Panalatinga Teachers

http://dalepartridge.com/whoa-children-impossible-go-ahead…/

TfEL Focus on building a community of learners.

Developing a strong group identity is key. After watching this video clip talk to your students about the characteristics they saw that helped these kids succeed, from the individual right up to the community as a whole.

How does this tranfer to your classroom/ school. Together brainstorm the key actions that are required to be a successful community of learners.

Display these in your room and refer to these throughout the fortnight.

Design learning activities that allow students to engage in and enact out these actions. As a lead learner model these yourself.

Thanks Brenton and the TfEL team for sharing this clip!

Interactively explore from the tiniest existing particle to the biggest cluster lost in the outer space

http://htwins.net/scale2/

The Scale of the Universe 2 Zoom from the edge of the universe to the quantum foam of spacetime and learn about everything in between.

iTunes U

iTunes U incorporates free educational content (videos, podcasts and text documents) published by a large number of universities an increasing number of Kindergarten to Year 12 jurisdictions.

DECD now has a space on iTunes U.

Teachers, students and corporate staff can now publish and distribute educational content to the department's iTunes U.

Visit The South Australian Department for Education and Child Development iTunes U site.

http://www.decd.sa.gov.au/teachingandlearning/pages/pandp/itunes/?reFlag=1

Independent Spelling for Life
Professional Learning Session
With Christine Killey

Chris Killey is an enthusiastic dedicated teacher with nearly 30 years’ experience. Chris has a Graduate Diploma and a Masters in Special Education and she is a trained LEM instructor. Chris was the coordinator of the SPELD learning centre for over 8 years and is still running her own tutoring business. Chris is passionate about helping all students to be independent learners and has developed explicit, simple, yet effective teaching strategies using colour, songs and games and has a fantastic results with her students.

Chris is a co-author of the Australian Supplement for the ‘Words Their Way’ Spelling program and author of many other books on spelling, grammar and mathematics. Chris’s presentations are entertaining, inspiring, hands on and practical. Chris has presented at many International Conferences and presents regularly all around Australia.

When Friday 27th February 2015 9:00 - 3:00pm (registration at 8.30am)
Where Woodville PS
Evans St
Woodville South
Cost $80
Payment Payments to be made to Woodville primary School via
Email, cheques, cash, bizgate or eftpos
Tax invoices can be provided on request to Susan
Registration

Please register interest by email to
[email protected]
by Monday 16th February 2015

Catering Morning tea and lunch provided . Please advise if you have any particular dietary requirements.

50 Education Technology Tools Teachera Should Know About - even if you begin small and start introducing yourself to a few at a time, some of these can definitely engage and support a 21st Century Classroom.

http://www.edudemic.com/50-education-technology-tools-every-teacher-should-know-about/?utm_content=bufferf4618&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About - Edudemic 50 Education Technology Tools Every Teacher Should Know About - Lists of great technology tools for teachers broken down by category - Learning, Lesson planning, etc

EdTechSA has a great line up of professional learning for Term 1, 2015 on a wide variety of Australian Curriculum related topics. Registrations are already open so you can start filling your diaries.

Geography and Primary Years

What: Spotlight session
Led by: Malcolm McInerney
When: Term 1, Week 3, Thursday 12 February 2015
Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Where: Cowandilla Primary School
Audience: Years 3 - 6
The workshop will involve presenting and engaging with information and ideas on the nature of geographical thinking, structure and requirements of the geography curriculum, with particular emphasis on the Skills Strand. as well as technology resources and Internet sites available to support the teaching of the geography curriculum in the primary school. Participants will also look at the integration of ICT’s in geography and discuss a primary school case study using Geographical Information Systems.

Registration and more information here
Future Wozniak? Starting with the end in mind

What: Spotlight session
Led by: Sue Jones
When: Week 4, Thursday 19 February, 2015
Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Where: TBC
Audience: 3 - 9
Where do our future computer designers come from? It all starts with us using the Australian Curriculum achievement standards! Are you wondering how you will become familiar with and implement the Australian Curriculum: Technologies learning area and the subject Digital Technologies in particular? How you can make the connections between the curriculum statements and the achievement standards? This presentation will begin with familiarisation with the achievement standards and then provide you with ideas and strategies to design the learning beginning with the end in mind.

Registration and more information
ICT Matters to Maths!

What: Spotlight session
Led by: Lisa-Jane O'Connor
When: Week 5, Thursday 26 February, 2015
Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Where: TBC
Audience: F - 10
Lisa-Jane has been a teacher, Principal, Curriculum Officer and Educational Consultant across SA. She has worked across the State, nationally and internationally to provide professional learning in a range of curriculum areas for educators from early years to middle years.
In this spotlight session Lisa-Jane will explore why ICT matters to the successful learning and teaching of mathematics. She will explore the ICT Capability and where it is embedded within the mathematics curriculum and the exciting opportunities this provides. Participants will have the opportunity to examine their year levels of ICT capability and their relationship with the Mathematics Curriculum and just how they can begin to incorporate this into their learning design process.

