VALUABLE CURRICULUM LINKS!
Over the last few months I keep ‘discovering’ lots of valuable curriculum links. While these are promptly bookmarked into Diigo, I fear they may get lost along the way. This page is therefore an attempt to record valuable links that may be of interest and value to both myself and teachers in Australian Secondary Schools. Let me know if there are other links that I should record here.
GENERAL:
Educators Guide to Innovation: A professional network for those interested in innovative practices happening in education. Sign up to be a member of this worldwide ning which has topics ranging the full spectrum of the school curriculum.
eLearning ICT Show cases: An inspiring array of examples of how ICT is being used in Victorian Schools. Sites highlight inovative and effective uses of ICT in learning in eatly, middle and later years including eLearning Planning, Interactive Whiteboards; Implementing 1-t0-1; eduSTAR Software and iPads for Learning.
eSchool News: Free to sign up, this professional website will enable teachers to keep abreast of world trends and pedagogy in both school libraries and classrooms. Current news and information on a range of issues including the use of eBooks, digital media, online security, student issues, teaching and learning with IT and specific IT challenges for schools.
Ideas to Inspire: A collection of collaborative presentations about curriculum ideas and ways to use ICT software and hardware in the classroom which offer a large number of ideas for engaging lessons and activities and are the result of the collaboration of teachers from around the world.
SCIENCE:
Crafting Science Experiences for Victorians: An initiative of the National Science Week Coordinating Committee, an Australian Government program supported through the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research at Questacon. Menu items include: Inspiring Science Events, Invite a Scientist to Dinnner, Science Community Network, Talent Search and Create your own Science Event.
