Online video game training for teachers

The Game Institute and Muzzy Lane Software Introduce Online Video Game Training for Teachers

Helping educators get the most from video games in the classroom.

As more schools embrace the educational promise of videogames, teachers are demanding a new kind of education: Courses that help them use interactive technology effectively in the classroom.Today, the Game Institute and Muzzy Lane Software announce a new online education series that will do just that. The new professional development series called "Using Games in Education" is a hands-on training program delivered over the Internet.

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Powerpoint Templates

PowerPoint Templates for Teachers from Vicki Blackwell.

Also includes links to PowerPoint presentations for teachers and other template sites.

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Group work 'raises attainment'

Pupils are more focused on their work, make more progress and behave better if they work in groups, research suggests. A one-year project by the Institute of Education at London University found group work led to improvements in maths, reading and science

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New Information Literacy website

This website has been designed and developed by information professionals from key UK organisations actively involved in the field of information literacy. The site will support practitioners by providing news, case studies, examples of best practice and freely available toolkits. Our aim is to provide a practical resource that information professionals regularly visit to discover the latest developments in information literacy.

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Pivotal Communication

All aspects of communication on the Pivotal communication blog - writing, books and reading, public speaking, email and much more .
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ThinkQuest Library

The ThinkQuest Library provides innovative learning resources for students of all ages on a wide range of educational topics.

Featuring over 5,500 websites, the library is created by students from around the world as part of the competition.

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Resources for Teachers

Visit our pages for teachers.

Links to websites for your term theme, curriculum subjects, and teaching strategies. Booklists based on themes, ages and needs.

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askNumbers

http://www.asknumbers.com/

The website provides online conversions for different kind of metrics such as length, weight, temperature, area, volume, speed, frequency, light, cooking, currency and many more with pictures to allow easy access the menu items and some explanations.

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Schools urged to teach 'spatial literacy.'

Researchers call for integration of GIS, spatial thinking in K-12 curricula

The National Research Council, which advises the federal government on critical issues in science and technology, has issued a report calling on schools to incorporate "spatial literacy" into their curricula. Spatial thinking is an increasingly important skill for living and working in the 21st century, the council said, and geographic information system (GIS) technology can help schools teach this skill to their students.

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Miami Dade to Bully maker - game over

School board takes stand over violent video game

The Miami-Dade County School Board has taken unusual and preemptive action against the maker of a new video game that officials fear will encourage school violence. The maker of the controversial video game Grand Theft Auto is reportedly set to release a new game, Bully, that some officials believe will lead to increased violence on school campuses. The Miami-Dade School Board in Florida has taken local action to limit the sale of the game to minors.

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Dumbing down English classes

Some schools 'dumbing down' English classes: PM

(From Yahoo News)

Prime Minister John Howard has attacked the way some state education systems teach English, describing some courses as "rubbish".
Mr Howard says literary classics are treated no differently from what he calls "pop cultural commentary", and he says subjects are being "dumbed down" because of it.
Mr Howard blames political correctness.
"We also understand that there's high quality literature and there's rubbish, and we need a curriculum tha:t encourages an understanding of the high quality literature and not the rubbish," he said.
Mr Howard has also described the model of "outcomes based" learning as "gobbledegook".

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Information Literacy for all

The final report of the High-Level Colloquium on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning, held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, 6-9 November 2005, sponsored by the United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the National Forum on Information Literacy (NFIL) and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), was released on 1st March 2006.

Building on an earlier international meeting of experts which was held in Prague, the Czech Republic, in September 2003, the report challenges international, regional and national organizations to move beyond an exclusive focus and concern for "Information for All" to "Information Literacy for All."

The report argues that the existence of information holds little to no value to people who do not even know what information they need, much less whether it exists or not, or how to locate, evaluate and effectively use it.

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2006 Minister's awards for outstanding contributions to literacy and numeracy

The National Literacy and Numeracy Week (NLNW) Minister’s Awards recognise and acknowledge the outstanding work being carried out by individuals in the wider community to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes.

Find out here how to nominate someone for a NLNW 2006 Minister’s Award

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Australian Children's Television Foundation's Learning Centre

“Welcome to the ACTF’s Learning Centre, a unique resource for educators.

Television, film and multimedia have an important role in learning across curriculum areas and topics.

The ACTF has quality Australian resources to support educators in primary to tertiary and community roles.

What’s Here? There are free lesson ideas, learning resources and classroom activity sheets to help your students learn. "

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The Red Cross Poster Competition

The Australian Red Cross National Poster Competition is back!

One Red Cross Many faces

The competition is open to Australian primary and secondary aged students.

