The DEECD is running an Innovative Learning Environments Design Conference for educators and architects at Docklands on Monday 19 October. Six of the face-to-face presentations will be streamed online simultaneously via Elluminate.
The conference features educators who have successfully incorporated innovative practice into new learning environments. Architectural experts team up with educators to present a program [...]
Innovative Learning Environments Design Conference
October 16th, 2009 — The Rest
Australian Schools on iTunesU
October 13th, 2009 — The Rest
Three Australian education networks are now publishing on iTunesU. Catholic schools in Australia, WA Dept. of Education and Scotch College/PLC (Perth) are all now publishing content accessible to all the world’s iTunes users.
Greg Whitby summarises the benefits like this:
As with everything on iTunes U, the new audio, video and text files from Catholic schools are [...]
SMR Vodcast Episode 1
November 28th, 2008 — The Rest
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How to join SuperClubsPLUS
November 28th, 2008 — superclubsplus
To register your school, teachers can either refer to the registration pack that came with the circular titled S384-2008 SuperClubsPLUS Australia – registrations now open…
or they can just email superclubs.plus@edumail.vic.gov.au (I would definitely choose this option)!
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Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Batman!
August 18th, 2008 — The Rest
I visited an extremely innovative school today. It features trasnformed teaching spaces and a broad range of subject areas. Independent thinking and inquiry are both encouraged. Its results are quite low in all the major data indicators that DEECD measures.
I also heard about another school (not far from the first) that has a very narrow [...]