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ACARA's implementation of the Australian Curriculum will enable students an equal and enriching education throughout the nation. As a future educator and studying for the past 4 years education, it is enlightening to know that in the near future, Australia as a nation will have one type of education for all states. The Australian Curriculum will enable teachers to travel throughout Australia, be able to provide students with a consistent learning experience, and will endeavor to advance and push students in a positive direction. I am all for the Australian Curriculum and am excited to know that this is the way that education is heading. The equality of the Australian Curriculum not only for educators as well as students, but for parents, knowing that their children will benefit from equal learning opportunities. The Learning Areas for the Australian Curriculum currently include: English, Mathematics, Science and History. General capabilities, a key dimension of the Australian Curriculum, are addressed explicitly in the content of the learning areas. They play a significant role in realising the goals set out in the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (MCEETYA 2008) - that all young people in Australia should be supported to become successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens. The Australian Curriculum includes seven general capabilities: Literacy Numeracy Information and communication technology (ICT) capability Critical and creative thinking Personal and social capability Ethical understanding Intercultural understanding. http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/File/C26D8605-FAA2-4B40-BE10-A15500EE1EB6. Accordingly, the Australian Curriculum must be both relevant to the lives of students and address the contempor

First grade teacher from Queensland who loves to share some amazing and inspirational ideas, strategies and resources. This teacher loves to share and feels that she is becoming a better teacher by learning from everyone she connects with.

Down Under Teacher is an Australian Teacher with some great ideas. Numerous amounts of details are put into the posts some really great ideas are shared.

Stumbled across this Blog gives real teacher insight and also has great classroom ideas and resources.

After blogging each week and linking resources, I wondered if their were any resources online especially created to assist teachers or preservice teachers based on the Australian curriculum. Amazingly, I googled 'Australian curriculum resources' and found this amazing website that includes books that are created for different subjects and based on the Australian curriculum.

Hi all - this blog has been created by an Australian teacher, she has compiled a list of other Aussie teachers and some of the creativity that these guys have is amazing. While a lot is to do with the younger years and not a lot of ICTs, it's a great way to share creative ideas to keep children engaged. I thought it was worth the mention!

I often get emails asking if I know of other Aussie blogs. I know how hard it can be to find them - when I started my blog, I couldn't really find any other Aussies at all! I called my blog Down Under Teacher in the hope that I would connect with other Aussies.

A blog set up to link and share ideas for Australian teachers.

iPhone/iPad app for the Australian Curriculum. Contrary to what it says on this page, the downloaded app is for version 4.1 of the curriculum

Another resource tailored to the Australian Curriculum. Looks great but only offers a two day free trial but certainly takes the work out of integrating subjects

A large collection of - apparently - lesson "plans" organised against the Australian Curriuclum. The site is implemented using a blog (Wordpress I think) and generates an RSS feed.

Project funded by the Australian government to "support Australian schools, families and communities build sustainable, collaborative, productive relationships"

Microsoft Education Australia's Teachers Blog - Support, tips, trick and stories from Australian Teachers for Australian Teachers

Australian Curriculum lesson plans

Australian teachers collective blog site on all topics

Government site with useful information about the evolution of English in Australia and good use of language features to describe the words and their usage.

Interesting theories on the evolution of Australian English

Draft Australian Curriculum: Technologies - February 2013

iphone, ipod ACARA app 

A MOOC running in March intended to provide an introduction to Digital Technologies as part of the new Australian Curriculum learning area. Not directly connected to ICTs and Pedagogy, but a close relation.

Study into the evaluation of the implementation of the Australian professional Standards for Teachers

http://www.aitsl.edu.au/australian-professional-standards-for-teachers/my-standards-application An app for smartphones to make it easier to record artefacts for teaching standards (on-the-go). Good for prac.

A more in-depth version of the same article, about technology-inspired changes to Australian jobs. A big push for a growth-mindset. 

"Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians"