:
Digital literacy and associated learning and skills for teachers to use in the classroom
Web 2.0 tools and other digital tools for learning....see below for overviews of the workshop and online course
8.00am - Registration 8.30am - Welcome Tagging – using Delicious / Digg 10.45 am Morning Tea 11.00am - Wikis / Voicethread Using tools for learning – Embedding digital tools in the curriculum 12.30pm - Lunch 1.00pm - Podcasts 3.00pm - Next steps in online course 3.15pm - close of day
Overview of Online course - 12 hours Modules i. New Media I ii. New Media II iii. New Media III iv. Critical thinking IV v. Critical thinking V vi. Information Literacy VI vii. Information Literacy VII viii. Inquiry Learning VIII ix. Inquiry Learning IX x. Collaborative Learning X xi. Collaborative Learning XI xii. Integrating skills and curriculum XII xiii. Integrating skills and curriculum XIII
Final assessment to be submitted - a teaching and learning unit with a focus of digital learning
The Australian National Schools Network is facilitating an exciting national Project in conjunction with Education Queensland International and supported by the AGQTP. The participating teachers can already be proficient users of ICT or teachers who would like to develop their skills further.Having a huge range of skills in ICT is not a requirement of the project.
It's more about enthusing teachers to want to know more about how ICT can be integrated in Maths, History, English and Science.
The Workshops are free. Participants include schools in 20 locations nationally, with every state and territory represented including locations such as Bairnsdale, Warrnambool, Cairns, Townsville, Dubbo, Armidale, Lismore, Newcastle, Darwin, Katherine, Alice Springs. Geraldton, Albany and Bunbury.
For further information go to the website or to make contact click here
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Looking for suitable videos for your class K-12?SnagFilms.com is a website where you can watch full-length documentary films for free, but we’re also a platform that lets you “snag” a film and put it anywhere on the web. With a library of over 850 films, and rapidly growing, you’re bound to find films that resonate with your interests.
Find out what happens when Brain Rule #5 (repeat to remember) is tested in classrooms of third graders. John Medina is the author of "Brain Rules." http://www.brainrules.net/
The Centre for Learning Innovation has provided learning activity wizards for you to create your own learning activities. You can store your activities after they are created. They are IWB friendly.
The Learning Activity Wizards (LAW) enable users to create reusable, interactive and accessible multimedia learning activities. They are designed for a wide range of end users and require minimal technical knowledge.