» Papers and presentations from 2008 Curriculum Corporation conference "C21st Learning: Acting (Inter) Nationally
» Your Money $tarter recognised in eLearning Industry Excellence Awards
» Scootle recognised in two major eLearning awards
» Nominations extended for the ACS Judith Leeson Award for Excellence in Career Teaching!
» Reading for Media Literacy
» Register now! Assessment for Learning PD in 2009
» Curriculum Leadership Journal
The 2008 Curriculum Corporation Conference was recently held in Melbourne.
Papers and presentations from the Conference, including a recording of the public forum A National Curriculum and C21st Learning recorded by ABC Radio National are now available on the Conference website www.curriculum.edu.au/conference/2008
Further information, including vodcasts of the keynote presentations, will shortly become available on the website.
Your Money $tarter recognised in eLearning Industry Excellence Awards
Announcing an exciting, interactive financial literacy resource for students in Years 9-12. Your Money $tarter - Insurance and Super: a financial literacy resource for secondary schools published by Curriculum Corporation on behalf of Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has won the inaugural E-Learning Industry Association of Victoria eLearning Industry Excellence Award 2008.
How financially literate are you? What about your students? How well are they prepared to enter the workforce? Do they have the essential life skills to understand the use and management of money in their day-to-day lives and for a safe and secure financial future?
Your Money Starter helps students make sense of the key areas of superannuation and insurance. It is mapped to State and Territory and National Consumer and Financial Literacy Frameworks. The resource includes two teaching and learning units for middle secondary years and three investigations for senior secondary years. It is supported by reproducible student worksheets and a comprehensive series of fact sheets as well as two interactive multimedia resources that are presented through fun, animated narration, demonstration and interactivity.
A hard copy of Your Money Starter, including a CD ROM has been sent out to Australian Secondary Schools. Schools can access the interactive tools supporting the resource through their State and Territory digital portals via ASIC's FIDO website www.fido.gov.au/yourmoneystarter.
Scootle recognised in two major eLearning awards
The Le@rning Federation has won an eLearning Industry Excellence Award and been nominated as a regional finalist for the international Learning Impact Awards for Scootle.
Scootle, an online teaching and learning environment, provides access to more than 7,300 items of digital curriculum content published by TLF.
Scootle has been nominated as a finalist for the regional Learning Impact Awards at the !deas 2008 conference. Scootle was nominated as one of four finalists. The Learning Impact Awards recognise outstanding applications of technology that address the most significant challenges facing the education community. The awards are unique for their recognition of the use of technology in context.
Visit Scootle to find out more.
Nominations extended for the ACS Judith Leeson Award for Excellence in Career Teaching!
The nomination closing date for the ACS Judith Leeson award has been extended.
The nomination deadline for the 2008 Award has been extended and now closes on Monday 1st December 2008, at 5pm AEDT.
The ACS Judith Leeson Award celebrates the achievements of career advisers and teachers running careers or life/work education programs.
All schools, Primary and Secondary, may enter. Two winners will be selected, with the Primary and Secondary sectors being judged independently.
If the 2008 careers program at your school deserves recognition then ask your principal to nominate the teacher responsible!
As well as cash prizes for the school, finalists recieve flights, accommodation and registration to attend the 2009 CDAA Annual National Careers Conference in Melbourne, 15-17 April 2009, where the winners will be announced.
To enter go to the Australian Careers Service website and download the (short) application form. Contact Cameron Picton on (03) 9207 9632 or acsaward@curriculum.edu.au if you have any questions.
Reading for Media Literacy
Technology and the media have become the primary forms of communication in today's society. As a result, media literacy has become a rapidly evolving, vital component of the curriculum. Media literacy teaches students to understand how and why media messages are created, and equips them with the skills they need to decode and comprehend them effectively. Without a basic understanding of media literacy, students may be unable to correctly interpret media messages, making them more susceptible to the effects of marketing, advertising, stereotyping and bias in media messages that they read, see and hear.
Suitable both for teachers experienced in multimedia and for those planning to explore these new literacies, Reading for Media Literacy by Anne Vize contains a range of engaging, challenging and stimulating lessons for upper primary level.
Register now! Assessment for Learning PD in 2009
Improving Student Achievement through Assessment for Learning will be run as a series of workshops in early 2009. Register now to secure your place in a Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide workshop.
Research has confirmed that Assessment for Learning is a powerful tool that can raise teaching and learning standards – but how do teachers get started? This workshop will assist teachers to reflect on their present practice in relation to assessment and provide them with information about specific strategies that can
be used in the classroom to create a learning environment that promotes student achievement.
Adelaide Friday 20 March 2009 at AAMI Stadium, Westlakes.
Melbourne Friday 27 March 2009 at Victoria University, Flinders Street.
Sydney Friday 3 April at Citigate Central, Thomas Street, Haymarket.
Curriculum Leadership Journal
This week Curriculum Leadership features the future SACE, a Certificate that will cover South Australian students in Years 10, 11 and 12. One innovation project, ‘School-to-Work Innovation: Literacy’, is discussed in detail.