Registration and more information
Spotlight on Introduction to Scratch

What: Spotlight session
Led by: Cruz Izu
When: Week 7, Thursday 12 March
Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Where: University of Adelaide, North Terrace
Audience: F – 12
This workshop introduces visual programming with Scratch from the MIT Media Lab. This programming tool is free, fun, suitable for age 10+, and recommended for use in the year 5-6 band of the Digital Technologies Curriculum.
Scratch offers an intuitive way into programming and leaves lots of space for creativity. After a brief introduction, we will explore uses of Scratch and sample lessons.
Participants will leave the workshop with ideas as to how to design creative lessons and familiarity in the use of Scratch.

Registration and more information
Spotlight on Social Media

What: Spotlight session
Led by: Paul Huebl and Jacqui Knipe
When: Week 8, Thursday 19 March, 2015
Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Where: TBC
Audience: F - 8
4.30pm - 5.30pm
Introduction to Blogging in the Classroom – Paul Huebl
This session is designed for those new to blogging. You can expect to leave this session with a blog set up and ready to start using in the classroom or for personal reflection.
The session will cover the basics of blog use in general as well as an overview of how blogs can be used in the classroom and how they can be used to align your practice with AITSL Standards.

5.30pm – 6.30pm
Hatching Out – Twitter for Beginners – Jacqui Knipe
Are you a teacher who has heard of Twitter but have been too scared/time poor to touch? This was me a year ago. In this presentation I will share with you how I got started with Twitter and examine some of the benefits and pitfalls of Twitter as an educational device.

An interesting resource for student voice to accompany TfEL student feedback - http://www.studentcommission.org.uk/7/introduction

Section 1: Introduction - NESTA Default Description

In Teaching Algebra, the Not-So-Secret Way to Students’ Hearts Education researchers are beginning to validate what many teachers have long known: connecting learning to student interests helps the information stick. Here's an example of how one algebra teacher made it work in her class.

Using Webb's Depth of Knowledge to Increase Rigor Norman Webb's Depth of Knowledge Levels is a system that categorizes tasks according to the complexity of thinking required to successfully complete them.

15 Questions To Help Students Respond To New Ideas http://www.teachthought.com/learning/15-questions-help-students-respond-to-new-ideas/

5 TED speakers and their TED-Ed Lessons Check out this list of some of our favorite TED Speakers’ Talks paired with their TED-ED Lessons to help you learn just a little bit more about each subject area!

have you seen this Kate Stewart?

53 short and simple ways to check for student understanding: http://edut.to/1kI55KM.

What do we think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpcEpmNbHds

Sugata Mitra TED 2013 winning talk Read More here ~ http://bit.ly/XcKalA Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don...

How it's done - Building Learning Power How it's done - a practical guide to Building Learning Power,.BLP Frameworks: Learning Muscles,Your Learning Powered Mind 4 r's, BLP Pallett

http://mic.com/articles/96134/first-woman-ever-wins-nobel-prize-of-mathematics?utm_source=policymicFB&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social

First Woman Ever Wins 'Nobel Prize' of Mathematics This is what happens when we encourage women to pursue STEM disciplines.

Did Egyptians really build the Sphinx? Look into the history of the monument and find out who built the Sphinx.

WATCH: Which country does the most good for the world? A new ranking shows which countries do the most good for the world. Policy advisor Simon Anholt explains in this lively talk.

What is "21st Century Education" going to look like? Does education need to be overhauled completely to fit the 21st century? Or are there ways of bending and tweaking it? Can we as educators and thinkers keep up with the change...or do we need to anticipate it?

As a teacher leader how do you use professional learning to develop understanding of the effective use of assessment?

CEASA has been asked by the SACE Board to seek information from potential participants in courses to be conducted by the newly established Institute of Educational Assessors.

CEASA is supporting this initiative to provide professional learning opportunities for educational professionals in developing their understanding of assessment and the use of assessment to improve student outcomes and are seeking support from all educators to ensure the needs of educators are met.

The survey will take approximately 2 minutes to complete. Participants who have completed the survey by July 29 2014 will be entered into a competition to win a place in the Certified Educational Assessor course from the Institute of Educational Assessors, valued at $1000. To be in the running to win this fabulous prize, please include your contact details at the end of the survey.


http://www.formstack.com/forms/sace-professional_learning_in_assessment_survey

Worth reminding ourselves of this...

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7 Characteristics of A Digitally Competent Teacher - Edudemic What does being a ‘digitally competent’ teacher mean? Does it mean using laptops, smartphones, or tablets in your classroom? Does it mean finding...

Yi-Fu Tuan - Biography of Geographer A biography of the famous Chinese-American geographer Yi-Fu Tuan, from the About.com Geography site.

Artists in Schools Artists in Schools is a long-running schools artist residency program. It was established to encourage students' participation in and appreciation of the arts through creative interaction with a professional arts practitioner. Areas of focus include:

What is an ecological footprint? We are living beyond the Earth’s regenerative capacity and must reduce our ecological footprint urgently to protect the planet.

What a Teacher-Powered School Looks Like The goal of Teacher Powered Schools initiative, led by Education Evolving, is to seed a movement that will inspire other teachers in schools across the country to realize their potential as leaders.

What Would Be a Radically Different Vision of School? Setting aside the two predominant narratives of education, there's a third vision taking shape that's yet to be defined. What would a reimagined education system value and teach?