» Scootle wins 2009 Global Learning Impact Awards
» Active Readers for Comprehension
» Endangered, extinct and on the brink
» Visual ways to engage reluctant readers
» Curriculum Leadership Journal
Scootle wins 2009 Global Learning Impact Awards
Scootle has won a bronze award in overall competition and the 'best in category' award for digital learning content for the school sector at the 2009 Global Learning Impact Awards in Barcelona. The 'best in category' award recognises the quality of the digital curriculum resources published by The Le@rning Federation.
The Learning Impact Awards acknowledge the best use of technology worldwide to support learning. The finalists were reviewed by an expert panel of judges and by the attendees at the IMS Global Learning Consortium's annual Learning Impact conference and Summit on Global Learning Challenges. The entries were evaluated according to eight criteria, including improving access to learning, improving affordability of learning and improving quality of learning.
Find out more about Scootle and the Learning Impact Awards.
Active Readers for Comprehension
Active Readers: Tools and strategies for comprehension celebrates individual students and the unique way that they connect with text, share their understandings and explore unfamiliar territory to become competent, confident and critical readers.
This three-book series employs the following six key comprehension strategies to aid teachers and students in this process:
- prediction/prior knowledge
- think aloud
- text structure
- visualising
- questioning
- summarising.
As readers improve their comprehension, the strategies they use – before, during and after reading – become more sophisticated. The diverse topics in this series enable the students to connect texts with prior experiences, vocabulary and knowledge – ensuring their success in developing the skills, knowledge and understanding required to actively apply what has been read.
Active Readers (lower primary)
Active Readers (middle primary)
Active Readers (upper primary)
Endangered, extinct and on the brink
Did you know:
- the greatest extinction event of all time wasn’t the death of the dinosaurs?
- humans deliberately wiped some species like the dodo, the Thylacine and the Great Auk?
- the actions of today’s young people could be critical in preserving the earth’s future?
Endangered, Extinct and on the Brink introduces middle and upper primary students to the great problems facing our environment today by examining extinction events through time. This book encourages students to 'become scientists': ask questions, propose and test theories, design experiments and devise their own solutions. Students are also encouraged to make links between our knowledge of past extinctions with issues relevant to their lives today, such as sustainability and biodiversity.
Visual ways to engage reluctant readers
In her book Bringing the Outside In, Sara Kajder shows you how to integrate technology into the English classroom using strategies such as digital storytelling, visual think-alouds, and visual literature circles—engaging even the most reluctant students.
Curriculum Leadership Journal
This week Curriculum Leadership features an article about the ethical issues facing contemporary educational leaders.The ultimate challenge for leaders is to develop their own and others' capabilities so that their organisations can flourish in complex, uncertain, unpredictable and rapidly changing environments.
