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This video shows how students can use their numeracy skills at the Royal Adelaide Show. Students learn how to save and calculate their money, work out how much all of their purchases cost, and how much change they may receive after shopping.

We have condensed the project design process into six steps. After outlining the steps briefly below, we offer examples that show how one might use these steps to develop a germ of an idea into a project plan that emphasizes inquiry. Read the steps and examples all the way through before digging in to your own plan.

This is about inquiry through project based learning. The steps to start designing your projects are an excellent place for you to think about your inquiry learning outline for Assignment 2.

You think of technology as a tool," one high school student told me. "We think of it as a foundation; it underlies everything we do." As this comment shows, like it or not, technology has become foundational to both education and life. Educators should think of technology in the same way they've long viewed reading-as a key to thinking about and knowing about the world.

Prensky argues for a change in the way educators think about technology - as an extension to our brains.

Gapminder World shows the World's most important trends Wealth & Health of Nations CO2 emissions since 1820 Africa is not a country! Is child mortality falling? Where is HIV decreasing?

Banking on Numeracy. This video helps children understand the concept of money and its value. It explains that the size of the coins doesn't relate to their value. It helps students understand that you can make up $1 in many different ways and shows them how it relates back to everyday life. Year Level:1/2

A movie showing how numeracy can be used in everyday activities, even cooking! 

This numeracy video was created for educational purposes and designed for students teachers and parents to use as a resource when teaching fractions in a junior primary setting. Our video aims to communicate the importance of numeracy as a life skill as it shows how numeracy can be used beyond the classroom. For example, real life situations such as baking a chocolate cake :)

This video could be used as part of numeracy learning experiences, either as a base to a numeracy lesson, lesson introduction, or lesson idea. It could also encorporate cross curricula links to subjects such as ICT and Home Economics!

http://www.watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=34078 You could also check out the link on the 'WatchKnowLearn' website - a website where you can view hundreds of free educational videos!

A video created for educational purposes showing the use of numeracy in the planning of a holiday.

A stimulus video aimed at reception - year one students on counting and numbers in the community. Filmed at the Royal Adelaide Show to increase engagement and excitement. Unfortunately, this is not our entire video. We had problems publishing our video from Windows Movie Maker.

A stimulus video aimed at reception - year one students on counting and numbers in the community. Filmed at the Royal Adelaide Show to increase engagement and excitement. This is not our entire video as we could not publish from movie maker. We hope to get this sorted soon. :)

This is a video set at the Royal Adelaide Show 2011 with a focus on numeracy and how it can be linked to the community. In this video a teacher models how to solve a range of problems related to buying showbags. This video is a fantastic teaching resource as it enables the teacher to pause the video at specified points to allow the students time to complete the answer to the question posed.

This is video is based around money and it relates to our everyday life. We are surrounded with numeracy everywhere we go.

A video created for educational purposes that focuses on numeracy. by Zoe Ewer & Holly Clark

This video demonstrates the use of numeracy in the kitchen.

This video could be used as a teaching source that highlights the benefits of implementing ICT in the classroom with a focus on numeracy and how it is imbedded in our everyday lives.

Video that demonstrates the use of numeracy in the kitchen.

A delightful and educational talk show featuring sock puppets... everyone likes sock puppets... right???