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Conference for Beginning and establishing teachers

Spirit of Learning 2006– a residential conference for beginning & establishing teachersSaturday 29 April & Sunday 30 April 2006 - Carlton Crest, Brisbane

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Australian Computers in Education conference in Queensland

Australian Computers in Education Conference – Cairns – October 2-4 2006

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Literacy - framework for action

Literacy is at the heart of a student’s ability to learn and succeed in school and beyond.It is essential we give every student from Prep to Year 12 the best chance to masterliteracy so they can meet the challenges of 21st century life.Children in Queensland’s state schools come from diverse backgrounds. While manystudents perform well, the priority is to enable all students to progress to a higherliteracy standard, taking into account their diverse circumstances.Literacy-the Key to Learning: Framework for Action 2006–2008 details the practicalsteps we need to take to achieve this.The Framework for Action recognises that quality teaching can make the single biggestdifference to students’ literacy outcomes. All teachers, including those teaching subjectssuch as mathematics and science, are teachers of literacy. It is integral to all areas oflearning. Read the whole report


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The great plant escape - interactive learning about plants

Detective Leplant and his partners Bud and Sprout unlock the amazing mysteries of plant life

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Transforming research into practice

by Ruth V. Small

In her research, Carol Kuhlthau discovered that students not only demonstrate patterns in their learning of research skills but also demonstrate patterns in their motivation as they progress through the research process. For example, she found that students become anxious and overwhelmed at the very beginning of the process when they must choose a research topic and experience the frustration and anxiety of information overload when their information search presents them with mountains of information.

In my own research, I have sought to discover what librarians did, motivationally speaking, when they taught information literacy skills to their students, using John Keller’s ARCS (Attention, Relevance, Confidence, Satisfaction) Model as a framework for analyzing what we observed. Read on …

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Confused about copyright? Looking for public domain content?

by Marilyn P. Arnone

The purpose of this TIPS column is to provide a brief introduction to three types of copyright issues and provide suggestions of where you can find some public domain sites for acquiring photos, clipart and other media for use in your S.O.S. lessons.

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ANZAC Day chats with veterans and Defence personnel

The Learning Place will host a series of chats with WWII Veterans and defence force personnel.

Online guests will share their powerful stories and experiences providing students with a unique insight into life during war and life in a prisoner of war camp. It is also a time where students can share their feelings and appreciation for our Veterans.All the details that you need for registering including the timetable and materials to support this event can be found in the Learning Place Anzac Day Project Room.

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Bullying among young children

Bullying Among Young Children - A Guide for Parents - PDF

Bullying Among Young Children - A Guide for Teachers and Carers - PDF

The guides provide useful advice to parents, teachers and other carers on recognising changes in moods and behaviours that are associated with bullying. They also provide strategies to help children who bully and those who are bullied.

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Web 2.0 - a new source of innovation in education and learning?

Read this article in the EDUCAUSE Review

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Minister supports tutoring for disabled students

Parents whose children struggle in literacy and numeracy could soon be eligible for a taxpayer-funded voucher system for private tuition.

Education Minister Julie Bishop said she would also support an expansion of the voucher programs to include children with disabilities.

Ms Bishop told The Australian she was supportive of the notion of vouchers across the board, including a system to cater for children with special needs.

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PowerPoint 4 Teachers

The website is designed to provide tips to improve technical aspects and ideas to help you make your powerpoint engaging in a classroom setting.

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Educational Blogging Links

From Educational Information sources online

"Here is the list of blogging resources from the presentation:

Ways To Use Blogs In Education"

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Soil science education

Interactive pages and information for students and for teachers about soil e.g. How much soil is there?,. and Filtering Qualities of Soils.

Visit the site

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'i-Schools' expand concept of IT education

The notion of "information technology" (IT) as a separate field of study is undergoing a radical shift at some of the nation's foremost colleges and universities--and it is this shift that drew more than 250 deans, faculty members, and graduate students to Pennsylvania State University's University Park campus for a first-of-its-kind conference last week.

Conference participants came from schools where computer and information science departments have evolved into something known as "i-Schools." At what organizers called the first-ever i-Schools conference at Penn State, participants sought to clarify their definition of what an "i-School" is and address the challenges that such institutions face.

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How to evaluate a web source

Is It Worthy of a Citation?

Believe it or not, the Web does not always contain accurate information. In fact, every once in a while, you might come across something that (gasp!) is not true. Well, that’s to be expected, really – the Web is made by people, and people aren’t perfect, and people make up a LOT of coo-coo-crazy stuff.

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