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A massive list of resources from the Australian Museum 

Wow!! "This Aboriginal pedagogy framework is expressed as eight interconnected pedagogies involving narrative-driven learning, visualised learning processes, hands-on/reflective techniques, use of symbols/metaphors, land-based learning, indirect/synergistic logic, modelled/scaffolded genre mastery, and connectedness to community. But these can change in different settings."

This is a brilliant resource. Some of these stories would make launch lessons. Could include some "Making Thinking Visible Routines" for some powerful learning. Dust Echoes is a series of twelve beautifully animated dreamtime stories from Central Arnhem Land, telling stories of love, loyalty, duty to country and aboriginal custom and law.  Includes study guides. 

Another indigenous film maker discussing the creative process and how it links in with his indigenous culture 

John Carty discusses what an anthropologist does. Isn't this what we want our student to do? To become historians and or anthropologists and inquire into the cultural aspects of the first Australians.

Some great resources looking at Aboriginal Culture and art. 

Richard Frankland discusses Film making. There are a lot more resources here as well. Just need to look around. 

There seems to be some great resources here.   "The AIATSIS Online Collections consist of items from our published print collections which have been digitised and archived to provide online access to our clients. These pages may serve as research or study guides for students and others with an interest in Indigenous Australia. Reading lists are other resources are provided for further research. They are arranged by subject area. Click on the thumbnail images to enter."

I like watching the occasional webinar and this one on Reluctant Readers is a fairly good one. It is through EPals which is a website I have used on several occasions. The presenter suggests some great websites you can use to help readers in your classroom. It is long but well worth a watch.

A great organisation, lots of amazing work going on, also a great website for older grades to explore and gain their own insight into Indigenous literacy and issues and the challenges they present for our nation.

Always good to have a few ICE breaker handy. 

So called gamification of learning is one thing, actually getting students to design a game requires high order thinking skills like creativity. Here is a great list of design your own game websites. 

The important issue here for us is not so much that change is occurring so quickly when it comes to the prospects of work for our kids. As technology evolves, there's no doubt that more and more traditional jobs are going to be replaced and new, different ones created. Whether you believe that's "progress" or not, it's hard to slow it down.

WHEN Tony Wagner, the Harvard education specialist, describes his job today, he says he's "a translator between two hostile tribes" - the education world and the business world, the people who teach our kids and the people who give them jobs. Wagner's argument in his book "Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World" is that our K-12 and college tracks are not consistently "adding the value and teaching the skills that matter most in the marketplace."

Technology tools also have value beyond teaching the core curriculum. Here are our recommendations for research-proven tech tools that can enable more comprehensive assessment and better collaborative discussions. We also explore the best resources for teaching digital literacy in the classroom.

Wow what a great chrome extension. This looks like a great tool for all writers. I especially like the 'collect highlights' tool. Make sure you watch the accompanying video to see how it works.  Read&Write for Google Docs is a cool extension I found on Web App Reviews that can benefit ELLs and struggling readers. The extension provides you with a special toolbar on the top of your Google documents.

Some interesting apps here to support the teaching of Mathematics. I have used Dragonbox+ its awesome for teaching Algebra. Great for high flying grade 6's to year 8's Developers have introduced a greater range of apps across all areas of the Maths curriculum that can be used to enhance the Maths teaching and learning in your classroom. Here's a selection of 20 apps that cover Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability ( these are the Content strands (CS) Australia's Mathematics curriculum has been categorized under ). They also cover the proficiency strands (PS) of Understanding, Fluency, Problem Solving and Reasoning. I'm sure other countries' curricula are similar in many regards and you will be able to make the connections.