EdFest15

EdFest15 was a free national virtual conference held on the 27th January which we were unable to participate in because of our own school commitments. The event featured fourteen half hour presentations on Australian Curriculum implementation and contemporary models for learning.
You can view one or all of the fourteen sessions in the full recording above. To check out the day's program click here

Scootle Community Learning

How is your digital footprint? Help build your  professional profile by joining the Scootle Community. It has new features  that will help  you to collaborate and connect to like minded educators. Check out the existing networks tab. There will be something there for everyone. Watch the presentation above that showcases the new features.

Differentiation Wiki

This Differentiation Wiki  is an example of one of the resources I found on  the Scootle Community site. Click on the image above to access. I found it under the "networks" tab where you can scroll through and join a number of networks.I am sure there will be many other networks that you will want to explore.

ACARA Changes

There have been some recent improvements in the Australian Curriculum with regards to General Capabilities and Cross Curriculum priorities. They are now tagged in Learning areas and there is a very clear distinction between the capabilities that are to be developed or applied to content and those that are there as an opportunity  to focus on as suggested in the content elaborations.

Below is an example of Year 7 History's Investigation of an Ancient Society. The General Capability to focus on is Critical and Creative Thinking- Inquiring: identifying, exploring and organising information and ideas. The elaborations suggest that Literacy and Sustainability could also be applied.