Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Closing soon – WeCreate: Greeting Card Design Awards


2010 August 11
Attention: All K-12 Executive and classroom teachers

Christmas in August?

Although we are only half way through 2010 the WeCreate: Greeting Card Design Awards are closing soon!

This competition is open to Primary and Secondary students in NSW Departmental schools (NSW DET login only) and gives them the chance to design the front of a card suitable for the Christmas holiday season. The card design should communicate a message of goodwill, harmony and celebration that would be appreciated by all community members.

The winning design will be selected by the Director General of Education.

All entries in the WeCreate: Greeting Card Design competition must be submitted by 6:00 pm AEST on 11 August 2010.

For full details : Greeting Card Design Awards competition

All WeCreate Awards and Challenges can be mapped across a range of curriculum areas.

For details of these great awards and challenges 

Friday, 23 July 2010

Digital Tools for Teachers

Summary: More than 2,000 teachers were recently surveyed about the Web 2.0 tools that they and their students most commonly used. This presentation by clifmims ,will provide a hands-on introduction to these tools along with teacher-created and student-created examples. Strategies for implementation will be shared.