LEARNING AND TEACHING

EDITION 4

Ms Welsh class using the

netbooks to their advantage.

Students are engaged

and exploring.

Microsoft Maths is like having your own personal maths tutor! It allows you to develop confidence and skills to quickly and accurately solve many mathematical and scientific equations. There are lots of ways to use Microsoft Maths in your classrooms:

Create data charts from

information that the students have collected relating to their inquiry topics such as local rainfall or temperature charts

Create visual representation of ideas using

‘shape creator’

Create coordinates and graphing activities.

OneNote is part of the Microsoft

Office suite. It is a simple-to-use notetaking

and information-management

program that allows individuals or teams

of students to capture ideas and

information in electronic form. It has

been described as electronic version of

the familiar three-ring binder with lots of

tabs!

There are lots of ways to use

OneNote in your classrooms:

Create student digital portfolios

Organise information collected for a research

project

As part of a jigsaw activity, teams of students

investigate and gather specific information to

complete a task as a whole class or group.

Celestia http://www.shatters.net/celestia A free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in

Science + Nature = Spark

http://www.abc.net.au/spark/

ABC Rollercoaster – Kids Science has a great collection of Science activities including games and ex-periments.

Hubble

http://hubblesite.org/

The Hubble telescope has produced many iconic space images. Explore its role in trans-forming our ideas about the universe and gain an insight into current astronomical re-search and ideas.

How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/ Want to find out about endangered species of animals? Or how many litres of blood are in your body? The How Stuff Works will tell you. What else can you and your stu-dents find out?

Global warming video clips http://australianscreen.com.au/

educati on/environment/global-

warming/

Studying climate change and

global warming? The Australian

Screen website has some video

clips from the ABC television

program Eco House Challenge.

All clips can be downloaded as

MP4 files and come

with educational notes.

Read Write Think

http://www.readwritethink.org/

Here you will find a collection of online student materials to sup-port literacy learning in the K-12 classroom. There are a range of interactive tools can be used to provide an opportunity for stu-dents to use technology while de-veloping their literacy skills.

Writing Fun

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/writingfun/writingfun.html

Writing Fun explores text types and shows students how to use text organis-ers to help with the writing process.

The Poetry Archive http://www.poetryarchive.org/children sarchive/home.do Here you can listen to po-ems written in different styles and top-ics, from the very serious to the very silly.

Food – A Fact of Life http://www.foodafactoflife.co.uk/

Here you will find a wealth of

free resources to stimulate

learning and teaching about

healthy eating and sustainable

practices. The students can play

interactive games on a range of

topics including balancing

energy and origins of foods.

SportZstats http://www.sportzstats.com/ A space for students to track and develop their sporting performance, at whatever level they play and whichever sport. Ask students to key in statistics from each match and generate a graph and analyse the data - great for numeracy activities. Students can also keep a diary to reflect on their performances.

How the body works http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/

Learn about all the parts of the

body. By clicking on a body part

and watching a movie, taking a

quiz or reading an article. Also

you will find a children’s diction-

ary of medical

terms here.

Smart history

http://smarthistory.org/

A beautifully designed Art History

website with lots of interesting

information.

Explore History http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ergo/

explore

_history

Visit this website from the State

Library Victoria to learn what life

was

like in colonial Melbourne, from the

people who were there to see it

happen. Discover Melbourne's

criminal past, the history of Victoria's

changing landscape and the political

events that have shaped the state by

accessing original documents and

images that can be used in school

assignments.

Got an idea for a Whole School professional development or a

IT success story.

Email: gillespies@vermontsc.vic.gov.au

Up and Coming Professional Development

Term 2. Week 7. Wednesday June 8th.

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Integrating ICT can help teachers and leaders expand learning possibilities to create effective contemporary learning environments where students and teachers use technology purposefully and flexibly to improve student learning outcomes.'21st Century education integrates technologies, engaging students in ways not previously possible, creating new learning and teaching possibilities, enhancing achievement and extending interactions with local and global communities.' MCEETYA.