Monday, March 17, 2014
63 Things Every Student Should Know
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Tips For A Good Presentation
The prezi above is a handy one for all of our learning community. Noah Zandan,CEO of Quantified Impressions has over the years analysed presentations and has 5 top tips that are essential to giving a great presentation that engages the audience. To watch the prezi and for further information about the tips,click on the image above.
Bullying.No Way
Co-ordinated by Bullying. No Way!, the 2014 National Day of Action against Bullying and Violence is on Friday 21 March 2014.
This annual day provides a focus for all schools to say Bullying. No Way! and to strengthen their existing everyday messages that bullying and violence at school are not okay at any time.
- Visit the Bullying. No Way! website
- Download the free National Day of Action poster
- Access the Bullying. NoWay! school resources
- Check out the Bullying. No Way! class activities
Reflective Thinking
I found this great graphic in a Teachthought article last week.It has 20 critical thinking questions to help students respond to a variety of texts and media. The questions are categorised with the headings covering lower to higher order thinking.Click on the image to access the accompanying article.
From Teachthought,there are also two other very good articles worth reading about checking for understanding. Click on the links below:
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Learning Intentions
Last year I posted about the Education Services Australia's Assessment for Learning site.I thought that it would be worth mentioning it again because one of its 7 Professional Learning modules is on
Learning Intentions.It's a fantastic module that explains clearly and succintly what Learning Intentions and Success Criteria are all about. I particularly like the examples.
Click on Learning Modules to access it.
The ISC now has in its Teacher Reference collection the Education Services Australia's Assessment For Learning DVD's that focus on
- Strategic questioning
- Effective feedback
- Peer feedback and student self assessment
Macquarie Online Dictionary
All students in Garnsey Campus now have at their disposal the Macquarie Online Dictionary which can be accessed via the ISC portal space and also via the Online Reference Centre in the ISC Libguides. It is a paid subscription that has many features such as :
- Easy interactive searching of over 138,000 words and phrases and over 210,000 definitions
- Annual update of new words.It contains 1,000's of new words such as fiscal cliff,green tap, hobo glove and mummy blog!
- words relating to science,technology and business such as guanxi,growth hacking and crowd sourcing
- words and phrases from regional Australia gathered from Australian Word Map
- etymologies for words
- grammar and punction guides and audio pronunciations
- Word of the Day, Aussie Word of the Week and Word of the Year
Just out of interest,the Macquarie Dictionary Committe's 2013 winner of Word of the Year was "infovore". It's a person who craves information,especially one who takes advantage of their ready access to it on digital devices.I am sure you will know many of these!The Committe thought these people were in danger of becoming addicted to instant information and this reflected a significant change in how we conduct our lives.
The People's Choice for 2013 was a "onesie". Need I say anything more!
Take Another Dive
Splash,The ABC education website now has over 1,000 videos and games,all mapped to the Australian Curriculum.In the Teaching Resources section there are also ready made lesson ideas for you to use.
Click on the image below to access the many recommended resources
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